Compared to the more than 500 letters known to Nicephorus Callistus in the fourteenth century, only about half that number had survived to the twentieth century.

Compared to the national average, the 18 to 44 demographic was about half of what was expected.

Compared to RISC microprocessors, the Pentium Pro, when introduced, slightly outperformed the fastest RISC microprocessors on integer performance when running the SPECint95 benchmark, but floating-point performance was significantly lower, half of some RISC microprocessors.

Compared to the previous Mugunghwa-ho train service on the Gyeongchun Line, fares dropped by half.

Its outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 4, 036 K. Compared to the Sun, this star, and the primary component, show only half the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium — what astronomer's term their metallicity.

Compared to the contemporary British House of Lords and Prussian Herrenhaus, the Russian upper chamber was more democratically constituted, as half of its members were democratically elected from different sections of society, while the House of Lords and Herrenhaus consisted of hereditary peers.

Compared to the April election, turnout rose by 1. 7 %, whilst there were over two and a half thousand fewer spoilt papers.

Compared to the extraordinary energy that produced Richard Baxter, George Fox, Gerrard Winstanley, and William Penn, the literature of dissenting religious in the first half of the 18th century was spent.

Compared to regular touring coaches, this mid-sized coach was about half the price ($ 150, 000 as opposed to $ 300, 000 ), but offers no luggage space under the cabin ( any luggage space must be carved out of the main cabin ) and which had a maximum of 40 seats ( without any luggage ).

Compared with most other classes of natural compounds, alkaloids are characterized by a great structural diversity and there is no uniform classification of alkaloids.

Compared to the other orders, the Tuscan order looks the most solid.

Compared with most other mammals, the head of cats is highly domed with a short muzzle.

Compared to other " visions of the future ," Bel Geddes ' was rather achievable — the most advanced technology posited was the automated highway system, of which General Motors built a working prototype by 1960.

Compared to IPv4, the most obvious advantage of IPv6 is its larger address space.

Compared with many of cricket's greatest players, most of whom were specialists, Botham's averages seem fairly ordinary but this overlooks Botham's all-rounder status, which is rarely achieved at world-class level.

Compared to its use in rugby, laterals and backward passes are generally rare in North American football, due to a much greater focus on ball control in American football strategy ; it is most commonly used as a last-minute desperation strategy or as part of a trick play.

Compared with most Latin American countries, Paraguay had a small public sector.

Compared to meat, fish was much more expensive for inland populations, especially in Central Europe, and therefore not an option for most.

Compared to most of its many clones, the original vi is

Compared to residents of other American cities, Bostonians have shorter commute times than many and use public transit more than most.

Compared to other Germanic languages, it is probably most similar to that of modern West Frisian, one of English's closest relatives.

Compared to the high income level of most Norwegians, the country can be said to be one of the cheapest in the world ( i. e. the number of hours one has to work to buy goods ).

Compared to most other domestic dogs, the bark of a dingo is short and monosyllabic.

Compared to most other manually operated firearm actions, it offers an excellent balance of strength ( allowing powerful chamberings ), ruggedness, reliability, and potential accuracy, all with light weight and low cost.

Compared to most combat films of its time, Sands of Iwo Jima was fairly nuanced in its view of war and military people.

Compared to most other European folk music styles, very little is known about the history of klezmer music, and much of what is said about it must be seen as conjecture.

Compared to Keewatin, Norman, and Rat Portage, Jaffray Melick is the most rural communities, with few retail stores and one golf course, Beauty Bay, on Black Sturgeon lake.

Compared to most other small falcons, it is more robust and heavily built.

Compared to most other Cambridge colleges of medieval origin, Magdalene College's chapel is much smaller and cosier, in line with the college's relatively small population.

Compared to cheap 27 MHz, the main reason for the lower user numbers on the 934 MHz band, was its cost ( up to £ 500 for a radio ), coupled with the fact that by the time reliable Japanese equipment became available in the mid-1980s, most people had opted for the noisier but cheaper 27 MHz, or gone on to take the Radio Amateur Exam.

Compared to birds in general there is a large number of species that do not engage in monogamy ( the typical breeding system of most birds ).

Scholars believe that Bach intended the works to be considered as a systematically conceived cycle, rather than an arbitrary series of pieces: Compared to Bach's other suite collections, the cello suites are the most consistent in order of their movements.

Compared to other compressors, these pumps are quiet, cheap and, most importantly, have no moving parts in the airstream.

Compared to the idealized cycle, this cycle is a more realistic representation of most real Stirling engines.

( Compared to the state average class size of 18. 2 students.

Compared to other German universities the portion of international students at the RWTH Aachen is higher-than-average.

# By the end of first grade, only “ a single cognitive impact was found for each cohort .” Compared to students in the control group, the 4-year-old Head Start cohort did “ significantly better ” on vocabulary and the 3-year-old cohort tested better in oral comprehension.

Compared to other colleges, MUM offers dorm rooms to a higher than average percentage of its students.

Compared to western European countries, there is an intrinsic " tradition " of teachers granting students rather more marks at the " good " end of the scale, i. e. more 1s, 2s and 3s than they would receive in western Europe, for example.

Compared to legitimately accredited institutions, diploma mills tend to have drastically lowered requirements for academic coursework, with some even allowing their students to purchase credentials without any education.

Compared with similar-sized public universities (~ 7500 students ), UAH ranks # 1 in research expenditure in the nation (>$ 65million ).

Compared to a standard computer science curriculum, students start a very rigorous course with C, advance to object oriented programming with C ++, and all take 2D Windows GUI, 3D graphics and sockets networking.

Compared to the college students, fewer DLM members had had religious upbringings and they tended to have had worse family experiences though only 17 % came from " broken homes ".

Compared with the rest of the Russian Empire, by the start of the 20th century the Oblast had a very high literacy rate of 50 % and each year up to 30 students from Cossack families ( again a rate unmatched by any other rural province ) were sent to study in the higher education establishments of Russia.

Compared to the national average, Rangitoto students achieved very good results in the 2008 New Zealand Scholarship exams.