This suggested that a more detailed investigation into growth patterns, particularly on a comparative basis, would be valuable.

Further, these results can be obtained on a comparative basis.

For all the groaning and gallows humor, American tax bills do not seem excessively burdensome, on a comparative basis.

It was the intention of the editors to bring together information on African political systems on a "broad, comparative basis" for the very first time.

It is hoped the research will provide a comparative basis to assess the effects of the legislation after it has been implemented.

Going further back again, local authorities had made good use, on a comparative basis, of national reading surveys.

Since the scandal erupted, sales have fallen by 30-40% on a comparative basis, according to the Chinese Dairy Association.

For example strength and weakness tables of each alternative are drawn and used for comparative basis.

But on a comparative basis, carbon emissions fell by an impressive 27% compared with the previous year.

For most couples and their immediate families, the wedding day itself is an oasis of calm on a comparative basis with the months preceding it.