Sentence examples for somewhat relative from inspiring English sources

Loach has often taken a somewhat relative view of crime and its justification.

The dating of the period is, like the name, somewhat relative.

And if you look at it — blacks, Hispanics and women have gained somewhat relative to the population as a whole, but labor as a category has lost ground.

A Nubian princess, the title character, is captured by an Egyptian warrior, Radames, who falls in love with her instead of his betrothed, Amneris, an Egyptian princess; when the forbidden romance is revealed, Amneris shows mercy by letting them die together, buried alive in the same tomb (mercy being a somewhat relative notion).

"If the test is not properly designed, the 'halo effect' can really hurt you with this type of testing," says Spors. "For example, if someone tries a flavor that they really hate,... the next flavor they try will [often] receive an inflated score because preferences are somewhat relative".

gM-eGFPhi cells also down-regulated MHC class II expression somewhat relative to gM-eGFPlo cells.

This is a plausible reason for the somewhat reduced relative risk in relation to regular phone use overall, with a relative risk of 1.0 after excluding phone use during the 5 years prior to diagnosis.

In the mid-to-late 1980's, he said, "they were the bright spot" in the local economy, helping keep the housing market in northwest Houston somewhat stable relative to other parts of town.

Population density of Papua New Guinea.Papua New Guinea's rate of population growth tends to be high and life expectancy somewhat low, relative to other countries in the region.

The unemployment rate remains elevated, and measures of underlying inflation continue to be somewhat low, relative to levels that the committee judges to be consistent, over the longer run, with its dual mandate.

The goal is to lower long-term interest rates and therefore ease borrowing by businesses and households, lift stock prices and stimulate exports by making the dollar somewhat cheaper relative to foreign currencies.