Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [verb] [pron] with the " in BNC.

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1 The significance of these percentages can be gauged by comparing them with the South East 's share of total manufacturing which stood then at about 27 per cent .
2 Their size can be assessed by comparing them with the original spread in the chronic sickness rates ; this will be discussed at length in the next section .
3 Some perspective on just how limited the reforms laid down in the Declaration of Rights were is provided by comparing them with the proposals for reform which had been made by opponents of the government since Charles II 's reign .
4 This relationship is indicated by equating it with the first m of the oral plate is the second area .
5 Union power had to be broken , and this was achieved by linking it with the breakdown in law and order .
6 The adequacy of the conjecture is to be tested by confronting it with the history of science , or , more precisely , given the historical work done by Lakatos and his followers , by confronting it with the history of physics .
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