Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided an arithmetic mean of the H + concentration , rather than a geometric mean , which is calculated by averaging the pH values directly . |
| 2 | A country 's real effective exchange rate is calculated by adjusting the nominal , trade-weighted exchange rate for differences in inflation at home and abroad . |
| 3 | In money terms the annual interest cost to you of providing credit to your customers is calculated by taking the value of your average monthly debtors outstanding and multiplying the figure by the current overdraft rate . |
| 4 | Once the position of the mean is defined the spread of the distribution about it is calculated by summing the moments of each class interval about the mean . |
| 5 | The present value cost of the loan is calculated by discounting the cash flow , which consists of capital repayments , gross interest costs and the tax benefits available on interest expense . |
| 6 | For Excess time payments — the amount is calculated by multiplying the number of days worked by the daily rate in the excess hours column . |
| 7 | For Excess travelling payments — the amount is calculated by multiplying the number of days worked by the daily rate in the expenses column . |
| 8 | Price/earnings ( P/E ) ratio ; this is based on the latest annual earnings and is calculated by dividing the market share price by the last declared figure for earnings per share . |
| 9 | Where these special rules apply , as they do in the majority of cases , the taxable investment income of the basic life assurance business is calculated by apportioning the worldwide investment income of the life fund by reference to the ratio of liabilities to UK resident policy-holders to liabilities to all policyholders . |
| 10 | The yield to maturity ( rm ) is calculated by solving the following equation : . |
| 11 | The money yield ( rm ) is calculated by solving the following equation ( assuming that the calculation is made on a coupon payment date so that AI = 0 ) : where S is the number of coupon payments before redemption . |
| 12 | The swingweight of a club is calculated after measuring the length of the club and the weight of the clubhead . |
| 13 | This is explained by relaxing the previous assumption of risk neutrality . |
| 14 | Assistance in making these choices is given by the Director of Studies to whom each student is assigned on joining the University . |
| 15 | During this year , a greater emphasis is placed on learning the skills of the practising nurse , a variety of opportunities being provided in hospital wards and in the community . |
| 16 | Emphasis is placed on experiencing the problems associated with small business management and development at first hand through working closely with local companies and agencies , especially during the sandwich year of industrial placement . |
| 17 | Dropping from the basis means deleting the edge from p to q from the tree , T , and adding I to J. The result is still a tree because , if the path from i to 1 in T is broken by dropping the edge from p to q , another path can be constructed by going instead from p to q round the cycle ( using the edge I to J ) . |
| 18 | The illogicality of the existing hierarchical model for educational institutions is highlighted by applying the following criteria : |
| 19 | The result of a JOIN operation is a new wider table in which each row is formed by concatenating the two rows that have the same value in the common domain . |
| 20 | The search space of the simulation is formed by partitioning the real search space 's set of states into disjoint subsets . |
| 21 | In taekwondo the basic stances resemble those used in karate — the forward stance , which is achieved by extending the leading foot forwards , with the feet at shoulder width , and the back stance , which is formed by transferring the body weight to the back , supporting leg , with the hip lying above the bent , supporting knee . |
| 22 | The approved issue number is formed by deleting the appended letter ( for latest development issues — e.g. development issue 2.3K is approved as 2.3 ) or by incrementing the issue number ( for latest approved issues — e.g. approved issue 1.3 is approved as 1.4 ) . |
| 23 | A vapour barrier is formed by packaging the salt in foil lined boxes . |
| 24 | The fist is formed by holding the hand palm outwards , then rolling the fingers into a ball , as though they were gripping something very tightly . |
| 25 | Represented in phonetic script by the symbol ( ) , this glottal plosive is formed by closing the glottis completely ( bringing the vocal cords into contact ) suddenly opening it ( separating the cords ) . |
| 26 | Research is to continue into making the devices smart enough to respond to external light sources rather than an electrical feed . |
| 27 | There is disintegration when no common morality is observed , and history shows that the loosening of moral bonds is often the first stage of disintegration , so that society is justified in taking the same steps to preserve its moral code as it does to preserve its Government and other essential institutions . |
| 28 | With respect to brokers and dealers s.15 of the SEA 1934 is amended by adding the following new subsection : |
| 29 | This natural sequence of events is frequently obscured when the condition is treated without taking the constitution into account . |
| 30 | ( ii ) To improve the framework within which public policy is formulated by matching the field of responsibility of government departments to coherent fields of policy and administration . |