Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] compare with the [noun] " 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 | Consequently , it can be determined whether relatively the costs of litigation are too high when compared with the amount of damages awarded . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he was poor when compared with the parents of many of the children who attended his school , even when compared with some of the other teachers . |
| 5 | Although Exell 's reminiscences are coloured by the fact that he was an active Communist and trade unionist , they can not hide the fact that the pay in the new industries was generally good when compared with the majority of the working classes — and very high in periods of prosperity . |
| 6 | At this point we find his conjectures implausible when compared with the view that global mean temperature is determined by global mean radiative forcing , including ( but not limited to ) greenhouse forcing from CO 2 changes . |
| 7 | The actual industrial structure of the mid-1960s , by which time the massive Robens-led reduction in mining employment was already underway , is given in Table 3.1 and compared with the situation in 1976 and 1986 . |
| 8 | Finally , lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it 's relatively small when compared with the others . |
| 9 | A degree of confirmation for the ‘ hypothesis of difference ’ between organizational types has been obtained , though with research instruments that seem blunt when compared with the complexity of the issues raised in the initial part of this paper , and with data that must await fuller statistical validation . |
| 10 | These theories seem naïve when compared with the explanations Marxists reserve for capitalist societies . |
| 11 | The announcement attracted criticism that the punishment was too lenient when compared with the amount of fees accountancy firms pull in from insolvency work . |
| 12 | The relief exhibited by the highest mountains and the deepest oceanic trenches , although apparently spectacular , is in fact trivial when compared with the dimensions of the Earth as a whole . |
| 13 | For example , a child with language which is less advanced than the language of other children of that age would be regarded as having delayed language ; in contrast , children whose language stands out because it is deficient when compared with the way in which they perform on other social and intellectual tasks may be regarded as having a language deficit . |
| 14 | Erm I 'm not saying that er there were n't problems in security and using public transport and fear of using public transport after dark , but we were quite surprised that compared with the rest of the U K it was erm not acceptable but it gave us an indication on , on where to go from there on , erm and also I think er the important factor that in the lower in Strathclyde that we 've actually consulted women in terms of er what they want and what they need er in the transport world erm in public transport and that 's not lip service we 've actually had discussions groups and that information has been fed into the large erm public transport review that were undertaking at the present time . |
| 15 | The situation now is particularly bad when compared with the situation only three years ago , when most of today 's newest graduates entered university . |