And if you're wondering, I mean, we can just do a little bit of comparison shopping right now.

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As always with a ranking compiled at this time of year, Asian companies with typically later accounting years suffer a bit in comparison with more current figures in the U.S. Our databases can't always keep up with change in a nation like India: Giant Reliance group split into two.

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The comparison was always a bit far-fetched, but her standing as chancellor in a grand coalition renders it obsolete.

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We were -- the comparison we were doing was a bit like France and Germany, that kind of size, so a huge area.

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To some this comparison might sound archaic, unnecessary, or even a bit outlandish.

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To say that any sort of tactical turn-based game is fast would be a bit out of place, but rounds play out quite quickly in comparison to the sometimes cumbersome and lengthy turns found in other genre offerings.

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By comparison, it takes roughly 1 million atoms to store a bit of data on a modern computer or electronic device.

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Seen from the side, the two hybrids appear a bit chunky, so we're not entirely convinced the Z160 deserves the extra Ultrabook-like comparison.

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In comparison with last year, or the year before, the UK consumer is a little bit poorer: the recession might have taken general living standards back to about 2004, maybe 2005.

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