Used as a family snapshot camera it's on a par with early colour compacts, using cheap colour film and cheap laboratory processing. |
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They're nearly on a par with Liebfraumilch, and either given as an insult or in jest. |
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This is an observation on a par with pointing out to us that the world isn't flat. |
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It is accepted as an entry qualification by universities of the European Union, on a par with the German Abitur, etc. |
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Peter the Great was the Russian czar who transformed Russia from an isolated agricultural society into an Empire on a par with European powers. |
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Carrying beer to Bierfest was on a par with carrying coals to Newcastle or water to the Thames. |
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Explicitly promising to do so would at least put them on a par with schoolteachers, lawyers, and other professionals. |
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It's on a par with removing everyone's freedoms in a bid to catch a few terrorists. |
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Nor was Stalin's behaviour in Ukraine, however atrocious, on a par with Hitler's total extermination strategy. |
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Oats proved to be one of the better crops this year, coming in on a par with last year's yield. |
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Through a combination of cynicism and self-flattery, we put their accomplishments on a par with the banalities of contemporary celebrity culture. |
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But for some things, orderliness and logic give me an aesthetic tingle on a par with a beautifully crafted film or a garden that just works. |
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At 95 per cent, the overall pass rate was on a par with the national average. |
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It is a deeply affecting couple of hours, on a par with Schindler's List for emotional impact. |
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Employees working in the e-business and web sector in Ireland receive salaries on a par with other economic sectors. |
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Keep in mind that in those days, to be in the cab of a working mainline steam engine had to be on a par with a ride in a jet fighter today. |
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Some excellent facilities are in place at the gym which are on a par with the very best in the county. |
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I hope the government will move swiftly to ensure that Easter Sunday is listed as a public holiday to ensure it is on a par with other holidays. |
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The games industry in the UK is already bigger than the cinema business, and on a par with video. |
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We have a road network on a par with the worst of any of the poorest third world economies. |
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This kind of ricercar has little musical interest, and is artistically on a par with Czerny's duller technical studies. |
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He's on a par with Hitchcock for building tension and making the ordinary seem threatening. |
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Isn't it great to be on a par with neighbouring towns with the place full of life and lights. |
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If the deal is successful, it would be a major coup for the galleries, putting its collection of modern art on a par with London's Tate Modern. |
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The 49-3 defeat at Murrayfield in 1990 was on a par with a 51-0 drubbing received at the hands of the English seven days earlier. |
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The odds of being shot dead by a ruminant must be on a par with being killed by a real poison pen letter. |
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For the overwhelming majority it is harmless fun on a par with backing a horse in the Grand National. |
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The next census report, 2001 to 2011, will be published in two years' time, but I predict that the numbers will be on a par with the last one. |
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Borkowski, who staged the biggest custard-pie fight ever in the Millennium Dome, has set himself a challenge on a par with making a romance about estate agents. |
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Think Kate Moss, whose low-set eyes sit on a par with the tips of her ears. |
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The state sector must be given greater powers to defenestrate uninterested or just plain bad teachers, which would put it on a par with the private sector. |
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The graphic novel is an art form on a par with pulp fiction. |
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The latest version of Internet Explorer is considered to be on a par with its rivals. |
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He stated government policy should ensure Canadians have access to the most up-to-date ICT equipment to be on a par with the rest of the world. |
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In the absence of a major event, the contribution to net earnings is expected to be on a par with the 1998 figure. |
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Why should I support amendments that add sugar beet and put it on a par with grain and potatoes? |
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This makes cannabis dealing as serious as aggravated rape or armed robbery, at the same time that personal use is put on a par with anti-depressants and steroids. |
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There are only 175 countries on that list, which puts Russia on a par with Lebanon and Nigeria. |
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In terms of media freedom, Belarus is now on a par with some of the world's pariah regimes, such as Cuba, Burma, North Korea and Iran. |
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As the retro movement has escalated, Drawmer says there has been a dramatic surge in 1960 sales which now puts the unit on a par with the gates. |
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That of a legal representative or fulfilment assistant is on a par with an intentional or careless duty injury of the shop assistant. |
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However, ECRI is not aware of any steps taken to raise public awareness of Roma's right to housing on a par with the rest of society. |
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For the purpose of this rule, the team time trial is put on a par with the individual time trial. |
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Especially since current communications tools are on a par with, surpass even, available means of transport. |
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As a company always striving for the best, Daimler seeks sustainable growth and profitability on a par with the best in its industry. |
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Private individuals who perform public duties shall be put on a par with public officials. |
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At their worst, these would have put the life of a poor labourer and his family on a par with or perhaps below that of an American slave or a Russian serf. |
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Their mining, processing, and manufacturing of iron, copper, bronze, lead, gold, and silver objects were on a par with the rest of the Roman world. |
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The executive director is on a par with the college presidents but does not have an allegiance to a particular campus, thus serving as a neutral party. |
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In terms of risk, this is on a par with high diving into a piranha pool. |
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There can be few among today's absintheurs whose skills are on a par with this dwarfish playwright, author of Ubu Roi and creator of the monstrous stage figure Pere Ubu. |
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Psychiatrists and those who believe their mendacities claim that mental illnesses are brain diseases, on a par with neurological diseases, such as Parkinsonism and stroke. |
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As they were only talking to themselves, obscurantism increased on a par with poverty and its ills. |
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The Slovenians are a chic people and tourist facilities within the country are certainly on a par with, if not better than, those available throughout the rest of Europe. |
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An unphilosophical craftsman clearly does not think, in conceptual terms, that he is a thing on a par with other things or that time is a sequence of nows. |
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This would raise the profile of nannies in society and afford them a status on a par with other carers, such as childminders, teachers and nurses. |
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Apart from some of the impulsive and crazy behaviour we see in adolescence, teenagers appear to be pretty much on a par with adults in most areas. |
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Within this diversity, the stateless nations that we represent have genuine historical and linguistic roots, as well as demographic and economic importance on a par with those of the Member States. |
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It is henceforth capable of taking the initiative, intervening on a par with its partners and playing a strategic role in major space projects in a co-operative framework. |
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The Methodist Convention in 1887 recommended that chapels regard theatrical activity as an immoral practice on a par with gambling. |
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Consequently, restrictivist and nonrestrictivist interpretations are on a par with respect to use, so understood. |
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Working conditions and pay for women should be on a par with those for men. |
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This, as far as I understand it, would stimulate a more demanding attitude among street companies, and their professionalism would be on a par with that of indoor companies. |
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For Europe to be on a par with the United States and Japan, and competitive vis-à-vis the emerging countries, let us invest more in research and innovation. |
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The joy and the emotion of the young people who welcomed us are on a par with the isolation they feel after the successive trials that have marked their country. |
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This clearly shows that central bank governors are on a par with academics, and keep themselves well informed of developments in economic research. |
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On any viable construal of Dual Coding Theory, the two codes, whatever they might be, are on a par with one another, playing parallel and complementary explanatory roles. |
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Note, parenthetically, how unprecedented it was, in Chapter Three, for the Supreme Court of Canada to agree that the privacy rights of complainants are on a par with the rights of the accused. |
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As things stand at present, Atel expects to close 2008 with Group profit slightly below the 2007 level and operating results on a par with the successful prior year. |
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Street style is definitely on a par with catwalk now. |
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The country has highly favourable natural conditions, both for wind energy, with wind resources among the best in Europe, and for solar energy, with insolation on a par with that in southern Spain. |
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At the time, the United States national team was inspirited by the ASL, with some players declared to have skills on a par with those playing playing in the likes of Britain and Europe. |
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The AWG would meet four times and organize a series of workshops and round tables to ensure that the amount of time given to technical discussions would be on a par with the level of complexity of the issues to be addressed. |
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The children expect to be able to come out of school on a par with those from wealthier, leafier suburbs. |
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They also feared the prosecutions would be on a par with the high-profile show trials in Stalin's Russia. |
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Druidism can be seen as another quasi-Masonic phenomenon, and druids of this ilk are on a par with any other odd fellows, their aim being clubbable mutual assistance rather than mystical transcendence. |
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On the other hand, despite being a literary Stakhanovite almost on a par with the Queen herself, Wilson is always worth reading. |
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With the Action Plans with Egypt and Lebanon now being finalised, the bilateral aspect of EuroMediterranean relations will be on a par with the regional aspect. |
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During the second half of the 19th century, a growing awareness on the part of all Acadians produces a desire for a society on a par with that of their English and French-Canadian fellow citizens. |
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In the most recent PRSP draft, the response to the HIV epidemic is cited as a priority intervention on a par with improvement of food security, improving basic social services, administrative reform, and others. |
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For a number of decades now, rural women have benefited on a par with men from the various social security regimes under the laws and rules regulating social security. |
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Today, Venice is a major fashion and shopping centre, not as important as Milan, Florence, and Rome, but on a par with Verona, Turin, Vicenza, Naples, and Genoa. |
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The group says that the status would put the Cambrians, known as the backbone of Wales, on a par with the Gower peninsula near Swansea and the Cotswolds in England. |
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Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Birmingham, is calling for a worldwide response on a par with the campaigns to beat Aids and climate change. |
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In 1916 women were admitted as medical students on a par with men, and in 1917 the university accepted financial responsibility for women's examinations. |
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The Met Office said at Hawarden in Flintshire, the temperatures rose to 15C which was on a par with Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, Rome and Santorini in Greece. |
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For Ataturk, both the fez and the yashmak were detrimental to Turkey's desired image, which was one of forward-thinking modernity, on a par with the West. |
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Mr Hopkinson, who runs Flavour Vapour, a shop which sells electronic cigarettes, says some Huddersfield rents are on a par with those in Leeds and York. |
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Richard Tyler, chairman of Cambria Active, said the level of protection would put the Cambrians on a par with the Gower Peninsula in South Wales and the Cotswolds in England. |
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