The phrase "are best compared" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing similarities or differences between two or more subjects, indicating that a comparison is most effective or appropriate.
Example: "These two theories are best compared in terms of their foundational principles and practical applications."
Alternatives: "are most effectively compared" or "are ideally compared".
American teenagers are best compared to those in the Russian federation or in depressed Eastern European countries like Bulgaria, a new study finds.
Furthermore, since computationally derived thermochemical parameters are best compared when the method, software, and parameters used to derive them are uniform, we may include these requirements in our query to retrieve uniform and useable information.
Instead, the results are best compared with other campus or national surveys.
If cycles of the stock market are best compared to four-footed beasts, then the market of 1984 was surely a mule.
Because a repeated word or phrase, such as the ubiquitous ki 'ai ki roto in the Atua Matariri recitation, will skew the statistics of that text, phonetic frequencies are best compared using word lists (considering each word individually) rather than the full texts.
From morphological criteria, the ciliated epithelia encountered in the present material are best compared with the ventricular ependymal lining.
They can be best compared to reliefs, and in fact, the Fujifilm van Goghs have been named "Relievos".
"Coming up with an idea is best compared to inventive cooking: combing existing ingredients or modifying a recipe to come up with something new," says Professor Olivier Toubia, who researches idea generation and social networks.
Monozukuri, however, has meanings beyond the literal; it can be best compared to the word "craftsmanship" in English, which describes the making of an object with particular skill, care or artistry.
The articles offered similar analyses, but they did raise an occasional point of contention, such as whether the cover boy's intellect and judgment were best compared to Newton's, Einstein's, or Solomon's.
"If you think Isis is best compared to a 40 member church that protests funerals, you're not thinking hard enough," one Twitter user wrote, while another added: "Suicide vests vs signs".
