Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select 'no improvement
In the United Kingdom, where the distances are comparatively smaller, sleeping and dining cars must be regarded rather as luxuries; still, even so, they are to be met with very frequently.
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the distance is comparatively smaller
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the distance is comparatively small
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the distances are comparatively small
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No improvement