Sentence examples for be comparative from inspiring English sources
noun
A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
Should data be comparative and if so, what should the comparator group be?
And it needs to be comparative with the president".
But they may be comparative bargains for second-home buyers seeking access to chic enclaves without living in them.
Asked about health care, Mr. Kerry said, "Now, President Bush -- I'm not here to be critical, but I am here to be comparative -- he's had four years to offer Americans a plan, and there is none".
For these purposes, the information must be comparative, relating actual results to the level of results that management regards as satisfactory.
Given that the anthropologist in the field necessarily retains certain cultural biases, his observations and descriptions must, to a certain degree, be comparative.
At $8.50 to $10.50, they are comparative bargains.
Or, as Patrick Looser put it: "It's comparative justice.
It's an acquired taste, and it's comparative.
Without wanting to sound a bit stupid, what is comparative literature?
(Road riders, like Mr. Kerry, are comparative wussies when it comes to sensation seeking).
