Example sentences of "when compare with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But lap-steel is a relative newcomer to the island 's culture when compared with the tradition of slack key guitar , a beautiful acoustic fingerpicking style based around dropped , or ‘ slack ’ open tunings which have been handed down through the generations . |
| 2 | Subsequently the British state evolved with a remarkable degree of' stability and continuity when compared with the state in Spain . |
| 3 | The subjects with influenza B showed a 19% increase in the reaction time for the 10 minute version of the variable fore period simple reaction time test when compared with the controls ( symptomatic value 440 ( SD 82 ) ms , control value 369 ( SD 79 ) ms , p<0.05 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | His conditions have gradually improved , but his pay and his status remain ( when compared with the rest of the population ) relatively poor . |
| 6 | Our Life operations have made outstanding progress during the year and Life premium increases in the UK are encouraging , particularly when compared with the rest of the market . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Contrasts in tessellation within the same mosaic are insignificant however when compared with the contrasts between the mosaics themselves . |
| 9 | The woodwind , owing to its vastly inferior volume of tone when compared with the brass , can not hope to compete with it , but if used with knowledge and skill it can add considerably to its brilliance and sonority . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | Bad debts of 2 per cent of turnover seemed high , and JR decided to adopt the view that the acid test for a credit controller would be the cost of employing him when compared with the reduction of bad debts and overdraft charges , which should follow the appointment of a competent credit manager . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The group regards the treatment of war widows before 1973 , as an injustice when compared with the benefits paid to those widowed after that date . |
| 16 | These are all significant advantages when compared with the evidence of most social surveys . |
| 17 | Overall , in the 20 trials which presented the standard deviation of the Hamilton score the tricyclic and related antidepressants showed a small but non-significant benefit in efficacy when compared with the serotonin reuptake inhibitors ( standardised difference 0.004 , 95% confidence interval -0.096 to 0.105 ) . |
| 18 | When compared with the damage seen immediately after ethanol perfusion , however , injury grades II and III were reduced appreciably and injury grades 0 and I significantly increased in capsaicin pretreated rats ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 19 | Economic growth is usually measured in terms of GNP and though this presents some problems they pale into insignificance when compared with the problems involved in the definitions of education which have included literacy rates , school enrolment rates , university attendance rates , expenditure on education , and so on . |
| 20 | Finally , lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it 's relatively small when compared with the others . |
| 21 | Looking at different parts of the tropical world , it has been noted that by 1981 only 20% of all rain forests including tropical ones in Australia remained when compared with the total at European settlement ( 1788 ) and that there were only a few thousand ha left in northern Queensland , all accessible forest outside National Parks having been ( or likely to be ) logged , leaving an archipelago of ‘ refugia ’ . |
| 22 | Again , this absolute reduction represents a relative fall of seven author articles of more than 50% when compared with the frequency of six author articles ( fig 4 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The new English also exhibited a considerable excess of ontological security when compared with the anxieties raised for pre-war English by the spectres of cynicism and ambiguity . |
| 25 | Despite the downturn , Hugh Lang , chairman , said , the company produced a creditable performance , particularly when compared with the results of many of its competitors , and that firm managment of cash resources had resulted in an excellent balance sheet position . |
| 26 | The discovery of the St Albans and Bury St Edmunds remains were certainly exciting , especially to the examiners , but they pale into insignificance when compared with the results of the research undertaken after the opening of the coffin of Edward IV ( d.1483 ) in 1788 , the subject of a paper read to the Society of Antiquaries on 26 January 1769 . |
| 27 | The announcement attracted criticism that the punishment was too lenient when compared with the amount of fees accountancy firms pull in from insolvency work . |
| 28 | Consequently , it can be determined whether relatively the costs of litigation are too high when compared with the amount of damages awarded . |
| 29 | The chemistry involved here is scarcely different from ‘ normal ’ , when compared with the elaboration of ‘ secondary ’ compounds in defence . |
| 30 | As expected , the data from the 33 children who did not recover when compared with the data from the 57 recovered children showed significantly higher incidence rates of symptoms of constipation at follow up ; very large diameter stools , very hard stool consistency , stools that clogged the toilet , stool withholding ( p<0.001 ) , abdominal pain ( p<0.04 ) , and a significant decrease in the number of bowel movements per week ( p<0.001 ) . |