Sentence examples for opted to compare from inspiring English sources

Instead of comparing people given the drug with others who had received no treatment, the Oxford team opted to compare death rates during the trial with those before it had begun.

Based on these data we opted to compare the mechanical ventilation strategies at 8 weeks.

To determine the association of 25-OHD levels with our primary (ALI/ARDS) and secondary (hospital and one-year mortality) outcomes in our regression models, we opted to compare 25-OHD levels at fixed points on a continuous scale: third (upper) and first (lower) quartiles.

Instead of quoting John Adams, Mr. Hummel opted to compare Mr. Arneson to John Proctor, the ultimately persecuted character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible.

We therefore opted to compare disease subgroups: CRSsNP and CRSwNP.

In the absence of nasopharyngeal epithelia-selective genes, we opted to compare our meta-genes with those found to be lymph node-selective.

When asked how they would vote in a referendum on membership, 51% said they would opt to leave compared to 49% who would vote to stay in.

Opinion polls show Britain is divided on EU membership, one poll this year showed 51% said they would opt to leave compared to 49% who would vote to stay in.

Third, we asked whether there were differences in the proportion of students (biology and chemistry majors only) who opted to concentrate in pharmacology, comparing participants in our enrichment program with other biology and chemistry majors at the same institution.

For once, in the theater of the Middle East, the Arabs have opted to be the good guys, compared to an unyielding Israeli government.

Not having anything new to say about Jane Austen - Claire Tomalin and David Nokes having both published rather fine biographies recently - Shields opts instead to compare the novels thematically with the events and characters in Jane Austen's life.