Sentence examples for institution equivalent to from inspiring English sources

But the court was a major state institution, equivalent to the houses of parliament or the judiciary, and its workings, personnel, group intelligence and moral compass deserve more detailed attention than Cannadine and Ziegler allow.

Reinhard has noted that girls found on mountaintop burials tend to be older than boys because they would have been kept as virgins until being sacrificed ([ 32]: 112), whereas there was no institution equivalent to the acllahuasi to ensure a virginal condition on the boys.

"Members of our Founding Class have secured internships and positions at Ashoka, Learn Capital, Santa Fe Institute, Uber, and other great institutions -- equivalent to some of the best opportunities presented to rising seniors or graduates of the Ivy League".

According to a recent and influential report by Fitch, outstanding loans by Chinese banks and shadow financial institutions were equivalent to 200% of GDP at the end of 2012, up from around 125% of GDP in 2008.

The coordinates of newly created institutions are equivalent to coordinates of a pixel in an image.

"You have six huge financial institutions having assets equivalent to two-thirds of the GDP of the United States of America.

Among the financial issues that further enhance these difficulties, payment requirements to use training areas in private institutions were mentioned, equivalent to 20 dollars per student/day.

Are persons who supported the institution of slavery "morally equivalent" to those who opposed it?

Before the 2007 reform, the average cost of an inpatient visit to a primary healthcare institution was 2,497.10 RMB, equivalent to 60.3% of the rural per capita income.

Consideration is also given to the infrastructures and capacities at the applicants' home institutions, because those resources may not be equivalent to those at the sponsors' institutions.

The Ministry of Justice said half of 15 to 17 year olds entering Young Offender Institutions have the literacy levels equivalent to those of seven to 11 year olds.