Children almost always begin by being serious, which is what makes them so entertaining when compared with adults as a class.

The resettlement departures from Africa rose by over 13 per cent in 2004, with 19,530 persons being resettled, compared to 17,255 resettled in 2003.

Here we can see the original reference file being compared to the user generated content.

Try to imagine a gorilla performing the same maneuver, and you can see that, compared with gorilla, we are halfway to being shaped like a fish.

I am fortunate compared with him.

Compared with yours, my car is small.

Compared with him, she is very noisy.

Compared with her sister, she isn't very punctual.

The earth is small compared with the sun.

It has greatly improved compared with what it was.

Performance in 2004 compared with the previous financial plan

The situation in Republika Srpska cannot be compared with the countries of Western Europe, but it can be compared with the neighbouring countries where production has shrunk.

If you are a NBA player and you are always being compared to Michael Jordan, you're going to look not so impressive.

He remarked that this being his third visit to Puntland , the security situation was much improved compared to his previous two visits.

When validation experiments were performed that compared the DNA from one normal, healthy individual with the DNA from another normal, healthy individual, we were astonished to find an average of 12 DNA fragments that showed copy number differences between the two individuals being compared. These became known as copy number variants, or CNVs.

As I say, if you're in a swarm, your odds of being the unlucky one are reduced as compared to a small group.

In fact, consultations with the fisheries sector have resulted in an increase in the size of the areas that are now being closed, compared to the suggestions made in original proposals from our scientists.

These figures reveals that compared to the problem of being unable to afford homes, the biggest risk of 'Grey Rhinoceros' for Chinese residents at present is likely to be being unable to repay debt.

(c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget

(c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget

(c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget

(c) Real growth, positive or negative, compared with the previous budget

All subregions saw an increase in flows as compared with 2003.

This rate is considered low, compared with other Latin American countries.

(e) 7,451,064 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2000 2001 compared with the revised estimates approved by the Assembly in its resolution 55 239 B of 23 December 2000.

(e) 992,600 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2004 2005 compared with the revised estimates approved by the Assembly in its resolution 60 245 B of 23 December 2005.

Regular resources contributions amounted to 791 million in 2004, an increase of 59 million (8 per cent) compared with 2003 and 26 million (3 per cent) compared with the financial plan.

Although there are at present some 54,000 periodic benefits being paid compared to 27,000 in 1987, staff levels have not increased over those 17 years.

(d) Less 3,642,200 dollars, being the decrease in income from staff assessment for the biennium 2002 2003 compared with the revised estimates approved by the Assembly in its resolution 58 267 B of 23 December 2003.

(c) Plus 5,428,116 dollars, being the increase in income from staff assessment for the biennium 1998 1999 compared with the revised estimates approved by the Assembly in its resolution 54 247 B of 23 December 1999.

How many more infants have been vaccinated this year compared with last?

Hence, the financial performance can not be compared with the past years.

(vi) Less 5,234,553 dollars, being the decrease in income other than staff assessment for the biennium 2000 2001 compared with the revised estimates approved by the Assembly in its resolution 55 239 B of 23 December 2000

A guide on projects, including cost benefit analysis has been issued and published on the Intranet and is being used for major projects (ITC projects are of limited size and value compared with those of other organizations).

The dramatic increase in the number of disputes now being referred to the Court, when compared with the 1970s, is a clear manifestation of the confidence of the international community in the Court's discharge of its functions.

So I took the food supply of every single country and I compared it to what was actually likely to be being consumed in each country.

The flavor of the week in Rio is sustainability indexing for corporations, by way of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Such indexing is being compared to accounting standards.

The combination of good rains and an increased percentage of the population being active make it likely that the harvest will improve as compared to last season.

Most regulators and market participants agree that Europe's financial markets are dysfunctional. With banking assets amounting to roughly 300 of EU wide GDP, compared to some 70 in the United States, large pools of savings are being left unused.

However, compared with the first battle, the Chinese women s volleyball team was more difficult.

's 1991 study, with 2,352 students, compared three groups of Spanish speaking minority students.

Conversely 40 urban women were assisted by a doctor compared with 11 rural women.

Asked whether their national legislation required the declaration of negotiable bearer instruments being transported across borders, 40 per cent of States indicated such a requirement (compared with 45 per cent for the second reporting period and 31 in the first).

About 12 percent of women reported being assaulted by a spouse in the five year period prior to the 1993 survey, compared with eight percent who reported violence during a similar time period in 1999, a drop which is statistically significant.

But Ning Zetao needs to see whether he is qualified enough compared with his predecessors.