Sentence examples for trifling compared from inspiring English sources

And I know my hardships are trifling compared with what many others have suffered since 1949," the year the Communists took power in China.

The sums involved - £80 million over three years - are trifling compared to the cost of Northern Rock in less than three weeks, or the value wiped off pension funds in three hours.

As of Friday afternoon, 4,418 applications had come in for federal aid, a figure almost trifling compared with the nearly three million received in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005.

But that is trifling compared with the wealth gap.

But these were trifling compared with what Ms. Clarke's team had in mind.

This exposure was mostly quite trifling compared with banks' total assets or capital.

The ceiling of the Royal Academy was a trifle compared with the other prestige commissions Kauffmann received.

Yet these are trifles compared with the ambitions that are made manifest on its Web site.

But these are trifles compared with the magisterial work that Mr. Nasaw has produced on one of this country's (and Scotland's) most remarkable men.

These, however, seem to be mere trifles compared to the fact that Dixon has spent the morning in the company of DJ Nick Ferrari.

It is a mere trifle compared with the average stage length of 161km and the total of 3,383km that the professionals will cover during the three-week race.