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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
trivial by comparison
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Her feelings for Simon seemed trivial by comparison .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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direct
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It is hard to make a direct comparison , for relative prices have changed.
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I have yet to get my hands on a 200-megahertz Pentium-based computer to do a direct comparison .
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Well stirred by seals, Amos Lake was too murky for direct productivity comparisons with the other lakes.
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The profitability index allows a direct comparison between the projects in terms of the present value of benefit per unit cost.
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In questions 3 and 7 it is essential that making and buying prices are on a basis allowing direct comparison .
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But for a direct comparison of clocks to be made, the traveler must return.
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The result of this is that a direct comparison with the other regional data is not possible.
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In helping to answer this question two direct comparisons are available.
international
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Making international comparisons Great care should be taken in using real output percapita figures to compare different countries' standards of living.
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The survey attempted to answer critics who have dismissed international comparisons as invalid because of differences in cultural expectations about health care.
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Consider the problems involved in using national income statistics to make international comparisons of living standards. 4.
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Although teachers flinch at such international comparisons , most of them are surprisingly enthusiastic about the national curriculum.
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This is inaccurate, and unjustified by any international comparison .
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The system of social security which varies widely from country to country is another important influence when international comparisons are made.
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Mr. Mellor My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but the international comparisons are even more telling.
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League tables of international comparison are one measure by which the Government's education record can be judged.
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group
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A similar-aged comparison group of women was found who had also participated in a previous study.
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Experimental mortality-the differential loss of respondents from comparison groups .
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Records of patients with multiple sclerosis were selected as a neurological comparison group .
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Selection-biases resulting from differential recruitment of comparison groups , producing different mean levels of the measures of effects.
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Records of previous admission for peptic ulcer were sought for people in the case and the comparison groups .
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Self-Selection Another problem in selecting a comparison group is self-selection.
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The three datasets each included a case group of children at risk, and an appropriate comparison group.
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If a comparison group were to be used, the sample would have to be selected very carefully. 8.
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allow
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This qualified chimera image will allow our comparison of Presocratic reasoning with scientific reasoning to be more precise.
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The profitability index allows a direct comparison between the projects in terms of the present value of benefit per unit cost.
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In questions 3 and 7 it is essential that making and buying prices are on a basis allowing direct comparison .
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They were designed to allow some comparison of the films in terms of the type and amount of information actually present.
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We await the development of scoring systems that meet these criteria and allow comparisons of hospital units.
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Assessing standards and comparing outcomes are important in medical practice and allow comparison of different units and appropriate allocation of resources.
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These were then calculated as percentages to allow direct comparisons .
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This design allows the comparison of the behaviour of the two regions under identical experimental conditions.
based
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You have to present a case based upon comparison with similar properties in the same area.
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Other studies will be based on detailed comparisons of returns for the Censuses of Production for each country.
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They are also primarily based on comparisons between the specialist and generic teams.
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This means that models of councillor-officer relationships based on comparisons between ministers and civil servants are likely to be misleading.
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However, this conclusion was based solely on a comparison of income support levels with supplementary benefit rates.
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Another alignment, based on sequence comparison is also completely different from the one shown here.
bear
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The efforts with pigeons and parrots bear only shadowy comparison .
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The final will be a repeat of last year, although Devon will be hoping it does not bear an exact comparison .
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The position bears comparison with the development of geometrical reasoning by Euclid.
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He came to realize that traditional accounts of science, whether inductivist or falsificationist, do not bear comparison with historical evidence.
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Another site which bears comparison with Chedworth is Nettleton Scrubb in Wiltshire.
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The discounting and assimilation processes bear little comparison to descriptions made in any of the content areas.
draw
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Three years ago there was hardly a young black cinema at all, now critics are drawing comparisons as if bored with the idea.
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More recently, even liberal commentators have begun drawing comparisons between Clinton and Nixon.
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It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries.
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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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Not surprisingly therefore, he drew comparisons between the problems faced by the University and those confronting his own establishment.
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It should be possible to draw international comparisons .
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Table 3.4 draws some comparisons between their liabilities.
include
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These are included for comparison as they were not tested for precise position-independent and copy-number dependent expression.
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This has included a comparison with the practice of our partners and allies.
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A histological normal control material was included for comparison .
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A correction for this effect has already been included in the comparison made in Fig. 8.5.
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They may be expressed in terms of overall expenditure and cost per item and include comparisons with historic expenditure and budget expectations.
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The directories should also be purged, otherwise out of date files will be included in the comparison .
invite
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And instead of heading off into uncharted waters, Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.
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No other sport invites such comparisons .
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The lightness and wit of Brooke-Rose's novels do, however, invite comparison with those of Muriel Spark.
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Perhaps movie marketers should have been more careful about inviting comparisons .
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This would seem to invite an invidious comparison between white youth who are unemployed and their more successful black peers.
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The movie invites comparison to numerous secular films and, more often than not, it suffers from the resulting deja vu.
involve
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It often involves the comparison of observed effects with expectations or intentions.
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In effect, they involve a comparison of the general equilibrium of the economy with and without the government budget.
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Talk might involve ideas of comparison of shape, size, colour or weight.
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Its use subsequently spread to other public sector analyses involving a comparison of costs and benefits over time.
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An interpretation of a provision of Community law thus involves a comparison of the different language versions.
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The discussion which follows may involve comparison and the use of various mathematical ideas.
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There will also be a number of analytic papers, some involving international comparisons .
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It may also involve comparison with other professions and other occupations and not just with rewards within the organisation.
make
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Any one student may take modules from a number of subject areas and will make comparisons of workloads and standards.
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The overall profile of Clio customers during 1992 makes an interesting comparison to the average for the supermini sector.
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He would instead become stuck making endless comparisons and contrasts, often making no decision at all or a purely random one.
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This very often happens in planning because some departments makes them vague in comparison .
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Even if you fall in love with the first one you see, it's important to be able to make comparisons .
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The Ego loves making comparisons - and this can be useful.
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But this may also attract criticism from parents if they make their own comparisons about trends and innovations.
pale
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Everything pales in comparison to a creation of this awesome magnitude.
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But that pales in comparison to what he brings to this city.
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The two disputes he mentioned pale in comparison with others looming on the horizon.
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They also prevail in an era where travel abuses pale in comparison to those of earlier years.
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Online shopping pales somewhat in comparison , which was the point of Larry Elliott's article.
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But the nine goals paled in comparison to the 16-plus average the stars have produced over the past seven games.
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Still, encouraging as such capital outlays are, they pale in comparison with Western investment in neighboring countries.
provide
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Table 8. 7 provides a comparison of two typical processing options.
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The generally optimistic tenor of this debate provides a revealing comparison with those public views examined for the earlier period.
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Plastic tubing of different sizes provide opportunities for comparisons .
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Their employers will also be interviewed, and other farms will be surveyed soas to provide a point of comparison .
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Such products are often of excellent educational design, but they do not provide comparisons between competing systems or databases.
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Management development opportunities through shadowing managerial roles and processes provide a contrast and comparison for reflection on the management of education.
seem
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Oh, how puny my contemporaries seem by comparison !
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Mount Rushmore would have seemed a bagatelle by comparison .
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The brilliant colours make even the glossiest illustration seem dull by comparison .
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The second version seems naked by comparison .
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The Agip Motel, it was called; the Speke seemed quite luxurious by comparison .
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They are the deadliest weapons of all, so that now the gun seems almost innocent by comparison .
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Her own visit to the cinema with an inarticulate young man from the West of Ireland seemed very dull by comparison .
stand
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Our commitment to quality and to professionalism will ensure that this prototype database will stand comparison by international standards.
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It would stand comparison even with that special day.
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Rory was just another one, he'd not stand the comparison either, Parr was the real thing.
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Both Lemper and Stratas have recorded it, but Réaux stands comparison well.
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It certainly stands out by comparison with Psychology in and People.
use
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There are three notable studies that use this method of comparison .
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However, before we look at specific implementation schemes, we want to introduce a few terms to use in making comparisons .
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Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment.
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Psychometric methods have also been used in comparisons of two or more methods of library instruction.
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Performance measures are usually most helpful when used for comparisons: for example, between units performing similar tasks, or over time.
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Linear regression was used for comparison with different variables.
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Part 4 contains a list of the reference data sets and reference results used for the comparisons made throughout the book.
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It is widely assumed that these scoring systems can be used for comparisons .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draw a comparison/parallel/distinction etc
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Here Locke draws a parallel between modes such as triangles, and substances such as gold and the Strasburg clock.
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I drew a parallel between the grinding plates and the grinding, unresolved pressures underlying this election year.
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I will start by drawing a distinction between what I will call social science history and hermeneutic history.
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It is also clear that it is difficult to draw comparisons between the Western Isles and the developing countries.
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It is now commonplace to draw a distinction between care in and care by the community.
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John Mortimer made the presentation speech, drawing parallels between Dickens and Dostoevsky.
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Why draw a distinction between the adopted and the biological child?
pale in/by comparison
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But even these concerns pale by comparison with the fears that people have about traffic safety.
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But that pales in comparison to what he brings to this city.
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But the nine goals paled in comparison to the 16-plus average the stars have produced over the past seven games.
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Everything pales in comparison to a creation of this awesome magnitude.
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The number fired and to be fired at Burlington Northern pales in comparison with the number to be let go at AT&.
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The two disputes he mentioned pale in comparison with others looming on the horizon.
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They also prevail in an era where travel abuses pale in comparison to those of earlier years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Between treatment comparisons were made using signed rank tests and correlations were sought using Spearman's rank correlation test.
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From Augustus to Peter the Great, the history books were ransacked to find suitable comparisons.
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Manometric studies in patients with Barrett's oesophagus are few and the comparison with patients with gastrooesophageal reflux are less frequent.
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The point of making these comparisons is that artistic practices affect how a critic should describe a landscape.
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The Warriors' point guards seem more like foot soldiers in comparison .
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These comparisons form the basis for the determination of prevalence estimates for anemia, growth retardation, or overweight.
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This is an attempt to distance themselves from comparisons with those doing research in brain modeling.