From the outset, however, he seemed to invite unfavourable comparison with his predecessor.

But we shouldn't confuse heroism with ethical purity nor indulge in unfavourable comparisons with an imaginary past whenever our heroes fall short.

This seems a stubborn sort of choice, for to use such a subject was to invite inevitably unfavourable comparisons with one of the great masterpieces of light opera.

Critics of nuclear power are likely to draw unfavourable comparisons with offshore wind.

So lucky for those invitees who could not make it to today's lunch, and the subsequent unfavourable comparisons that will follow.