favourable comparison

collocation in English

meaningsoffavourableandcomparison

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favourable
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈfeɪ.vɚ.ə.bəl/
showing that you like or approve of someone ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition offavourableandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I think that our record of humanity and treatment of pensioners bearsfavourablecomparisonwith that of any other charity in the country.
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One police officer made thefavourablecomparisonof picketing with the control of football crowds.
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The contribution they made to the war effort will bearfavourablecomparisonwith that of any other section.
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These publications, together with all the statistical information provided, bearfavourablecomparisonwith any others in the world.
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They bearfavourablecomparisonwith the standards in force today.
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In that context the offer made to the ambulance men bearsfavourablecomparison.
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So in other aspects of our trade we standfavourablecomparison.
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If we take the seriously disabled man, we get a still morefavourablecomparison.
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In most cases, the allowances continue to bring the total emoluments of the staff concerned intofavourablecomparisonwith comparable salaries in this country.
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The nuclear safety standards and procedures were drawn up and implemented with commendable thoroughness and bearfavourablecomparisonwith those in force today.
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It stands veryfavourablecomparisonwith that of any other nation.
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The nuclear safety standards implemented during the tests bearfavourablecomparisonwith the standards in force today.
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Certainly, it bearsfavourablecomparisonwith what obtained in the less difficult conditions following the 1914–18 war.
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At any rate they bear veryfavourablecomparisonwith the conditions of a few years ago.
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I believe that the quantity and quality of this particular achievement bearsfavourablecomparisonwith regional development activity in most other areas in recent years.
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The tests were implemented with professional thoroughness and bearfavourablecomparisonwith the standards in force today.
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I believe our legislation will bearfavourablecomparisonwith that of any other country so far as what has been done within the last ten years at all events.
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That may be so, but in comparing the accounts with company accounts, or those of a local authority or electricity authority, they bear a veryfavourablecomparisonas to detail.
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Yes; and in economy in the working the work will bear veryfavourablecomparisonwith any work done in any private enterprise at the present time.
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By any statistical yardstick, the nuclear industry heads the list in safety, and its effects on the wider community stand more thanfavourablecomparisonwith the coal industry.
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