The phrase "are broadly comparable with" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing similarities or equivalences between two or more subjects in a general sense.
Example: "The results of the study are broadly comparable with those from previous research conducted in similar conditions."
Alternatives: "are generally similar to" or "are largely equivalent to".
Given the smaller numbers in their series, 388 cases compared with 1183 in the South Australian series, these findings are broadly comparable with the 8.3% rate of malignant diagnoses in our data (Farshid et al, 2008).
The Australian government says that they are providing health care services that are "broadly comparable with health services available within the Australian community".
The simple fact is that in many of the countries cited by the Government, such as France, the costs of childcare are broadly comparable with those in England.
The EUROCAT total prevalence rates of T18 and T13 are broadly comparable with other studies,18, 24, 25, 26, 27 but exact comparison is difficult, as most studies concern LB rates and are from populations with different maternal age profiles.
The direction and magnitude of the calculated displacement are broadly comparable with displacements obtained from GPS data over a time interval comparable with (t_{mathrm{a}}).
They noted that the model projections of the earlier IPCC TAR (the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report), used by (Midgley et al. 2005), are broadly comparable with median projections assessed in AR4, in that a similar level and spatial pattern of warming is consistent and that a comparable reduction in rainfall is projected.
This is broadly comparable with the typical £150 a week students pay to rent privately in neighbouring Newham.
Beyond Europe, tops draws were Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto, Auckland, Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne, where tax rates have been broadly comparable with Britain's in recent years.
"The department can assure you its contracted health services provider is providing appropriate care that is broadly comparable with health services available within the Australian community," a spokesman said.
Mr Cridland was speaking as this year's A-results were expected to show a similar pass rate to 2014 now exams regulator Ofqual has indicated results should be "broadly comparable" with the previous year.
Presence absence data are used to calculate association, over- and under-representation indices for the relationship between plants and the pollen assemblages, and results are found to be broadly comparable with published results from Norway.
