The contrast with the US is striking.

The contrast in Yugoslavia is stark.

There's an incongruity and a contrast.

What a contrast between them!

The contrast with what is now happening in the United States could not be sharper.

This is a huge contrast with the financial sector s position in the previous three decades.

One colorized, the images contrast the beauty of the sea and sand with the color of the weaponry.

The contrast immediately springs to eyes.

The images that spread stood in stark contrast to those usually associated with the Syrian conflict.

But it is the ideological picture that presents the starkest contrasts.

In global terms, the contrast between what America says and what it does has become glaring.

Its biggest shortcoming is its lack of roads, bridges, ports, and other infrastructure, where the contrast with China is just stunning.

Just three years ago,Jubilee 2000made news when civil society groups, rock stars, and a few finance ministers like Britain's Gordon Brown pushed for African debt cancellation.

What a contrast between Borlaug and the Wall Street financial wizards that brought the world to the brink of ruin. They argued that they had to be richly compensated in order to be motivated.

The contrast with Africa's debts could hardly be starker.

What a contrast between Borlaug and the Wall Street financial wizards that brought the world to the brink of ruin.

Farmers would gain a sense of ownership in counter narcotics efforts, in sharp contrast to the current idealistic and evidently un achievable policy of crop eradication.

Like them or not, Carter and Reagan offered sharp contrasts in how they dealt with Latin America.

He is a perfect fit for a Russia grown tired of the heroes, revolutionaries, criminals even saviours who make life exciting but rarely stable.

To ordinary Russians he appears as modest, principled, and honest a vast contrast with the tainted politicians of the Yeltsin years.

The contrast between overregulated democracy and unregulated bankers did not go unnoticed.

This cultural contrast is a useful guide to the way that China manages its current competition with the West.

The bleeding window, a coincidence, I saw the image, the dress, the sandals, the contrast of colour with the window, the yellow wall, so I took the photo.

In terms of media strategy, the contrast between the leaders of the Arab countries and bin Laden could not be starker.

The contrast is starkest in emerging countries, but differences also exist among the advanced economies.

The narrow streets are lined with older houses, providing a sharp contrast to the sleek, gleaming cityscape located just a few blocks away.

Compared to its fellow megacities such as New York and Singapore, Mumbai has an abysmal paucity of gardens and playgrounds.

The contrast between conditions in Germany and Spain illustrates the problem.

We see this contrast being acted out on the ground.

The contrast between the killing of Bin Laden and the intervention in Libya illustrates the Obama Doctrine.

'The contrast will be too great,' he remarked, 'if you go to see the old Countess Vrede after leaving this company here.

Well aware of western doubts about the party, Erdogan travelled immediately after the elections to western capitals, pressing his argument that the change in government had not changed Turkey's fundamental orientation.

He is well aware of the contrast with the approach taken by Turkey's previous Islamist led government.

In Nezahualcoyotl, also known as Ciudad Neza, the contrast with the cobbled streets of Valle del Bravo couldn't be sharper.

However, the contrast between this year s Nobel winners could not be sharper.

Still, it was the first major attack on the United States since 2001, and the contrast between now and then is instructive.

Despite their commonality, there has been a stark contrast in approaches to resolving these two crises.

There is a stark contrast between the deteriorating external situation and the continuing progress in internal reforms.

This stands in marked contrast to the United States Federal Reserve, and also the Bank of England, where individual votes on the Monetary Policy Committee are routinely revealed.

Unless the Roma are well educated and socially integrated in stark contrast to today s reality these countries economic future is bleak.

The contrast between saving lives today and aiming at tomorrow becomes clear when efforts to tackle global warming are included in the comparison.

If this interpretation is correct, the contrast between the dynamism of the US and the small countries in Northern Europe on the one hand, and the stagnation of the large EU countries on the other hand, is likely to become starker.

This contrast, and a strong attack on the liberal Civic Platform, made it impossible to create a moderate right wing coalition.

Many of the positions represent a stark contrast to current Kremlin policy, and appear formulated to target potential cracks in Putin's popularity in light of recent economic and foreign policy developments.

Martin also began struggling with his sexuality, noting the stark contrast between his status as a sex symbol and his own emotions.