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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a relative/comparative lack of sth
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There is a relative lack of research into this medical condition.
comparative luxury (= comfortable when compared to other things )
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We were glad to return to the comparative luxury of our tent away from the rain.
relative/comparative obscurity (= not known about compared to other things that are better known )
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He brought the team from relative obscurity to fame.
the relative/comparative merits of sth (= the good qualities of something as compared to something else )
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She is an expert in the relative merits of spa waters.
with comparative/relative ease (= seeming easy, especially considering how difficult something is )
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Most modern laptops can store large amounts of data with comparative ease.
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advantage
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Given the existence of resource mobility in a single country, the exploitation of comparative advantage is possible.
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The classical theory of comparative advantage is often taught as if everyone benefits from trade.
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A trend had already been set in textiles, where the comparative advantage of cheap labour was becoming important.
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The alternative case where free entry restores standard comparative advantage is when factor endowments are sufficiently similar to permit factor price equalization.
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In Figure 2.1 the case of reaping comparative advantage is examined.
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In the classical theory of comparative advantage , there is no role for government in determining the location of industry.
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However, this solution prevents the group achieving any gains from assigning people to tasks according to their comparative advantage .
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In the nineteenth and for most of the twentieth century, the theory of comparative advantage explained what needed to be explained.
analysis
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Nevertheless an independent review emerged with a comparative analysis of a complex field.
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The former agent did a comparative analysis of the manifesto and five pages of letters and essays authored by Theodore.
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It may be possible to apply all of these to groups who contrast in some way, so facilitating a comparative analysis .
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Their comparative analysis tests the linear and non-linear forms of the relationship between income inequality and political violence.
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Thus detailed comparative analysis of different religions is possible.
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A comparative analysis of course documents made the extent and systematic nature of the changes quite evident.
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This makes any comparative analysis of data recorded at different times or using different aggregation units problematical.
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Cases are those countries that feature in the comparative analysis .
anatomy
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As well as medical preparations, it contained a great deal of comparative anatomy , including fossils.
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Works on comparative anatomy continued this tradition, though by the nineteenth century there was more caution about using mankind.
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Owen was also put in charge of the College's museum, an important source of specimens for comparative anatomy .
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But the early debates were conducted almost entirely in terms of comparative anatomy and paleontology.
approach
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Despite the above advantages, the comparative approach may be said to have three main failings.
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Because of our comparative approach , we must regretfully bypass interesting problems within the individual countries.
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Helminth communities of amphibians and reptiles: comparative approaches to understanding patters and processes - John M Aho.
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A comparative approach will identify marketing factors which distinguish successful companies from less successful ones.
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The comparative approach allows two major tasks to be carried out.
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The comparative approach , like economic analysis, has both strengths and weaknesses.
costs
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Does my hon. Friend know the comparative costs involved?
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Price them and prepare a table to show comparative costs . 3.
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Has his party analysed those comparative costs ?
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The basis for international trade between countries can be explained in terms of the economist David Ricardo's theory of comparative costs .
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First, it is possible that a too narrow definition of comparative costs would be used.
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Economic evaluation and the calculation of comparative costs per quality-adjusted life-year gained is one way of providing such an explanation.
data
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Significance levels for comparative data were determined by the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
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The most reliable of these comparative data measure voting in national elections.
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Rather few comparative data are available from which to assess recent status changes, but these appear to have been marked.
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This earlier project provides a comparative data base which will be used in assessing the impact of new guidelines.
ease
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We stripped a combination of primer and varnish from a plywood screen with comparative ease .
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Her life, comparative ease from the cradle up; she had to thank her father.
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Gooch was 57, Stewart 38, and the new-ball attack had been weathered with comparative ease .
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He is following a correspondence course in gardening for adults with comparative ease .
figures
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I do not want the comparative figures to be distorted.
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Whichever option societies take, comparative figures for the new disclosures will be required.
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Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.
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Inspection of the comparative figures is both instructive and startling.
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The comparative figures for 1991 were 25 and 19 respectively.
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The presentation of comparative figures has been adjusted to reflect the new standard.
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Where changes in presentation are made, appropriate adjustments are made to comparative figures .
freedom
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I enjoyed this comparative freedom and spent a lot of time pacing around the cell.
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The comparative freedom that the close presence of grandparents afforded wives contributed significantly to the high standard of farming seen.
lack
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My comparative lack of basic talent came home to me on the practice ground before the first round of the Amateur.
literature
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Historians have approached these areas, as have social scientists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and some students of comparative literature .
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An excellent article on selection bias using real examples from the comparative literature .
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Throughout the chapters, concrete examples from the comparative literature were used to demonstrate these points.
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The repeated empirical verification of the relationship, however, leads to two conclusions in the comparative literature .
method
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The comparative method is not really a term referring to a fixed procedure that is to be followed rigidly.
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This study stands as one of the earliest and most comprehensive analyses of this research question using this particular comparative method .
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They were especially interested in Darwin's use of the comparative method .
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The details of the comparative method are a little sketchy, but she claims that Melanesian practice is very similar.
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The comparative method discloses a number of key issues which any legislation guaranteeing equal employment rights for disabled workers must address.
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In sum, the different comparative methods should be seen as complements to one another.
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An excellent review of comparative methods .
politics
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Briefing box 1.1 Making classifications: Aristotle and Finer Description and classification are the building blocks of comparative politics .
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All three countries represent a state of affairs that defies predominant theories in comparative politics .
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The discussion now turns to key examples from comparative politics that have examined these important questions.
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This book provides a good discussion of establishing functional equivalence in comparative politics .
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What then are the main conclusions about comparative politics that can be drawn from this cursory comparison to natural science?
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The comparative politics literature is rich with examples of these different levels of analysis.
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The fourth section summarizes these reasons, justifications, and terms for a science of comparative politics .
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Third, a large portion of published literature in comparative politics uses quantitative analysis.
purpose
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For comparative purposes , the team also took a similar set of readings on human walkers.
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Thus for comparative purposes the Category B gas-coal scenario should be used.
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The Theogonist's leadership value is not therefore used, but has been included for comparative purposes .
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For comparative purposes , Charles Barkley made $ 4. 1 million in salary and $ 3 million in endorsements last year.
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As demonstrated, a percentage perannum return can be calculated for comparative purposes with other types of financial investment.
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This outline is especially pertinent for comparative purposes .
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Should a leadership value ever be required for comparative purposes then use the value as 10.
religion
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The second is to encourage the study of comparative religion , philosophy and science.
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You study the history of religions , comparative religion, the scriptures of the world, maybe the psychology of religion.
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He buried himself in books on comparative religion , and began publishing scholarly tracts and books about the goddess.
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Students of comparative religion , on the other hand, have evidenced somewhat more interest in tongue speaking.
research
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All have considerable experience of international comparative research .
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These questions are especially germane in comparative research , where the analyst attempts to specify how the structure-function patterns vary between states.
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Aside from these two ` laws' of political science, the bulk of comparative research eschews making such strong claims.
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The Bureau's comparative research programme comprises a continuing analysis of model properties and forecast performance.
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Notes 1 A corollary branch of comparative research inverts the relationship to examine whether democracies achieve better levels of economic development.
safety
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He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.
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I saluted him and then made my way back to the farmyard and the comparative safety of the farm buildings.
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Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip, pulling him back to comparative safety .
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New ideas can be bounced around in the comparative safety of the governors' meeting and reactions gauged.
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Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety ?
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From a place of comparative safety she was able to observe as Joe pushed his way onward, unaware of her move.
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She shivered, and was glad to gain the comparative safety of the open area in the centre.
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Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out.
study
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Purely descriptive studies serve as the raw data for those comparative studies that aspire to higher levels of explanation.
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She said a comparative study of about 15, 000 randomly selected Gulf War veterans is planned for the near future.
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The generality of conclusions from well controlled experiments can often be tested by comparative studies .
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All the topics covered would have to be placed in context but there would be no, say, comparative studies .
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Overall, the statistical results confirm the relationship between economic development and democracy established by the comparative studies in the earlier phase.
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There are many important questions which emerge in relation to comparative study which employs place or locality as the frame of reference and explanation.
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Space and resources preclude an exhaustive or even an extensive comparative study in this work.
work
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We've done lots of comparative work , case-control studies ... soc: Oh dear!
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Finally, Chapter 8 examines the comparative work on democratic institutions and democratic performance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During the bombings, families sheltered in the comparative safety of the underground rail stations.
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Fresh fruit and vegetables have become a comparative rarity in the region.
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Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.
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Coming from a few rooms in Creek Lane, the Sisters may have wondered at the comparative spaciousness of their new surroundings.
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Finally, Chapter 8 examines the comparative work on democratic institutions and democratic performance.
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For comparative purposes, the team also took a similar set of readings on human walkers.
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He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley.
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The comparative weight of the evidence is, however, peculiarly the function of the trial judge who has heard the witnesses.
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The former agent did a comparative analysis of the manifesto and five pages of letters and essays authored by Theodore.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again, this served to distort the comparatives.
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Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.
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If anything, they served to intensify the boredom by providing a comparative .
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The so-called secondary categories consist of almost equally linguistic concepts: negation and opposition, comparatives, modes, and so on.
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Through tower building there is a development of vocabulary from the original big and small to more selective comparatives.