Sentence examples for except in relative from inspiring English sources

Of course, there is no way to accurately compare a plasmid vaccine with a viral vaccine except in relative terms.

We feel the terminology "unbiased" should be avoided except in relative terms, or that at least it should be clearly stated which biases are being referred to.

I do not suggest that every man opposed to communism is a conservative, except in a relative sense.

There is no difference, except in the relative degrees of suffering, between people in Paris or New York and people in Africa or the Balkans.

And though the players tempered their initial brashness as the work progressed, they never achieved the warmth of tone — except in purely relative terms — that you want in Schubert, and in Beethoven's and Schumann's slow movements.

A small group of fans, including his father and a high school buddy, followed Martin, who played in relative quiet except for the whine of a few leaf blowers nearby.

Here are the percentage changes from 2008 to 2012: Greece -11.2 Ireland +0.8 Spain +8.3 Estonia +7.0 Latvia +1.3 Lithuania-1.4 This doesn't mean that no internal devaluation has taken place; euro area compensation was up 8.4 percent, so everyone except Spain did gain competitiveness in relative terms (and Spain has been gaining in recent years).

The iron-fisted military presence of Iran has kept that region in relative calm except for infrequent suicide bombings and skirmishes.

Both were in relative decline.

He died in relative poverty.

I wanted to see it again, to see what was happening in the states no one visits except to drop in on relatives at Christmas.