Sentence examples for that of past from inspiring English sources

It is difficult to compare the spending for this year with that of past years, because each organization had its own effort.

The outcome so far is similar to that of past Israeli wars in Lebanon and Gaza: massive firepower is used to inflict heavy losses on the other side, the great majority of the casualties being civilians.

The toll on Friday paled before that of past weeks, especially April 22, when more than 100 people were killed as security forces opened fire on demonstrations across the country.

"The new aluminium frame surrounding and housing the display is 1.7 times stronger and 1.3 times more scratch resistant than that of past Samsung devices," said David Kang, vice president of Samsung mobile.

If those steps are taken, Mr. Arbaugh said, "the assurance of this election will be comparable to that of past elections". "The problem is, people who know elections know there's a lot of play in them already," he said.

This long-term monitoring allowed Uriarte and her colleagues to compare damage from Maria with that of past hurricanes, including 1989's Hurricane Hugo and 1998's Hurricane Georges Category 3 storms, but the only things even close to Maria in recent times.

But sometimes they are, because, well, sometimes that's how they managed to create that perception of past accomplishments.

How quickly we forget that sort of past.

This summer's format is identical with that of the past.

The ranking performance of these methods is also compared with that of the past researchers.

In these recent conflicts, the ratio of wounded to killed has tilted sharply down from that of the past.