The notion makes sense only relative to a population.
They faltered with their fourth dive, but only relative to their otherwise extraordinary, breathtaking synchronicity.
Then came three dogfish sharks and a bevy of small, pesky bergalls, cunners to some, and the only relative to blackfish in these northern latitudes.
We ranked those shows only relative to each other and clearly did not intend to identify the shows at the top of the list as feminist programming.
During the Tankleff trial he befriended Martin Tankleff's half sister, the only relative to turn against him, and later opened a business with her husband.
Djokovic hasn't played very well either, but success in tennis is only relative to what the other guy is doing.
What does it mean to say that what is asserted or believed is true or false only relative to a context of assessment?
The factoid that 50 percent of our latest baby crop is other than non-Hispanic white is true only relative to the 2000 census scheme.
His youngest son, Eno, who will spend Thursday, his 22nd birthday, looking after his injured mother and grandfather, was the only relative to escape the building that was the family's house and shop before it crashed down.
Tengo had visited him there no more than twice — the first time just after he had entered the facility, when a procedural problem required Tengo, as the only relative, to be there.
It goes something like this: Stocks are truly cheap only relative to their values over the last 20 years, a period that will go down as one of the great bubbles in history.
