Sentences with phrase «pale by»

My gardens pale by comparison.

:) Nothing wrong with making a home pretty, but do we look around to see what everyone else is doing or what everyone else has and then suddenly what we ALREADY have seems to pale by comparison?

Obviously this little history lesson makes our little war pale by comparison, but the over-all human nature aspect of the events leading up to WW 2 mirrors exactly what happens when apathetic folks in numbers get caught with their pants down, and their leaders think that they can negotiate with an entity that treats the negotiators» trust as a weapon against same.

Spread over four city blocks and spanning 3 million sq. ft., this ambitious project of the Related Cos. makes all other in - town development pale by comparison.

Ironically, the political battles Netflix has had to fight to get into France make those in Kevin Spacey's House of Cards pale by comparison.

Here is a short list of the 6 most expensive insurance claims ever filed, which will certainly make any claims you've filed yourself pale by comparison.

Some claim that these sums pale by comparison with the aggregate global spending on climate and weather related research, which may be true if you include all the satellite programs, radar, and other ground - based sensing capabilities.

Given the heavy pressure that the aviation industry has been under to reform its ways - its annual emissions, around 650m tons, (almost) pale by comparison - it seems only fair, and necessary, that governments start cracking down on the shipping industry as well.

Therefore mitigating global warming will address both the synergistic harm that it wreaks in concert with the non-climate damage to the environment, and it will address the direct effect that it will have on species and ecosystem - an effect that, if warming is not properly addressed for a few more decades, will make all other human impacts pale by comparison.

The scale of the venture, hundreds of ships at a time, makes European exploration pale by comparison.

Yet, his actions pale by comparison to what Phil Jones, Michael Mann and other Climategate researchers engaged in.

Dirty bombs make big messes, and may require massive relocations, as at Chernobyl, but they pale by comparison to the primary threat that Allison has written about in Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe — the possibility that terrorists might get hold of and detonate a nuclear bomb in a major city.

Regardless of whether hybridization rates may increase, at least for polar bears any effect they might have on population welfare pale by comparison to the loss of habitat and subsequent loss of foraging ability.

Here and there, the lately living or slowly fading are ushered beyond the pale by richly - hued molds and parasites that unfurl in balloons and waves of radiant rot.

The products of video art, by contrast, were monochromatic, grainy and displayed on the homely little monitors then available — and either required galleries to be darkened substantially or were washed pale by the room's intense track lighting.

And the games on sale this week after last week's gargantuan sale pale by comparison.

They will pale by comparison only if a new, super-bubble follows the bubble.

Amazon's substitute apps pale by comparison.

And if the corporate reformers have their way, their schemes to evaluate teachers and the schools of education they came from on the basis of yet another new generation of standardized tests, it will make the testing plague unleashed by NCLB pale by comparison.

Other occupations pale by comparison.

Phillips must have heard the cries that The Hangover Part II is pale by comparison of the first film.

Roseanne's Halloween pranks pale by comparison to what's in store for David, who dated another behind Darlene's back.

It's hard not to pale by comparison.

With great looks, a dandy supporting cast, a zinger - filled screenplay by Aaron Sorkin («A Few Good Men») and Mr. Douglas twinkling merrily in the Oval Office, The American President is sunny enough to make the real Presidency pale by comparison.

A good portion of the film's stroll down memory lane attempts to recreate some of the Belushi - Dan Aykroyd SNL routines, and they look pale by comparison with the real things.

They just pale by comparison with your sweet outfit.

But when compared with true blue coconut oil, the scammy «liquid» versions pale by comparison.

All other S&T fields pale by comparison.»

«Today's megaherbivore communities are not nearly as diverse as those from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, and most other fossil communities also pale by comparison.

As is clear, the sums involved are considerable, even if they pale by comparison to how much revenue some parts of the industry has lost in recent years (US newspapers have seen their total revenue decline by more than $ 20 billion since 2000).

It is a disaster of such epic proportions that even some of Hollywood's doomsday scenarios pale by comparison (Seibert, Disturbing Divine Behavior, 20).

But when compared to the religious and political right's success in defining what is good and in convincing the public of its truth, process and every other academic theology and philosophy pale by comparison.

This study of the history of ideas leads also through practical experience to a Christological conclusion that undergirds a vibrant humanism that makes secular humanisms pale by comparison.

The BoJ has been the least expansionary of major central banks since the 2007 - 2008 global financial crisis, Evans said, adding that its planned balance - sheet increase this year pales by comparison with the $ 1 trillion of assets that the U.S. Federal Reserve is slated to purchase.

With 328 million monthly users, the service still pales by comparison to either Facebook or Instagram.

Pogba was taken off after an hour, his performance paling by comparison to those of opponents Mousa Dembele, Christian Eriksen and Eric Dier.

She was in her mid-thirties, dressed all in black, her pale skin made paler by the contrast with her brightly dyed hair, which changed hues somewhat from season to season.

Its cost of about $ 4 million (US$ 5.7 million), not including launch, pales by comparison with that of Gravity Probe B.

Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 pales by far in comparison to Ninja Storm in almost every sense (story, fighting options, GRAPHICS, music, language options, and just the overall gaming experience).

Although it pales by comparison to the landmark 1968 original, Escape is a refreshing change of pace for the first half, finally running out of creative steam for its second, where it becomes a prolonged, boring, and very predictable chase flick.

William Friedkin's 1977 remake «Sorcerer,» with Roy Scheider, though a fine, underrated film, pales by comparison.

Peter Weller sits this one out (conflicts with another film are cited as the reason) as the helmet and robo - suit are handed over to newcomer Robert John Burke (Hide and Seek, Thinner), who does bear a resemblance, enough to buy him in the role of Murphy, though his average voice pales by comparison to that of Weller's stern and rich delivery.

The gallery media machine pales by comparison to capitalism in high gear.

In the first, Christopher Wool's stylishly smeared black - and - white abstraction pales by comparison with the paintings around it: a nice oil on linen by Albert Oehlen, a messy muddle of black blobs by Guston and a second - rate portrait that Pablo Picasso painted in 1969.

So, while the subsidy per MWh for solar is colossal, its impact on retail power prices pales by comparison to what is pocketed by the wind industry.

Here in the U.S., meanwhile, the Energy Department's support for next - generation photovoltaic research amounted to $ 21.7 million in grants that were doled out in 2007 to two dozen colleges and universities, a figure that pales by comparison with the billions of dollars in grants and loan guarantees the government is handing out for new industrial - scale projects.

And at $ 10 million, the disputed amount pales by comparison to the recent $ 42 million contingency fee controversy between Alice Lawrence and the lawyers who represented her in litigation over her late husband's estate, which didn't generate much commentary despite a bang up post by David Giacalone.

Yes, you pay a premium for that experience, but it pales by comparison to the cost of psychotherapy for dealing with the alternatives!

Not exact matches

Being able to give massive political contributions actually pales in comparison to the impact of being able to destroy a publication you don't like by combining the machinery of the courts with anonymity and unlimited funds to bleed a publication dry.

The Nasdaq paled in comparison, up by just 4.3 %.