Example sentences of "[adj] compared with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The little ones with their mothers were , I think , fortunate compared with the others . |
2 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
3 | I 'm sure Cottee 's opinions on the Everton midfield are mild compared with the views of other senior Everton professionals who week in , week out , see all their hard work wasted by an engine room built to power a motorboat rather than an ocean liner . |
4 | In the simplest of terms InteMate consists of calculator and notepad utilities , cute but not very usable compared with the likes of Sidekick , and an applications editor . |
5 | However , the cost of the palace was almost negligible compared with the funds ‘ invested ’ in arbitrary economic projects and the rebuilding of all the major cities in Romania , and with what Ceauşescu intended to spend on ‘ rural systematization ’ ( which involved halving of the number of villages in Romania and constructing 558 ‘ agro-industrial ’ complexes ) . |
6 | Seeds of Acer are rare compared with the leaves , which can be found in rocks dating back to the Cretaceous period . |
7 | If only an ordinary copy ( not an office copy ) has been delivered to you , then the date to search from is that on which the land certificate was last checked with the entries on the Register , this being the date given in the land certificate which will be supplied by the seller on appropriate requisition — " What is the date on which the land certificate was last compared with the entries on the register ? " |
8 | Nevertheless , such criticisms are minor compared with the achievements of this book , It is the first book to deal comprehensively with sex allocation theory , and it will surely remain a classic for years to come . |