1. My parents were not very well matched.

2. Her crocodile skin clutch bag matched her shoes.

3. He had a physical strength that matched his outward appearance.

4. Ballistic tests have matched the weapons with bullets taken from the bodies of victims.

5. A galaxy of twinkling stars matched the thousands of sparkling city lights.

6. The teams were evenly matched until two quick goals from Robson tipped the balance in favour of England.

7. Germany has been matched against Holland in the semi-final.

8. His strength is matched by his intelligence.

9. Her career never quite matched up to its promise.

10. The pair were matched for age.

11. Her anger was only matched by her frustration.

12. This hotel can't be matched for friendliness.

13. The two boxers were unevenly matched.

14. Their strengths in memory and spatial skills matched.

15. Gabb will be matched against Fay in the semifinal.

16. She found that his determination almost matched her own.

17. No two players could be more evenly matched.

18. The two teams are very evenly matched .

19. Herbert will be matched against Jay in the semifinal.

20. My sister and I never really matched up.

21. The suspect matched the descriptions provided by witnesses.

22. The duke matched his daughter with the king's son.

23. The dark clouds matched her mood.

24. They are equally matched in their knowledge of Chinese.

25. The teams were evenly matched.

26. The two candidates are fairly evenly matched.

27. He matched his stride to her slower pace.

28. The teams are unevenly matched.

29. The two teams were well matched.

30. At the start of the competition the three teams looked extremely well matched.

1. My parents were not very well matched.

2. Her crocodile skin clutch bag matched her shoes.

3. He had a physical strength that matched his outward appearance.

4. Ballistic tests have matched the weapons with bullets taken from the bodies of victims.

5. A galaxy of twinkling stars matched the thousands of sparkling city lights.

6. The teams were evenly matched until two quick goals from Robson tipped the balance in favour of England.

7. At the start of the competition the three teams looked extremely well matched.

8. No two players could be more evenly matched.

9. Herbert will be matched against Jay in the semifinal.

10. The promoter matched the young boxer with a more skillful fighter.

11. The criminal was very astute and well matched the detective in intelligence.

12. He matched his dog against his neighbor's in a race.

31. The teams were very evenly matched.

32. This hotel can't be matched for food and service.

33. The promoter matched the young boxer with a more skillful fighter.

34. The two teams seemed evenly matched but Arsenal came off second best .

35. I'm sure that yellow lead matched up to that yellow socket.

36. Holmes matched Boulmerka stride for stride down the home straight to finish second.

37. The suspect's fingerprints have been matched with those found at the scene of the crime.

38. The setting for this morning's signing ceremony matched the solemnity of the occasion.

39. All the chairs matched.

40. The sale would only go ahead if the name and number matched.

41. The criminal was very astute and well matched the detective in intelligence.

42. They played some fine attacking football, but I think we matched them in every respect.

43. Agassi will be matched against Sampras in the men's final.

44. I matched the color of my sweater with the color of my shirt.

45. He insists any tax cut be matched dollar-for-dollar with cuts in spending.

46. The profits made in the first year have never been matched.

47. In his youth,[http:///matched.html] he was matched against some of the most famous fighters of his day.

48. We are matched against last year's champions in the first round.

49. All checked-in baggage must be matched with a passenger travelling on the aircraft.

50. Lindsey matched her steps to those of the other girl as they walked.

51. Social changes in Britain are matched by parallel trends in some other countries.

52. As a couple they are not very well matched .

53. The control group in the experiment was matched for age and sex.

54. Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months.

55. Pictures of road signs are matched with their Highway Code meanings.

56. New information is matched against existing data in the computer.

57. Italy versus Japan is turning out to be a surprisingly well matched competition.

58. They must choose between two evenly matched candidates for governor.

59. They compared the fat intake of groups of vegetarians and meat eaters, and matched their diets up with levels of harmful blood fats.

60. The available organs are carefully matched to people in need of transplants.

61. He matched his dog against his neighbor's in a race.

62. Secondly, such studies rarely used any matched control groups.

63. We found that they matched quite closely.

64. A sound banking system matched to new banking needs.

65. Right now the bitter taste matched her mood.

66. The prize was determined by how many numbers matched.

67. We matched their shallow breaths and felt entirely home.

68. Exquisitely matched sapphires if their eyes were blue.

69. Outside, the sexes are more evenly matched, I admit.

70. Opportunity must be matched with desire.

71. Blood or semen samples can be matched.

72. The lobbies behind them were about equally matched.

73. Everything matched perfectly, even her pink beads.

74. Their generosity was matched by the legislators' greed.

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75. These rights are therefore matched by obligations or duties.

76. In strength the two sides were equally matched.

77. The indentation in her skull also matched.

78. It has now been matched by his political acumen.

79. Ma Bell's difficult times were matched by the buoyant profits of her seven regional offspring.

80. The cash would be matched by a similar sum from private companies.

81. He wanted her every day and no girl he had met since had remotely matched up to her.

82. The financial performances of these firms is then compared with an otherwise matched sample of small firms.

83. Even if the cars were evenly matched[], he knew he couldn't out-drive the police.

84. Teams were evenly matched with experienced players and beginners carefully balanced.

85. Weir tied the Doral record of 29 on the front side, last matched by Tom Kite in 1979.

86. He was dressed in a scrupulously clean but threadbare dhoti and he wore a pale blue turban which exactly matched his eyes.

87. Sections 238 and 239 are matched by comparable provisions, in sections 339 to 342, regarding individuals who are adjudged bankrupt.

88. As a result, the two parties ended up being fairly evenly matched.

89. Historiography arose when an event occurred which in its magnitude matched the greatest events celebrated in legend.

90. Underwood and Carling's tissue types will be stored on computer until they can be matched up with somebody who needs them.

91. Those that matched Darby's description had been borrowed from the newsroom and the wording of the death threat typed on them.

92. Results matched the average estimate from 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.

93. Including simultaneous translation booths, matched sound systems and theatre standard lighting capable of handling the most complex conference productions.

94. Swank is powerful, but I think she is matched, and perhaps even subtly outclassed, by Sevigny.

95. This term is matched against a list of several thousand descriptive terms arranged in associated groups.

96. Edward felt that he and the malign force were fairly evenly matched.

97. Both systems were faced with a combinatorial explosion of partial solutions since the input data matched very many rules or partial descriptions.

98. On early missions the insulating foam was painted white so that it matched the rest of the shuttle.

99. My relief on gaining the stance was matched only by the strength of my desire to finish the route.

100. This level of ability is matched by the performance of the brakes.

101. Hendrix's brilliance as a rock guitarist has never been matched.

102. And, as a matter of course, all duvet covers are matched with similarly designed pillowcases.

103. Air Force blue matched his eyes, however, and he could easily see himself as a pilot.

104. The political negotiations between a minister and the Treasury ministers will be matched by much more elaborate negotiations between civil servants.

105. The organ music was beguiling,[ ] and probably matched the gothic horror of our home.

106. Computerised records ensure that colours are perfectly matched on return visits.

107. The decline in the general fertility rate was matched by a reduction in family size.

108. These firms are closely matched in terms of industry, size, and complexity.

109. Is the employment of full-time and part-time staff matched against the workload across the 7-day period?

110. The son of a farmer and carpenter set standards which will probably never be matched.

111. The unknown compound is matched with a known compound with the same melting point.

112. Two remakes never matched this original, which was named best foreign film by the New York Film Critics.

113. Single-year goods are matched with the revenues that they generate.

114. The social class bias in university entrance is not matched by a corresponding bias in university performance.

115. It's well matched to the needs of most GCSE courses and its formative rather than summative approach is to be recommended.

116. The vector sequence obtained is matched against what is stored in the database.

117. This matched the initial outlay by the city, regional and provincial governments for the building and a ￡20 million permanent collection.

118. Sometimes the whole experimental group is matched with a similar group at the start of the program.

119. The explosion in advertising space has not been matched by demand.

120. Thereafter, events had an almost predetermined ring about them as Soviet action was matched by Western reaction.

121. She wanted to see if the reality matched her fevered imagination.

122. Leeds scored through Wallace with 7 minutes to go in an evenly matched game.

123. It is only when a substance is matched with a patient according to the Law of Similars that it becomes Homoeopathic.

124. These mainly constructive changes in penal policy were not matched by changes within the prison system.

125. Restructuring must coincide with the broader Community objectives, and Community funds must be matched by national funds.

126. When fighting does occur - as when two evenly matched individuals meet - it seldom results in injury.

127. There is also an emphasis on checked fabrics, matched with plain colours.

128. First, the rhetoric of deregulation has not matched the reality: enterprise zones and Freeports have largely proved mundane.

129. It took 19 litres of paint and cellulose for the coachwork, which matched the original perfectly.

130. Once you realise that some blocks need to be matched early, in order to gain access to others, things get tougher.

131. They took a cool professional interest which matched the matter of fact way they were dealing with the crisis of our disintegrating home.

132. She stole a glance at him; his features matched the ice in his tone and his eyes surpassed it.

133. The increasing demand for organ transplantation is not matched by supply of appropriate human organs.

134. The speaker cab handles are deep dish rock'n'roll types,[] matched by the protective metal mesh grilles.

135. But juicy fruit-punch shades like orange and lime to be mixed and matched are equally hot.

136. The rich clothiers of Suffolk were unique, not matched even in the contiguous parts of Essex.

137. There was no doubt at all that her mother's clip exactly matched the right-hand side of the clasp on the doge's cloak.

138. She began to writhe as they drew closer still, gasping and moaning as her hips matched the rhythm of his demands.

139. Table 3.5 shows that sterling and non-sterling liabilities are quite closely matched by corresponding assets.

140. Summer loafers in bright colours can be matched with trousers for a co-ordinated, streamlined look.

141. Therefore a certain amount of matching can always take place: contracts to buy can always be matched with contracts to sell.

142. She was wearing black high-heeled shoes that matched her skirt and jacket.

143. However, the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees' sophistication.

144. When the losses incurred on the call are exactly matched by the profits received from the shares.

145. No dam after Hoover has ever quite matched its grace and glorious detail.

146. His pet project is a biotechnology institute in which state funding will be matched by contributions from the Schering drug company.

147. Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.

148. In the early stage the sides were evenly matched effectively cancelling each other out.

149. A few cane chairs with bright cushions stood near the windows, whose heavy drapes matched the carpeting.

150. When consultation rates are matched against incapacity rates, there is evidence that lower income patients under-utilise G.P. services ....

151. Importance of national security considerations Public opinion polls published on the eve of the election showed the two main parties evenly matched.

152. Perhaps paint place setting on to mats so that knives and forks can be matched to picture.

153. The familiar tweed jackets appeared in fresh fruit pastel shades enlivened with a spattering of matched sequins.

154. When he was running alongside, he eased off the gas and matched his speed to that of the other vehicle.

155. Yarn is now stored beneath with carpets being laid out and pattern matched on the Planning floor above.

156. Her gorgeously drowsy voice is perfectly matched to shimmering, twilight atmospherics.

157. Years ago, rooms would have a cocktail table that matched the end table and the sofa table.

158. The information must be matched to the business's objectives and critical success factors.

159. A wanderer, an iconoclast, whose mind had only been matched by his eccentricity.

160. The parodic elements of Gay's pastorals are matched by close descriptions and a genuine sympathy for rural life.

161. Names scrawled inside the boat matched those of migrants en route to join family members in Britain who had never arrived.

162. To be successful, federal policies had to be matched by local government initiatives.

163. Denbighshire have matched Flintshire's show of strength by naming their most formidable line-up in pursuit of the coveted last-four ticket.

164. The need now was for urban policies that matched the new challenges posed by the economics of urban growth and decline.

165. It would gain deposits,[sentence dictionary] matched exactly of course by additional operational balances.

166. Ten percent would threaten him, as Inkatha's militancy is not matched by mass support throughout the country.

167. After she-put on the glasses, she began to apply some lipstick that matched her overcoat.

168. She was heavily aware of the point on her own hood that matched his.

169. That real gain matched that of December and was above the 0.1 percent increases in both October and November.

170. Any word could follow any other word, just so long as it matched the phonetic input description.

171. The globalisation of capital, business and governance is being matched by the globalisation of opposition.

172. The teams seem pretty evenly matched, so it's hard to say who will win.

173. With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom, he overcame that considerable obstacle.

174. Using a range of computer programmes, this was matched against 831 Census Wards in the West Midlands.

175. There has tended to be an increase in confidence within IIAs, although this has rarely been matched by increasing private-sector investment.

176. Its chassis offers terrific handling balance, great traction matched to positive brakes and accurate steering.

177. At this extreme duration the researchers noticed that the respirations of man and algae were not exactly matched.

178. Relative risks were estimated as matched odds ratios by conditional maximum likelihood methods.

179. This is more likely if increasing wealth is matched by increasing population and increasing density of population.

180. So far no rivals have matched the rave reviews E ma won for the film.

181. This would allow a pollution sample to be matched with reasonable certainty to its source.

182. As in mountain goats and other animals, fighting occurs only between similarly matched individuals.

183. Blanche, whose enjoyment in wearing elegant clothes was matched only by resentment at their ludicrous cost, suddenly felt over-dressed.

184. The coachwork by the famous firm of Thrupp and Maberly matched the dark green and black livery.

185. Teams were evenly matched and all games proved to be very close affairs with penalties deciding many of them.

186. Target words can be matched exactly as spelt or phonetically.

187. She matched left hands now and fell sideways to the bed laughing.

188. Puzzlement outside the country has been matched by even greater anxiety within it.

189. The rise in student numbers in polytechnics has not been matched by an increase in teaching staff.

190. And he crusaded to boost minority enrollment in honors classes until it matched the percentage of minorities enrolled in the school.

191. The town was getting a woozy, criminal feeling that rather matched his own.

192. The rarity of their bones is matched by the rarity of pieces of horse-gear from settlements and cemeteries.

193. The above requirement for diversity can be matched by an equally strong requirement for centralization.

194. This was matched by substantial pay rises, particularly for more senior grades,[] and bursaries for Project 2000 student learners.

195. Twins, being of identical ages, are usually even better matched on environmental variables during upbringing than are siblings.

196. The girl friendly school Unfortunately the pattern of option choice and attitude differences is not perfectly matched within each school.

197. We attribute our low rate of false positivity to the use of age matched controls.

198. As he spoke, details continued to pour in of demonstrations and police brutality matched only by the harshly-suppressed 1953 uprising.

199. The path pursued particularly matched the clergy's vision of the profanity of towns and sacrality of rural life.

200. One standard procedure would be to see if your inspectors' judgments matched other evidence.

201. But both companies' increase in money sales merely matched the six-fold increase in the retail prices index over the 20 years.

202. He groaned with passion as his hands opened her yet he waited until her passion matched his.

203. The three ships swirled around my ship, neatly bracketing it as they matched its speed.

204. It may not have matched its past achievements, but it continued nevertheless.

205. These days, the media loves dads whose high-profile positions are matched only by their high-profile paternity.

206. I reckoned that his neck and my waist measurements just about matched.

207. Creative maps have been drawn, land swaps considered, municipal powers mixed and matched.

208. Each strategy was matched against each other strategy an equal number of times.

209. Hall's speed was matched against the slightly greater power of Baddeley.

210. It matched her mood, and her movements against him were desperate with hunger.

211. The parallel structure of processing elements and their interconnections is matched one for one with simple processors and communications links.

212. At first, the expansion in student numbers was more than matched by the creation of new academic jobs.

213. He had never noticed that her eyes were so green or that they perfectly matched her collar.

214. Being less than perfect matched with being as perfect as possible was one of the human conundrums that also fired my imagination.

215. The measurements from the telescopes, and later the probes, matched the results predicted by the equations.

216. This excellent performance reflects its highly integrated modern design incorporating well matched components.

217. You have to offer customised make-up, which is mixed or matched to the client's personal needs.

218. While this mixture of physiological and mental skills is developing, they are matched by a similar growth in the social skills.

219. The local physical environment was not always well matched to these inputs.

220. Students selected a career that interested them and were matched with appropriate businesses in the city.

221. Their respective economic stopping points may not leave them exactly equally matched.

222. The vessel's reputation for excellent data acquisition was well matched by a significant upgrade in our seismic data processing capabilities.

223. However her outspoken opinions mask an iron determination matched by a formidable charm and sharp turn of phrase.

224. Fabia awakened and, as she recalled her non-achievement of the previous evening,[] her mood matched the dull morning.

225. His generosity to his friends was matched by vindictiveness to those who fell out of his favour.

226. On the contrary, it is the context, matched, or mismatched, to past experience, which suggests appropriate labelling.

227. Even the size of capital flows roughly matched the number of people who were moving.

228. In the United States, expenditures on prisons had, for the first time, matched spending on education.

229. She's matched with a somewhat feckless husband and has the sole responsibility for a large family.

230. Matched brass florets mark the corners of the three leather volumes that contain them, and delicate brass chains fasten their bindings.

231. Crossover distortion is actually due to the fact that the two halves of the circuit are not perfectly matched.

232. Only one matched the description of some one they arrested.

233. The scheme was evaluated using a matched control sample of cases from adjacent areas.

234. The designs on the robes also matched the descriptions of those robes in which the Saint had been enveloped in 1104.

235. Your impressive track record on paper must be matched by your ability to talk about it, otherwise you will lose credibility.

236. Wilson's disappointment was matched only by her horror at Ellen's suggestion - never would she return to East Retford.

237. Truth is, the two cars are just about equally matched when it comes to acceleration in each gear.

238. It was a grey, rain-streaked day and the lessons had matched the mood of the morning.

239. The dizzy rapidity of changes in the ministry was matched only by the accelerating deficit.

240. Flow is experienced when people perceive opportunities for action being evenly matched by their capabilities.

241. Majestic grace is matched with brute strength ... Each horse is hand-picked for its temperament and skill.

242. A matched pair of front fog lamps can be substituted for headlamps in conditions of fog or falling snow.

243. He wore full combat kit and a large silver crucifix on a chain, which matched his parachute wings.

244. Sometimes there will be two candidates who are fairly evenly matched and there may be uncertainty about which should be appointed.

245. The units may be mixed and matched with topics already being delivered in early stages to provide a scientific context.

246. A chest radiograph was normal, but a ventilation-perfusion lung scan showed a matched defect in the right lower lobe.

247. She undertook work experience with a tour operator to find out whether the reality matched her expectations.

248. Answer guide: This states that the costs of earning revenue should be matched with the revenue earned. 6.

249. The colours were roughly matched for salience in pilot studies with healthy observers.

250. All of these ideas can be prejudged for the correct answers, which can then be very quickly matched against each entry.

251. Every general term and every abstraction is an elaboration of this, and is matched by reality with its often indeterminate borders.

252. We therefore set out to design an experiment with a younger, more appropriately matched control population.

253. The majesty of life in the White House is matched only by its isolation.

254. He came for several weeks just to watch Halsey,[http:///matched.html] who never matched his performance of that first evening.

255. In the lounge everything matched; the curtains, the sofa, the carpet and the cushions.

256. The decrease in the percentage classed as good is matched by an increase in the percentage defined as fairly good.

257. On the basis of these lists, though still with some hesitation, they decided that their views of marriage matched.

258. The Prime Minister A commitment to pensions means nothing if it is not matched by a commitment to low inflation.

259. She could hear Penry's heart pounding against hers, as her kisses matched his in utter frenzy.

260. Now she had seen it hold its own even when matched against the best.

261. Baltimore's economic performance has not matched that of comparable cities.

262. David Wesley is expected to start at point guard and would be matched against Johnson.

263. But the increase in incomes was not matched by a similar increase in the cash becoming available to farmers.

264. The teams are evenly matched.

265. His rapidity in establishing inter - personal relations tends to be matched by the superficiality of such relations.

266. The the city of Oxford now matched the parliamentary borough.

267. Lewis is matched against the WBO's heavyweight champion, Tommy Morrison.

268. But for 15 years our concessions have been matched by obstruction.

269. The incisive , cultured but unaffected voice matched Peat - Smith's ingenuous appearance.

270. Their talk never matched their walk , thus illegitimate child of hypocrisy.

271. She seemed to have no idea how oddly matched they were.

272. He first matched the observed data with an empirical expression.