Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] compared [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or else we assume that the aeons during which the improbable state lasts , and the distance from here to Sirius , are minute if compared with the age and size of the whole universe . |
| 2 | Both the control and oxygen treated groups were similar in age , gender , bilirubin level , type and length of procedure and dose of midazolam , and proved not to be significantly different when compared by Wilcoxon 's rank-sum test ( Table I ) . |
| 3 | Therefore there is a real tradeoff involved , between the need for any bonus to he relatively generous when compared with a flat salary , and the need for there to be some bonus element . |
| 4 | The extent of the shift registered by these approaches becomes clear when compared with its antecedents . |
| 5 | The second effect is the inferior performance of the CED when compared to the OALD . |
| 6 | It penalises the realisation of losses later than gains ; donors of gifts who die within seven years ; owners of non-fungible ( lumpy ) assets who can not ‘ bed and breakfast ’ to use up annual exemptions ; as well as direct as compared with indirect investors through tax-exempt institutions . |
| 7 | However , these inroads by man and beast on board were light when compared with losses at sea , due to storm or war , when whole shipments might be lost . |
| 8 | Consequently , it can be determined whether relatively the costs of litigation are too high when compared with the amount of damages awarded . |
| 9 | We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures . |
| 10 | Answer guide : This information tends to be more up to date and detailed as compared to published accounting information . |
| 11 | For instance , it is possible to contend that the nouveau roman may be more accurately described as modernist or late modernist when compared with the apparently more subversive avant-garde experimentalism of the Tel Quel group , whose claim to be the natural successors of the revolution inaugurated by Finnegans Wake would be difficult to refute . |
| 12 | It is this , more than anything else , which makes the map of this sort of country look so empty when compared with the map of anciently enclosed country in say mid Sussex , Essex or Devon . |
| 13 | For the moment anyway , he would accept that his DSO of 80 was not acceptable when compared with an industry average of 63 . |
| 14 | The government 's stated aim that 25 per cent of domestic waste should be recycled by the year 2000 was unambitious when compared with targets set by Germany , Denmark and the Netherlands . |
| 15 | Several of the major accounts appeared to be excessively overdue when compared with the total ledger aged debt statistics . |
| 16 | I was somewhat less impressed by Demidenko in the smaller-scale pieces : his Rejoice beloved Christians sounds slow and bland when compared to the super-human wizardry of Frederic Chiu on his stunning début recital of transcriptions for Harmonia Mundi , ( — a ‘ must ’ for all Busonians ) whilst the slower chorales on the Hyperion disc are given the visionary touch on MK by Tatiana Nikolayeva . |
| 17 | Managers are relatively risk-averse when compared with them , so on this count ( intuitively ) , risk should lie mainly with shareholders . |
| 18 | Such effects were reported more by co-resident as compared with extra-resident carers . |
| 19 | Such views are held by economists who consider the beneficial effects of the threat of a takeover to be minimal when compared with the damaging effects of short termism . |
| 20 | In this sense ARC/INFO macros , do , to a certain extent , shield the novice from a bewildering number of options , though such a system is most certainly not conversational and in several respects is very simple as compared with a comprehensive DSS . |
| 21 | Improbable because compared to the plump , leather-lined Bentley , a barn door has the frontal area of a postage stamp . |
| 22 | The functions of academic and special libraries appear positively clear-cut when compared with those of their counterparts in the public library field . |
| 23 | By the 1980s many asylums had contracted to a size which was dwarf-life when compared with the vast acreages and Palladian pretensions of their heyday . |
| 24 | Here , like all nuclear reactors , Hinkley C stood out as unique when compared with other means of generating electricity . |
| 25 | The success is even more remarkable when compared to her predecessors . |
| 26 | That figure is remarkable when compared to just 87,000 during the first six months of last year . |
| 27 | The plan is expected to involve about 40 redundancies — mainly sub-editors - as management believes the company is overstaffed when compared with new newspapers . |
| 28 | Bankruptcy proceedings , on the other hand , have no lis , they are not adversarial and the whole statutory scheme of bankruptcy has a different purpose and objective when compared with ‘ civil proceedings ’ properly so called . |
| 29 | Although the angle on the blade is quite large when compared with the normal , nevertheless it must be kept well sharpened . |
| 30 | Eb RNA expression was assumed to represent two copies of the Eb gene per genome , and was approximately constant as compared to β-actin for all transgenic mouse lines tested . |