Dependent Prepositions — Adjectives: Comparison & Relation (C1)

In its handling and overall feel, the new compact saloon is remarkably similar the model it has just replaced. (preposition)

The conditions encountered on the second expedition turned out to be quite different anything the survey team had prepared for. (preposition)

The serial numbers on the recovered components were found to be virtually identical those stolen from the Munich warehouse the previous spring. (preposition)

In purely technical terms, the engineering of the second bridge was entirely comparable that of the original Victorian crossing. (preposition)

A single one of those gold coins was, at the time of issue, broadly equivalent several years' wages for an unskilled labourer. (preposition)

In its idiomatic sense, "to be equal the task" suggests that someone has the ability and resources required to carry it out successfully. (preposition)

His private assessment of the merger turned out to be diametrically opposite the position he had publicly defended only a fortnight earlier. (preposition)

In strictly structural terms, the role of the chief justice in the new constitution is broadly analogous that of the speaker in a parliamentary system. (preposition)

In the proposed funding model, each department's annual grant is to be made directly proportional its undergraduate enrolment numbers. (preposition)

Critics have noted that the studio's recent output is generally regarded as artistically inferior the work produced under the previous creative director. (preposition)

On every measurable dimension that the review panel chose to assess, the revised algorithm proved markedly superior the legacy implementation. (preposition)

The newly appointed deputy commissioner is in fact several ranks senior the inspector who has been managing the day-to-day investigation. (preposition)

For most patients, a brief and clearly explained course of treatment is far preferable an indefinite series of inconclusive consultations. (preposition)

A number of seemingly minor administrative changes turned out, on closer inspection, to be directly related the broader restructuring announced in March. (preposition)

The new training regime, with its emphasis on near-total recall of facts, is closer in spirit to a Victorian schoolroom than to anything akin modern educational practice. (preposition)