Sentences with phrase «basis of comparison»

And we see more earnings upgrades next year, though a higher base of comparison will make it harder to top expectations.

Using the latest firmware, which is my only basis of comparison.

Double - check your concern with a teacher or someone else who knows your child and has a wide base of comparison.

I believe both components — in - class observation and growth in student performance — are necessary and that use of the state test is needed to provide a statewide basis of comparison.

Instead, each school will be able to quantify it independently, leaving college admissions officers — according to critics — without a clear basis of comparison.

These images provide an invaluable basis of comparison as your pet ages.

When you're comparing different foods on the basis of the guaranteed analysis, you might want to consider the dry matter or caloric basis of comparison.

Overall, we believe that the use of investment company accounting makes our financial statements more useful to investors and other financial statement users since it allows a more appropriate basis of comparison to other entities with similar objectives.

at 9 games now, we start to have good base of comparison and he is outclassing most DM in the premier league.

«Arkema has made a very strong start to the year, with a 33 % year on year increase in adjusted net income despite a high basis of comparison in first quarter 2017 and the very strong appreciation of the euro.

Unless the groupings are each both all - encompassing and mutually exclusive, it seems like there would need to be at least a third agreed upon grouping whose numbers formed a fixed basis of comparison.

The IPCC chose this baseline in order to provide its readers a more immediate base of comparison, the climate of the present world, which people are familiar with.

I'm sorry, but the CTS coupe is not a valid basis of comparison; indeed, Cadillac set to meet / exceed the 3 - series with this car, and unfortunately the lack of attention to interior details is a dealbreaker for me.

Theme-wise, having recently finished GO SET A WATCHMAN, I see a slight basis of comparison.

Another detail you need to know is that the amount of Kcal per cup isn't really a good basis of comparison, since a cup is a measurement for volume, not for weight.

EBITDA for the Coating Solutions division amounted to $ 66 million, down 10.8 % against a high basis of comparison ($ 74 million) for first - quarter 2017, particularly in China, where unit margins reached very high levels in early 2017.

For a basis of comparison, 170 years ago, the U.S. Postal Service was issuing its first postage stamps and Thomas Edison was an infant, 32 years away from the invention of the incandescent light bulb.

That rate is often used as a basis of comparison for other types of bonds and interest rates.

On the basis of a philosophy of history which interprets cultures as quasi-organic units undergoing development from youth through maturity to decline, and on the basis of a comparison of the stages in the growth of world - civilizations, he concludes that Western civilization has exhausted its productive powers.

The study of American society (that is, sociology) precedes and serves as a basis of comparison with other societies (this is cultural or social anthropology).

On the basis of this comparison, the system either accepts or rejects the image.

You will then start seeing Aldi advertise on the basis of comparison, Australian made and even on the basis of superior quality.

That will be my basis of comparison since Crosby and MsDavid's skills and hockey smarts are off the charts.

If that's the basis of comparison, absolutely no question that school food is the better choice.

It's obvious this pregnancy is progressing very quickly, but with no basis of comparison, you tell yourself everyone's body is different.

After all, they have a basis of comparison and more awareness of the sensation, leading them to conclude that there's something more.

I could troubleshoot more easily, because I had a basis of comparison.

While we haven't had another basis of comparison, it's very nice that once our baby's needs (food, diaper and comfort) have been met that we can rely on the Snoo Smart Sleeper System over three quarters of the time to soothe her to sleep.

While we haven't had another basis of comparison, it's very nice that once our baby's needs (food, diaper and comfort) have been met that we can rely on the Snoo over three quarters of the time to soothe her to sleep.

That's fine, but try to consult a range of people so you'll have a choice and a basis of comparison.

The third argument falls apart on the basis of comparison with its repercussion.

If we take the magnitude of injustice done to the Palestinians by the state of Israel there is a basis of comparison with Israel.

You need some basis of comparison.

I am trying to decide how much weight these types of votes have to be used as a basis of comparison of different legislators

Michael Dunlea, a second - grade teacher in New Jersey, is using Voxer to archive his students» reading fluency at the beginning of the year, and as a basis of comparison throughout the year.

For scores on any test to be useful, there must be a basis of comparison.

However, data will become a catalyst for improved teacher practice only if the teacher has a basis of comparison.

Norm - referenced tests are developed by creating the test items and then administering the test to a group of students that will be used as the basis of comparison.

The other reason is that the DCPS schools with large numbers of white students are generally high - performing, so the base of comparison is much higher.

Still, NCLB provided, at the very least, some basis of comparison between state proficiency levels, especially once state standards were calibrated to federal standards measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests.

They're the first editor I've ever used, so I have no basis of comparison.

Whithout knowing the relative weight of hardware success in this model, we can't really compare the Voyage sales to any of the previous figures, because our basis of comparison is incomplete.

The world was too alien, with no basis of comparison to Earth.

However, the basis of comparison should not be the only analysis in your essay; you should also factor in dissimilar parts or elements, to distinguish between two or more subjects, artwork or theses.

We'll discuss the managed mutual fund market first to form a basis of comparison with index funds.

Getting your own assessment gives you a basis of comparison when your home insurance company comes back with their cost.