Comparing the performance of water and sanitation service providers ( utilities ) is needed, because the sector offers limited scope for direct competition ( natural monopoly ).

Comparing this with other paradigms of word forms, we can note that in the English language the plural often consists of little more than adding an s to the end of the word.

Comparing card games are those where hand values are compared to determine the winner, also known as " vying " or " showdown " games.

Comparing average depths among the world's lakes whose basins are entirely above sea level, Crater Lake is the deepest.

Comparing this material with Constantius of Lyon ' Life of St. Germanus of Auxerre, it suggests that the two are not the same person.

Comparing the labeled points in Figure 6 and Figure 7, it is seen that the unity gain frequency f < sub > 0dB </ sub > and the phase-flip frequency f < sub > 180 </ sub > are very nearly equal in this amplifier, f < sub > 180 </ sub > ≈ f < sub > 0dB </ sub > ≈ 3. 332 kHz, which means the gain margin and phase margin are nearly zero.

Comparing with HSS saw blades, solid-carbide saw blades have higher hardness under high temperatures, and are more durable, but they also have a lower toughness .</ li >

Comparing folklore about polycephalic dragons and serpents, 8-headed creatures are less common than 7-or 9-headed ones.

" Comparing Capp to other contemporary humorists, McLuhan once wrote: " Arno, Nash, and Thurber are brittle, wistful little précieux beside Capp!

' Comparing this to similar recent interventions in Slovakia, Serbia and Montenegro and Georgia, she writes, " Some commentators believe that the similarity of their actions proves they are part of a U. S .- sponsored plot, an effort to extend American influence throughout the world.

Comparing the two contributing structures of benzene, all single and double bonds are interchanged.

Comparing these two illustrates some of the choices that NLG systems must make ; these are further

Comparing the birds, it is immediately obvious that the yellow lipochrome pigments are entirely absent in " Townsend's Dickcissel ".

Comparing oracle bone script to both Shang and early Western Zhou period writing on bronzes, oracle bone script is clearly greatly simplified, and rounded forms are often converted to rectilinear ones ; this is thought to be due to the difficulty of engraving the hard, bony surfaces, compared with the ease of writing them in the wet clay of the molds the bronzes were cast from.

* US-External Debt viz Savings rate Comparing External debt viz Savings rate-since 1995 ( which are two of the components that finances the Fiscal Policy )

Comparing the DNA of B cells ( a type of white blood cell ) in embryonic and adult mice, he observed that genes in the mature B cells of the adult mice are moved around, recombined, and deleted to form the diversity of the variable region of antibodies.

Comparing the control ‘ baseline ’ state to the activated areas during the visual memory task allows researchers to view which areas are used during visual memory.

Comparing drivers by their calculated reference efficiency is often more useful than using ' sensitivity ' since manufacturer sensitivity figures are too often optimistic.

Comparing the layout to the piano accordion, the advantages of a chromatic button accordion are the greater range and better fingering options.

Comparing this to the definition of O ( 1 ), above, we see that the sections of O ( 1 ) are in fact linear homogeneous polynomials, generated by the themselves.

Comparing these formulae shows that < math > E < 0 </ math > corresponds to an ellipse ( all solutions which are closed orbits are ellipses ), corresponds to a parabola, and corresponds to a hyperbola.

Comparing the trees planted in the park next to the nullah, the trees in the nullah are rich in biodiversity.

Comparing the two years, Cardiff Queen Street's usage has increased by 30 % whilst Cardiff Bay has increased 323 %.

NOTE: Comparing substances ( especially drugs ) to each other by LD < sub > 50 </ sub > can be misleading in many cases due ( in part ) to differences in effective dose ( ED < sub > 50 </ sub >).

Comparing the available records with especially the Gest and also other ballads, Hunter developed a fairly detailed theory according to which Robin Hood was an adherent of the rebel Earl of Lancaster, defeated at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322.

Comparing the DNA sequence of an individual to that of another individual can show whether one of them was derived from the other.

Comparing characteristics of this basal angiosperm, other flowering plants and fossils may provide clues about how flowers first appeared — what Darwin called the " abominable mystery ".

Comparing the derived characteristics that all other angiosperms share with each other, but not with the Amborella Family, may give scientists clues to what features early flowering plants had and how these characteristics have evolved through time.

Comparing its workings to the techniques of mass production and scientific management made famous by Henry Ford and Frederick Winslow Taylor in the United States in the early 20th century, the economist Eric Roll wrote " Neither Taylor, Ford nor any other modern experts devised anything in the way of plan that cannot be discovered at Soho before 1805 ".

Comparing this to other Classic monumental depictions of female rulers, Wak Chanil is the only woman with power depicted on contemporaneous monuments.

Comparing facts from paleontology, comparative anatomy, and embryology, he taught the basic structural and functional changes that happened during the evolution of fishes to primitive terrestrial vertebrates and from these to all other tetrapods.

Comparing it to other ' slot ' canyons, especially those in the state of Utah ( USA ), it shows many similar characteristics.

Comparing it to the Arab Spring, Graeber has claimed that Occupy Wall Street and other contemporary grassroots protests represent " the opening salvo in a wave of negotiations over the dissolution of the American Empire.

* Comparing the extent of their travels with other enthusiasts, such as the number of Interstate Highway sections that have been wholly traveled.

" Comparing herself to other authors who created fictional universes, she remarked:

Comparing this method of detecting extrasolar planets with other techniques such as the transit method, one advantage is that the intensity of the planetary deviation does not depend on the planet mass as strongly as effects in other techniques do.

Comparing Sprite Zero to other popular lemon-lime sodas.

Comparing this tank with those in other forts may help in assigning a relative date to its construction.

Comparing tungsten to the other group 6 elements, the large tungstate ions generally contain 6 coordinate metal atoms similar to molybdenum ( molybdates ) and contrast to chromium ( chromates ) where 4 coordination predominates.

Comparing the book to his other novels, Calvino noted Mr. Palomar is " a completely different work " in which he sought to respond to " the problem of non linguistic phenomena.

Comparing a halophile genome to that of other prokaryotes should give insight into microbial adaptation to extreme conditions.