Sentence examples for compared to the Russian from inspiring English sources

Often compared to the Russian greats Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov for their graceful presence on the ice, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze have struggled under the pressure this year.

Believe me, it's practically the same to manage the team in Champions League compared to the Russian championship – all you have to do is kick the ball properly – but the concentration has to be much, much higher".

Team USA's opening ceremony outfits, with stripy red, white and blue T-shirts, have been compared to the Russian flag, while the Georgian outfits – long white skirts and embroidered red jackets for women, grey suits for men – prompted a country-wide campaign to change them.

In terms of wealth, he would be around the middle reaches of the ultra-high net worth individuals; compared to the Russian oligarchs, he and his friends, a multinational set, were "more cultured, less rich!" he said, but probably more typical – in terms of numbers – of the plutocratic money coursing through Britain.

She was compared to the Russian spy Anna Chapman.

Polyarene contents in urban air and urban industrial emissions, as well as vehicle exhausts, are compared to the Russian Ministry of Health standard of maximal permissible concentration for benzo[a]pyrene in the ambient air.

The two most striking differences in Chinese and Russian efforts to develop research universities that are competitive in global rankings are the consistency of the Chinese effort compared to the chaotic Russian approach, and China's greater openness to international collaboration and learning, reflecting the behavior of epistemic communities.

These attributes pleased the navy's Board of Inspection, but Scientific American lamented the ship's low speed compared to the Italian s, Russian s, and British s, which they (somewhat inaccurately) stated had top speeds of 22.5 kn, 23 kn, and 25 kn, respectively.

As an amalgam of different elements can undergo chemical reactions and acquire new and improved qualities compared to the original components, so the Russian culture was able not only to combine disparate tradition but also to enrich them and to raise its own structure based on that foundation.

Javier Fernandez, the Spanish defending champion, holds an impressive lead in the men's event with a score of 91.56 compared to the 85.51 of second-placed Russian Sergei Voronov.

The most notable feature of the Chinese space program, especially compared to the early American and Russian programs, is its slow and steady pace.