Sentence examples for relative given from inspiring English sources

That is relative, given the instability in Benin, where they have lived under both Islam and Christianity, control from the state and only since 2006 have there been fair and free elections.

The meeting has been taking place just as the fragile global economy is stalling again, with the United States the sole bright spot, but even that is relative, given that American employment growth has weakened again.

Sandra Bond is a qualified solicitor who has been unable to find permanent work after a period caring for a relative Given that welfare changes have been such a contentious issue since the first coalition budget, Liam Byrne's recent proposals are long on rhetoric and short on detail.

But his shock seemed relative, given that "Party Monster," which was based on his book, set in the 80's and early 90's, shows the actor who plays him overdosing on heroin, and the previously cute Macaulay Culkin playing Michael Alig, a real club kid who committed murder.

However, the latter point is relative given that it depends on the field of reference.

The attacks have confounded Democrats in and out of government, who noted quickly that mandating coverage was, until recently, a relative given when it came to health care reform.

Each relative gave a lecture.

This relative gives Gilgamesh the bad news: he must die like everyone else.

He became a reader at the age of 6, when a relative gave him a pile of boys' adventure yarns.

When someone we don't know well, like a distant relative, gives us something we have no conceivable use or wish for, we can easily laugh it off.

Yelitsa Jean-Charles said she cried when a relative gave her a black Barbie when she was a little girl.