In a sell note Philip Dorgan at Panmure Gordon said: Sales in the second quarter are worse than the first and, while comparatives ease in the second half, we are not confident. |
Tougher comparatives and signs of slackening consumer confidence could well weigh on the performance, however, with both UBS and Execution Noble anticipating some slowdown in general merchandise trading. |
The negated form of friendly, from list C, has comparatives more unfriendly and unfriendlier, and here more unfriendly will often be preferred. |
Comparatives are often used with a conjunction or other grammatical means to indicate with what the comparison is being made, as with than in English, als in German, etc. |
As to comparatives, the court was entitled to weigh the risk of psychological harm of return against the psychological consequences of refusing return. |
As with Morrisons, the group was also assisted by weak comparatives. |