Example sentences of "by compare [pron] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People most strenuously seek to evaluate their performance by comparing themselves to others , not by using absolute standards . |
| 2 | In fact the early mechanical clocks were adjusted by comparing them with sundials . |
| 3 | By contrast , High Anglican polemicists repeatedly sought to discredit the Whigs and Nonconformists by comparing them to Catholics and Jesuits . |
| 4 | As others in the class were quick to respond , the only way by which one knows that a country is unique is by comparing it with others . |
| 5 | Just as one can know whether one is short or tall only by comparing oneself with others , so one can know whether one 's own political system is " short " or " tall " only by putting it alongside other systems and noting the differences . |