The comparative method can also be applied to the freeing of judgment: although lacking a universal standard, we can nevertheless stand back from particular customs, by the mere fact of comparing them.
And his burden is a mere feather compared to that of Jesus himself, the martyred founder of a worldwide faith in "Jesus Christ Superstar," first staged on Broadway in 1971.
These can be framed in terms of Beetham's three dimensions of legitimacy and, subsequently, as a mere example, compared with the setup of the Overijssel case.
On the surface "The Violet Hour" looks like a mere trinket compared with "Gem of the Ocean".
Lavish Lobbying But these ornaments are mere baubles compared with some of the neon measures that some lawmakers and lobbyists have fought to keep out of the bill.
The obvious ones are Beethoven's nine symphonies in a single day, and Wagner's Ring Cycle in 24 hours, but those have both been done (although never at the Proms in such a short space of time) and are mere foothills compared to the mountain ranges of potential musical cycles out there.
He was a mere runt compared to chief executives of privatised companies now earning £5m – 50 times the pay of a senior public servant.
Still, Bustelo is a mere bean compared with the mountains of the industry, with about a 1percentt market share of ground coffee retail sales, according to Information Resources Inc., a market research firm.
But that is mere bagatelle compared with the defiance of the energy privateers.
People continued to live in some sections, but their houses were mere hovels compared to the dwellings of the Early Classic.
