Sentence examples for to bear comparison from inspiring English sources

Payet was probably too inconsistent to bear comparison with the greats until last season.

It was an era to bear comparison with the dominance masterminded by Herbert Chapman in the 1930s.

But it is a "Twin Towers" novel none the less and, moreover, one to bear comparison with the very best – Joseph O'Neill's Netherland, Clare Messud's The Emperor's Children.

At first glance, "Billancourt Tales," a freshly translated collection of Berberova's earliest fiction, seems unlikely to bear comparison with anything as fine as "The Resurrection of Mozart".

And indeed Shoah is one of the few works in any genre to bear comparison with Levi's own masterpiece, If This Is a Man.

His prose is impish and subtle enough to bear comparison with Italo Calvino and Georges Perec, even if he lacked their scope.

Upside Down is so slight that it doesn't bear comparison to all the other dystopian fantasies it calls to mind, from Brazil to last year's Total Recall remake.

Eastwood's film – fine as it is – doesn't bear comparison to those great anti-war movies of the 70s because it has nothing great to say about its war, but perhaps it might coax cinemagoers into accepting Iraq as a subject worthy of the screen, and worthy of the ticket price.

represents the first occasion on which a band who bear comparison to Sham 69 or Splodgenessabounds have received a Mercury nomination.

In the often sackcloth world of ethical fashion, D'Oyly wanted her T-shirts to stand out and bear comparison with couture.

Smithsonian/Folkways. * CAFE TACUBA From Mexico City, this quartet is one of the great rock bands of our time and still unsuccessfully promoted in the United States, despite the fact that it has now made two records that could bear comparison to the Beatles' "White Album".