Example sentences of "by compare [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | People most strenuously seek to evaluate their performance by comparing themselves to others , not by using absolute standards . |
| 2 | For that is how they are supposed to function , that is how they publicly claim that they attempt to function , and , as we shall see below , that is the normal way to justify their authority ( i.e. not by assuming that they always succeed in acting in the ideal way , but on the ground that they do so often enough to justify their power ) , and naturally authorities are judged and their performance evaluated by comparing them to the ideal . |
| 3 | By contrast , High Anglican polemicists repeatedly sought to discredit the Whigs and Nonconformists by comparing them to Catholics and Jesuits . |
| 4 | When Lok acquires this tool , he goes on to compare the new people to things he is familiar with , noting their menace , power , and sheer attractiveness by comparing them to a famished wolf , the waterfall , honey and Oa . |
| 5 | DAVID Mellor headed for the political wilderness yesterday by comparing himself to a great British hero . |
| 6 | Tennyson emphasises the greatness of the day by comparing it to the birth of Jesus pin pointing : |