And these examples are roughly apples and apples; the distinction is even starker in literary fiction.
San Francisco's black population, for example, is roughly half of what it was in 1970.
The per capita contribution of San Marino, for example, is roughly four times that of the United States.
Specific gravity, for example, is roughly proportional to the atomic weight of the metal ions.
The village of Haverstraw's population, for example, is roughly half Hispanic, according to the county's Department of Planning.
The conservancy's $1 billion pledge, for example, is roughly three times what Congress has appropriated for the normal operations of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the main federal program for acquiring open space.
The cost of extracting European shale gas, for example, is roughly double that of American reserves, according to Wood Mackenzie estimates, and other alternatives, like liquefied natural gas, which can be imported on ships from Qatar and elsewhere, also are a cheaper option for many of Europe's energy-hungry companies.
While generally Republican, white women, for example, are roughly 10 points less Republican than white men.
Most written and spoken languages, for example, are roughly half-redundant.
Levels of poverty in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, for example, were roughly comparable with those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
