In China, diamonds conjure up a sense of eternity, whereas for Indians they are associated with conspicuous wealth.
Primary school completion for girls fell 29% whereas for boys it fell 22%.
In 2009, net enrolment rate for boys stood at 93 per cent whereas for girls it equals 87 per cent.
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Work-Life Balance for men is a relatively new subject, whereas for women it seems like it was always part of the conversation.
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In terms of nutrition, standards seemed to have improved slightly, whereas for privacy and dignity the situation had worsened since 2011, the latest report said.
But I feel I'm sort of lucky because it happens when I'm asleep... whereas for some of the lads I know they get it when they're awake.
Dissonance arises when one party wishes to run the business to make money for owners, whereas for party 2, profit for shareholders is secondary to gains for himself.
And whereas for a rich country, failing to fulfil its potential is a disappointment, for India, so full of poor people and so badly in need of jobs, it is a tragedy.
Commodity producers, such as Russia, have benefited from very high raw-materials prices whereas for consumers, such as China and India, the gains from higher global activity have more than offset higher commodity costs.
The word socialism has been almost banished from the Blairite lexicon, whereas for Mr Jospin, who at 62 may view 46-year-old Mr Blair as a bit of an upstart, it remains his mantra.
"Doubling the complexity of the circuit often times turns it from being a difficult task to a practically impossible one, whereas for us to double the complexity it's really straightforward, " he told BBC News.
Whereas for a start-up it is understood at the beginning that there is a one in 10 chance of hitting it big and if that happens, the reward will be a massive return on investment.
Whereas for too long now it has been observed that disregard and contempt for human rights has been allowed to exist in the body of politically motivated law that outlaws the possession, cultivation and use of cannabis by adults.
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Women from Afghanistan say the issue for them is survival and the right to feed their children, whereas for women in Northern Ireland the main issue is increasing the level of female participation in the negotiating process and representation in government.
The European Commission, for example, last week said that the UK's deficit in 2011 would be a stonkingly high 9.4% in 2011, followed by 7.8% in 2012 and 5.8% in 2013, whereas for Spain the progression would be a less troubling 6.6%, 5.9% and 5.3%, and for Italy it would be a seemingly benign 4%, 2.3% and 1.2%.
Knowing that you are working for a dog is not particularly motivating, whereas working for an acknowledged star usually is.
Hundreds of thousands of Indians work in IT services whereas manufacturing for export provides China with tens of millions of jobs.
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Traditional forms of strategic planning focus on goals and objectives, areas of black and white, whereas planning for future transitions involves a great deal of gray.
The mid- to large-sized firms are tapping the U.S. talent pool to handle compliance and strategic IT, whereas jobs for back-office and financing activities are headed offshore.
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Whereas heat for domestic-scale commercial installations could come from solar technologies or even heat pumps, it is widely acknowledged that the primary market can only be supplied by biomass.
It is clear from over 40 years of research on heart disease that the first alternative has a strong effect, whereas data for the second alternative are much weaker.
Airlines are exempt from emissions laws now and pay no fuel tax, and whereas demand for cars and electricity is predicted to grow only slowly, demand for flying is forecast to rise hugely over the coming decades.
Certainly for-profit plans have a reputation for cost-cutting, whereas not-for-profits, such as Kaiser Permanente, are known for innovative health-care delivery.
Eighty-four percent of affluent males shop for themselves, whereas women tend to shop for households.
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The U.S. market sells for 18 times estimated 2004 profits whereas the estimated multiple for Korea is only seven and for Brazil eight.
Exports and imports put together (including "invisible" earnings from tourists, workers' remittances and exports of services) account for approximately half of India's GDP whereas the comparable proportion for China is over 80%.
You've got to remember, of the 53 countries in Africa, many of them haven't existed for more than decades, whereas Korea has been there for quite a long time.
We were able to get a proof-of-concept Web app for iPhone working in less than a week, whereas a similar app for BlackBerry would have taken at least two months to build.
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Individuals buy health care at a pre-tax income whereas we pay for everything post-tax income.
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