Example sentences of "be compared with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these are compared with the word ’ river ’ and its definition ( which might contain words like ’ stream ’ , ’ water ’ , ’ flow ’ , etc. ) , we can immediately see a greater overlap with the geographical definition of ’ bank ’ . |
| 2 | A similar result is obtained if the senses of ’ bank ’ are compared with the word ’ swim ’ . |
| 3 | The results of cytology are compared with the method of sampling in Table III . |
| 4 | The newt 's legs , advanced though they are compared with the fin of a coelacanth or a mudskipper , are not very efficient . |
| 5 | Because BR has no direct competitor in the UK , some performance indicators are compared with the average of 14 European railways : |
| 6 | The petrological analysis has not been compared with the distribution of die-sets , yet the sheer volume of material , about 200 vessels from about twelve sites , one being the settlement of West Stow in Suffolk , might seem to argue strongly that the products are from a single workshop . |
| 7 | Similarly , the longterm outcome of adult patients treated with elemental diet has not been compared with the outcome after steroid treatment in a prospective fashion . |
| 8 | According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) . |
| 9 | In terms of its power to drive biological research , the advent of the polymerase chain reaction can certainly be compared with the discovery of the techniques of molecular cloning some 20 years ago . |
| 10 | The actual local air traffic will be compared with the level which would have been expected by natural growth as predicted by a successful Federal Aviation Administration model . |
| 11 | Although no porosity logs are available for the Z1 Carbonate of the Aabenraa-l , the porosity profile can be compared with the neutron log of Ørslev-1 ( where no core was taken ) . |
| 12 | Since a rate of exchange measures the price of one currency in terms of another , its determination can be compared with the price of any other item . |
| 13 | The apparent safety of the work could also be compared with the horror of the post-war mining tragedy at Egremont , five miles to the north , in which 104 miners died . |
| 14 | A longitudinal section shows that the vertical distance between an horizon containing two of the VP 's and eye level can be compared with the distance of the third VP below eye level . |
| 15 | The Hermitage 's marble version of ‘ Orpheus ’ can be compared with the stone version in Venice and the ‘ Venus ’ from Palazzo Pitti in Florence can be seen with the second version from Munich . |
| 16 | This way of modelling the scale components of an image should be compared with the Trend Surface model described in Section 3.5.3 . |
| 17 | Nor can it be compared with the ballerina 's dance in Rhapsodie where she wafts to and fro as if in a dream before breaking into her solo . |
| 18 | This can be compared with the gold content of the undated coins in the Sutton Hoo burial , and it is apparent that none of them could be later than AD 630 . |
| 19 | The cost of replacement should be compared with the cost of binding as another factor influencing a decision . |
| 20 | The likelihood of the model given by equations ( 3.36 ) may be compared with the likelihood of an unrestricted model which is given by : where , is a random error which is serially uncorrelated with mean zero . |
| 21 | The findings can be compared with the way in which policy actions were described at the time , and one sub- period can be compared with another . |
| 22 | These data can be compared with the outcome in ears treated with a ventilation tube or adenoidectomy or both . |
| 23 | When this is done , there is a tendency for other artists to be compared with the leader to their disadvantage . |
| 24 | As a chamber music group the saxophone quartet of soprano , alto , tenor , and baritone has much to enjoy , and with sensitive artists at work can almost be compared with the string quartet in terms of balance , tonal variety , and expression . |
| 25 | The information will be compared with the picture of attitudes of the population at large gained from the annual British Social Attitudes survey ( supported by the Economic and Social Research Council ) and other sources . |
| 26 | BSL learning usually begins beyond what is normally considered an optimal age and should therefore be compared with the learning of foreign languages later in life . |
| 27 | Both Lavan and Sirri were bombed by Iraq in 1986 ; Iraq 's oil minister claimed these operations had reduced Iran 's exports to a level around 500–800,000 b/d , which may be compared with the figure of some 3.1 million noted earlier . |
| 28 | The primary outcome of the project will be a descriptive account of the employment characteristics of establishments in British industry , which can be compared with the situation recorded by the 1980 survey , but it is also hoped to consider the findings in the context of current debates about labour market segmentation . |
| 29 | None of this , though , for Ifor or for Cis or , I presume , for the rest of the family , was to be compared with the fact that Richard Walter Jenkins Junior , aged eleven , passed a scholarship to the Secondary School and went there : the first Jenkins of that line ever to do so . |
| 30 | This may be compared with the conception rate for Down 's Syndrome , which is thought to be one in 200 . |