Sentences with phrase «apples to oranges comparison»

------ This supposedly «hidden catch» is just a ridiculous apples to oranges comparison again.

At some level this is an apples to oranges comparison — I would be much more comfortable to see a chart that looks at only USHCN stations with, say, at least 80 years of continuous data.

Unfortunately, it is an apples to oranges comparison: The 1990 acid rain law did not allow firms to purchase «sulfur dioxide offsets.»

So starting off your entire column and debate with an apples to oranges comparison leaves me wondering why I should continue to believe what I'm reading here.

Anyway, I've been thinking about your Apples to Oranges comparison,, And I think I have a better one.

Because otherwise, we have an apples to oranges comparison (like the term life comparison in Myth # 1).

It is an apples to oranges comparison.

I was looking at it from a different angle, comparing the cost to rent a comic to the cost to rent a movie (which I don't see as an apples to oranges comparison because I love them both) but you do make a good point.

The PaperWhite also has a very good showing and, to my eyes, comes in second after the iPad, but it's an apples to oranges comparison.

So it's an apples to oranges comparison to some extent, though precisely how much is unknown because we don't have budget details for private schools.

Your Vegan doctor is misleading you into believing that an apples to oranges comparison can lead to a scientific conclusion about diet.

Furthermore, creating a «risk - adjusted» model allows pediatric surgeons to avoid the apples to oranges comparison, Dr. Moss said.

It's an apples to oranges comparison.

Another apples to oranges comparison.

That is the biggest apples to oranges comparison I've ever seen.

Odds are you weren't motivated by any of it, even comparing to Tesla and Amazon (because you know it's likely an apples to oranges comparison given the nature of some of those jobs).

While your main points will likely be similar, I agree with Clark that the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index versus long Treasuries is something of an apple to oranges comparison, since the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index not only includes includes Treasuries, but also government - related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).

Richard was correct to put that apple to orange comparison out of its misery before it went to far.

It's an apple to oranges comparison, certainly, but we drove 305 miles further with the Cruze than I did with the Camaro two years ago, but used only 25.8 gallons of fuel.

I think putting the US record graph in the post, introduced an apple to orange comparison.

So it is not apple to apple comparison, rather it is a apple to orange comparison.

Yes, it's an apple to oranges comparison but it shows just how powerful the new iPhone is going to be.

Not exact matches

It's sort of an apples - to - oranges comparison.

The fact of the matter is that salary comparisons will always be apples - to - oranges due to the many variables at play — so we as business leaders must define roles, devise compensation ranges for those roles, and then decide where the company will position itself within those ranges based on the variables.

This comparison is an apples and oranges type of comparison, and it is hard to understand the point being made.

Some may argue this comparison is too simplistic and «apples to oranges» but the annual terawatt hour consumption figures persist none the less, and Bitcoin costs roughly 10x more energy than CERN Meanwhile, most, if not all of us will probably find it very difficult to demonstrate a cost / utility argument in support of Bitcoin having 10x more benefit than CERN.

I like the comparison of apples to oranges - must be the same!

Experience some ups and downs, or in Tennessee's case, play at a level that has you ranked as low as 102nd in Pomeroy's rankings as late as mid-February, and you're going to put your fate into the hands of a committee that is weighing quite a few different factors and making a lot of apples - to - oranges (Tennessee vs La Salle, for instance) comparisons.

- de Blasio dismisses a question as «apples and oranges»; drink twice if the question is actually a perfectly valid apples to apples comparison

These are apples and oranges comparisons for obvious reasons: New York has more Democratic voters than Republican ones for starters, while turnout in primaries is a notoriously difficult to gage and draw deeper conclusion from for a general election.

It's apples and oranges, but to the extent that a comparison can be made, the influence of journal impact factor seems stronger than that of either the number of citations your most cited article has received or of h - index, which is meant to measure a scientist's productivity and impact.

This type of apples - to - oranges comparison leads me to question the objectivity of your reporting.

Or an apples - to - oranges comparison?

«So it was almost like apples and oranges in trying to do a comparison.»

True, the many benefits inherent to private education - selective enrollment, smaller classes, greater resources, greater autonomy - may make it seem as though considering independent schools» opportunities for transformation alongside those of their public counterparts is the proverbial comparison of apples and oranges.

Also, this comparison is apples to oranges.

Dana, you stated that the comparison of Insights and Jettas was like comparing apples to oranges.

You did a fair comparison, although at a certain point it's comparing apples to oranges.

It's an understatement to call these «apples and oranges» comparisons.

You're comparison is not completely accurate; ie you are comparing apples to oranges.

Any analogy stating «Buffet proves you can do it» is an apples - to - oranges comparison.

Comparing post-tax interest with pre-tax investment returns is another apples - to - oranges comparison.

Don't just look at the rates - that could be an apples - to - oranges comparison if you don't consider fees as well.

While not an apples to apples (or oranges to oranges) comparison, the slow and steady DIY investor crowd tends to ask about the value of going with one or the other of these low - cost providers.

I have to disagree with you that this is an apples and oranges comparison.

Those who try to make a comparison between a traditional mortgage to the Manulife One is comparing apples to oranges.

Due to the mixture of bond durations and other factors, this would be an apples and oranges comparison.

Such a comparison would be an apples and oranges comparison, due to the mixture of bond durations and other factors.

-- Choosing the best hotel card is a matter of weighing each card's perks against your travel needs, as evaluating the pros and cons of each is an apples - to - oranges comparison... (See Hotel cards)

The purpose was to blunt the usual tendency in which folks see these purported loyalty points currency valuations and they automatically begin comparing them mindlessly across loyalty programs, not realizing that without an appropriate points currency conversion such comparisons are as meaningful as comparing apples and oranges...