Example sentences of "use [to-vb] the relative " in BNC.
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| 1 | A deprivation score was used to compare the relative deprivation or affluence of rural and urban areas . |
| 2 | Ratios of variation in male and female success can be used to estimate the relative rate at which male and female characteristics can change . |
| 3 | The design has been kept basic to reduce costs — no calibrations for the side fence , and a fixed fore and aft fence ( shims or packing could be used to vary the relative positions of each side of the fence ) . |
| 4 | These two methods were used to calculate the relative bidirectional reflectance of ten contrasting surfaces . |
| 5 | The ideal gas equation can be used to calculate the relative molecular mass , , of a gas directly . |
| 6 | For example , reading time and related on-line measures can be used to determine the relative speed of reference resolution ( cf Garrod & Sanford 1982 for an application to plural anaphora ) . |
| 7 | The depression of freezing point can be used to determine the relative molecular mass of a non-volatile solute . |
| 8 | The va n't Hoff equation can be used to determine the relative molecular mass from experimentally determined values of osmotic pressure . |
| 9 | This is a broad , catch-all term which ‘ gatecrashed the literature , thereby avoiding the entrance fee of a definition ’ ( Blackaby , 1979 , p. 2 ) ; the question of definitions is taken up in Chapter 2 but for the moment it is important to note that it is a misleading term for it is often used to describe the relative decline of manufacturing industry rather than industry as a whole which includes primary industries like mining , quarrying and oil and gas production and also includes construction and transport . |
| 10 | Logistic regression analysis with forward stepwise entry of variables was used to assess the relative contributions of different factors to the development of oedema . |
| 11 | In addition to modal composition , point counting can be used to assess the relative proportions of grains and matrix , grains and cement and cement or grains and porosity . |
| 12 | The subject headings under which theses have been categorised in the Rolfe , Will , and Laming lists may be used to assess the relative importance of different sub-disciplines in the earth sciences over the period studied . |