stand comparison with

Southgate’s squad is the first in a decade or so to stand comparison with that generation.

But Friday’s 0.43 inches of precipitation, numerically respectable, could scarcely stand comparison with Thursday night.

Some of this sentiment is understandable: Few dramatists can stand comparison with Ibsen.

It was a final to stand comparison with any of recent times, certainly the best of the four 2018 slams.

Aureliano got undressed, tormented by shame, unable to get rid of the idea that his nakedness could not stand comparison with that of his brother.