8 sentences with 'comparable'
Example sentences and phrases with the word comparable and other words derived from it.
• « The Hebrews, a people who first created a kingdom in the ancient land of Canaan, were one of the most important cultures of the Western world, comparable to the ancient Greeks or Romans. »
• « A comparable case would be the Assyrians, who emphasised the worship of Ashur but recognised the existence of other gods (including Yahweh). »
• « The next two emperors, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, did not achieve comparable military glory, but they defended the frontiers (Hadrian gave up Trajan's conquests in Mesopotamia to do so, recognising that they were unsustainable), oversaw major building projects and maintained Roman stability. »
• « Roman legions were designed to be flexible, adaptable and 'standardised': each legion was comparable in its organisation, right down to the pitching of tents in camps built at the end of each day while the legion was on the march. »
• « Originally, the archbishops of cities such as Alexandria and Damascus were of comparable importance to the Roman archbishop, but over time the Roman archbishops sought to assert their authority over the entire Western church hierarchy. »
• « Only with the invention of the typewriter in the late 19th century and the Internet in the late 20th century would changes comparable to the spread of information occur. »
• « While Britain was thus the outstanding exception to the general pattern of absolutism, the growth of its state was comparable to the growth among its absolutist rivals. Overall, the states of Europe were transformed by absolutist tendencies. »