Example sentences of "comparable in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in Bosnia , in the very heart of a supposedly prosperous and civilised continent , we have seen acts of genocide and other war crimes comparable in horror to those of the Hitler and Stalin regimes . |
| 2 | It provides the opportunity to exploit a ‘ home market ’ comparable in scale to that of the USA . |
| 3 | They have telescope mirrors comparable in size to the one on the Hubble space telescope — but , one hopes , not afflicted by the Hubble mirror 's distortions — and produce images good enough to make out an object the size of a paperback book . |
| 4 | The Italian states advertise their prosperity in buildings like the fifth-century temples at Paestum ( Posidonia ) , which are comparable in size to those at Akragas , but are on a higher artistic and technical level . |
| 5 | It is therefore possible to say that a standard Afghan Belouch , for example , will normally be comparable in price to a Yagcibedir , and both will usually be between a third and half the cost of a Russian Bokhara or Beshir . |
| 6 | They are well made , using excellent quality wool , and are comparable in price to standard " Chinese-style " Chinese rugs . |
| 7 | The latter might be comparable in date to the Kingscote mosaic , but as that itself can only be assigned tentatively to c. 325 , this association must be considered inconclusive . |
| 8 | The only criterion was that ‘ all courses approved should be comparable in standard to those of a university ’ . |
| 9 | In commercial terms the EC accounted for over one-fifth of world trade and was comparable in importance to the USA and Japan . |
| 10 | The event was fixed up long ahead , and in the correspondence of the eminent delivering such a Discourse appears comparable in importance to giving a major address at a BAAS meeting . |
| 11 | Supporting evidence for extensive east-west movement comes from the identification of a number of major faults clearly visible on satellite imagery , most notably the Altyn Tagh Fault ( Fig. 3.25 ) which is comparable in length to the San Andreas Fault in California . |
| 12 | It is thus possible that there exists today , in some archive , library or monastery in Ireland or Wales , a corpus of material comparable in value to the texts found at Nag Hammadi , or to the Dead Sea Scrolls . |
| 13 | This was clearly identified in the consensus statement from the King 's Fund : ‘ Until teaching is recognised to be an important professional activity ( comparable in status to clinical service , research and management ) it is unrealistic to expect those involved to devote the necessary time and effort to planning and implementing any new curriculum . ’ |
| 14 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
| 15 | This limestone head , for all its ambitious scale and care , seems hardly comparable in quality to the best work of the age in marble . |
| 16 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Dr Rodwell commented that the floor was comparable in condition to the finest surviving floors in Britain , such as those in Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral . |