1.   Although teachers flinch at such international comparisons, most of them are surprisingly enthusiastic about the national curriculum.

2.   The survey attempted to answer critics who have dismissed international comparisons as invalid because of differences in cultural expectations about health care.

3.   Because of the smoothing effects of scale, however, they are likely to give more statistically valid results when applied to national performance, and international comparisons.

4.   It should be possible to draw international comparisons.

5.   Appleby, however, has conclusively demonstrated the weaknesses of using international comparisons.

6.   Insistence on the use of such terms can introduce great problems of consistency when international comparisons are attempted.

7.   Consider the problems involved in using national income statistics to make international comparisons of living standards.

8.   American officials and independent experts describe the new international study as the most comprehensive and rigorous international comparison of education ever undertaken.