Sentence examples for was comparatively poor from inspiring English sources

Throughout its existence, the abbey was comparatively poor compared to other foundations, due to a lack of royal patronage and a consequent lack of tithe estates.

While Muscat was comparatively poor, Zanzibar had the potential for extraordinary wealth from two connected sources: a pungent spice (clove) and the slave trade.

The family, with four children – William's elder brother Hugh is the renowned sports journalist – was "comparatively poor", but school records at Kilmarnock Academy show McIlvanney to have been "a brilliant pupil", taking classes in Latin, Greek and French, as well as other subjects.

The highest mycelium growth density was appeared in 50% proportions of ramie stalk medium, but the density of the mycelium was comparatively poor on 70% and 98% ramie stalk substrate.

The performance of MOs on knowledge related to recognition and management of newborn sepsis was comparatively poor to LHWs and LHVs (with 'P' values of 0.004 and 0.000).

Because of the high shutter speed, the bird's motion was frozen very effectively although the relatively low framing rate meant that the temporal resolution of wing movements was comparatively poor (supplementary material Fig. S6).

There was McCormack, yes, but those recordings were comparatively poor.

For instance, although Shanti's literacy skills are comparatively poor, she has a talent for unearthing stories that "no other person on the team can offer," Joshi says.

The pyramids built for the later kings of the Old Kingdom and most kings of the Middle Kingdom were comparatively poor in size, construction, and materials.

For instance, managers of carbon-sequestration projects might be tempted to replace naturally functioning forests with tree plantations, which in biological terms are comparatively poor and sterile, with little of the biological richness and variety of the wild woods.

Seen in this light the fact that 90% of the farmers growing GM crops are comparatively poor and in developing countries is sinister, not salutary; given Monsanto's dominance in America's soyabean market, it seems to suggest incipient world domination.