Its subsidy looks comparatively meager: $900,000 from the City Council, $675,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, $450,000 from business sponsorship with the box office yielding $1.5 million.
Where the neighbouring Lyceum boasts a stained glass canopy and other ornate theatrical trappings on its elegant facade, the home of snooker looks comparatively squat, down at heel and own-brand with its big "CRUCIBLE" stamped in large grey letters across a white backdrop.
A plot of insufferable silliness contrives to keep the lovers on tenterhooks and the audience in a permanent cringe, none of it helped by Thurman's thoroughly phony performance – Firth looks comparatively sincere.
The main reason GM looks comparatively intelligent these days is not merely that its cars and trucks are greatly improved, but that its competitors are making some very unintelligent decisions.
At 1.7 times embedded value, a common insurance valuation metric, A.I.A. looks comparatively inexpensive.
Because people are taking their trash to the emergency dumps, the rest of the city looks comparatively clean, and is mostly odor-free.
Banks may call in loans, or refuse to roll over short-term credits.At the other extreme, foreign direct investment (FDI) looks comparatively safe.
With these concerns in mind, we developed a survey of adults in the United States that incorporated an approach that looks comparatively and in-depth at sub-issues within a larger policy domain, thereby probing deeper into individuals' attitudes than typically found.
Robert Gelbard, America's envoy to the Balkans, has called Mr Seselj a "fascist" with whom the United States cannot do business, so Mr Milosevic now looks comparatively benign, especially if he does make a parliamentary alliance of sorts with the relatively mild Mr Draskovic.
NYPD riot gear looks comparatively subtle.
