But these distortions of the market may pale into insignificance when global competition really hots up.

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But these reforms pale into insignificance compared with its decision to maintain the price indexation of the basic state pension.

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Amtrak's losses, which are in the public eye, pale into insignificance compared with the losses of these other transport systems, which are not.

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If that happens, I think all other issues, apart from really being mired in something awful in Afghanistan, will just pale into insignificance.

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This figure makes the 40 live animals pale into insignificance.

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You might expect this to be a revolutionary new collaborative effort at delivering the written word in a way that makes Google Books pale into insignificance, but you would, of course, be wrong.

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