11.   Companies claim the huge pay raises are not excessive and bring REIT executive salaries in line with management of companies of comparable size in other industries.

12.   Each Arizona institution is in the bottom third of schools of comparable size and programs.

13.   Fred Meyer likely chose Smiths as an acquisition target because it wanted to expand and there were no general merchandisers of comparable size to choose from, analysts said.

14.   Her presence at the top, she once said, meant that Danieli consistently boasted a higher percentage of women in management posts than Italian companies of comparable size.

15.   In contrast, companies of comparable size such as Putnam Investments Inc. offer superior returns.

16.   In its place will be four separate tournaments, each for high schools of comparable size.

17.   In many parts of America, the black and Hispanic populations are not of comparable size.

18.   It is as if nine Empire State Buildings were to sprout in San Diego, a city of comparable size.

19.   It would break the company into two entities of roughly comparable size, both with high-margin businesses.

20.   One avenue would be to show how someone of comparable size and blood type to Simpson could have committed the crimes.