Example sentences of "[adv] compare with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is constantly compared with the ancient rock paintings in the Lascaux caves , which happen to be within the breed 's native region . |
| 2 | The thorax of the large-eyed trilobite is remarkably long compared with the average trilobite ( compare Fig. 33 ) . |
| 3 | So compared with the commercial clout of the continental magnums , they 'll just have to be satisfied to remain as miniatures . |
| 4 | One further simplifying approximation is often made : recognising that all rates of change are commonly slow compared with the optical cycle time ( and the wavelength , one can reduce the Maxwell equation to first order ( slowly varying amplitude approximation ) , and also take out the rapidly varying part of P21 setting . |
| 5 | 5 The average height of a man is about 1¾ which is quite short compared with the polar bear of height 2⅝m that was found in Alaska in 1962 . |
| 6 | In this case , the RC time constant of the filter must be long compared with the period of the carrier but short compared with the briefest period involved in the modulation . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's close compared with the 1,793.1 at which the FTSE index ended 1988 . |
| 8 | Counts of E coli , and a few rare isolates of other enterobacteria , were low compared with the total flora and were commonly present at levels close to the limit of detection . |
| 9 | And they are often low compared with the true costs of using road space . |
| 10 | In both cases the metallicity is low compared with the solar value ; this indicates that the gas is mainly primordial , with a small admixture of material processed by stars and then ejected from the galaxies . |
| 11 | It is clear that some groups of animals , like the proboscideans ( elephants and allies ) , are much reduced now compared with the late Tertiary , both in variety and geographic distribution . |
| 12 | These debris laden clouds usually have a dark , solid appearance , often compared with the globular voluted surface of a cauliflower , and rather like the black , towering cumulus clouds that threaten thunderstorms . |
| 13 | Indeed , the militancy' of the 1920s is often compared with the relative quiescence of trade union action during the 1930s . |
| 14 | Indeed , the militancy of the 1920s is often compared with the relative quiescence of trade union action during the 1930s . |
| 15 | Thirty seven thousand pounds is a lot of money it 's a lot of money even compared with the five hundred odd thousand that 's already in the revenue budget for er the operation of these two centres . |
| 16 | To effectively present open-circuit signal conditions between terminals requires the external impedance to be high compared with the internal impedance . |
| 17 | The titles of many of the talks seem curiously backward-looking , particularly compared with the straightforward approach of the Berlin programme . |
| 18 | The amount used in this study given in three doses , however , is small compared with the usual lazative dose of about 60 mmol . |
| 19 | This covers topics such as : the calibration of hot-wires ( this is always necessary — hot-wires are not absolute instruments ) ; the geometrical combinations of hot-wires needed for measuring different components of velocity fluctuations ( a particularly important arrangement being two wires in the form of an X as shown in Fig. 25.2 ) ; the particular problems in achieving accuracy that arise when the velocity fluctuations are not small compared with the mean velocity ; the problems associated with velocity measurements in the presence of temperature variations , to which a hot-wire probe is also sensitive ; and much else . |
| 20 | For example , it can occur in a wake only sufficiently far downstream for the mean velocity deficit at the wake centre to be small compared with the total mean velocity . |
| 21 | The air pressure against the side walls is generally much less than p s and except near the back of the cylinder is small compared with the axial stress . |
| 22 | My car is a Metro , quite small compared with the many large cars without disabled badges that continually park ( presumably with this warden 's blessing ) in this particular road . |
| 23 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |
| 24 | Still waiting for his first goal since his £500,000 summer move from Rangers , Rideout has been unfavourably compared with the Scots striker who left Goodison for Oldham last year . |
| 25 | The photographic relative bidirectional reflectance so recorded was then compared with the radiometric bidirectional reflectance for each surface . |
| 26 | This was then compared with the known user list for each township . |
| 27 | Their ( re ) constructions are then compared with the original Hemingway version . |
| 28 | Not the state they 're in ( although I suspect that would make an interesting piece in itself ) but about how few there are in public places compared with men 's , and certainly compared with the actual need for them . |
| 29 | Nor did it want the more advanced economic state of the West Bank , which was itself backward compared with the coastal areas of Palestine , to continue . |
| 30 | The disciplines involved in the primary care sector , the problems and services which are the subject of research and development , and the research methods and specialist resources required to support the primary care sector all vary significantly compared with the secondary sector . |