Example sentences of "was defined as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when it was defined as the ability to change or control the behaviour of others they felt it was inappropriate . |
| 2 | ( 5.6 ) beta was defined as the ratio of the covariance between security1 and the market , and the variance of the market : . |
| 3 | Sensitivity was defined as the ratio of true positives to true positives plus false negatives ; specificity as that of true negatives to true negatives plus false positives ; positive predictive value as that of true positives to true positives and false positives , and negative predictive value as that of true negatives to true negatives plus false negatives . |
| 4 | Radiographic pneumonia was defined as the presence of an alveolar or interstitial infiltrate in a chest radiograph . |
| 5 | Diffuse oesophageal spasm was defined as the presence of greater than 10% but less than 100% simultaneous contractions . |
| 6 | Sensitivity was defined as the frequency of a positive test in all subjects with H pylori infection , and specificity was the frequency of a negative test in those without the infection . |
| 7 | The Board 's role was defined as the prevention and adjustment of disputes , the establishment of standard wages and the regulation of employment . |
| 8 | Survival time was defined as the period between surgery and death . |
| 9 | Volatility was defined as the variance of the natural logarithm of the daily closing prices , Var ( ln ΔF t ) , and estimated using Parkinson 's equation . |
| 10 | The reaction onset time was defined as the duration from the last given dose eliciting the symptoms . |
| 11 | Gastric metaplasia was defined as the occurrence of foci of gastric epithelial cells containing apical PAS positive neutral mucin together with the absence of a brush border . |
| 12 | A complete remission was defined as the resolution of clinical , radiological , and endoscopic evidence of disease . |
| 13 | Orocaecal transit time was defined as the time between meal intake and initial rise in hydrogen concentration of at least 10 ppm above fasting levels . |
| 14 | Hospital mortality was defined as the mortality during the postoperative stay in hospital . |
| 15 | The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value . |
| 16 | ‘ No treatment ’ interval was defined as the interval between date of onset and the date antidepressant therapy ( equivalent to 75mg of tricyclic drugs ) was prescribed ; pre-morbid personality was assessed using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire . |
| 17 | Acid clearance time was defined as the interval between the end of acid infusion and the time at which the intraluminal pH first rose above four . |
| 18 | Internal productivity benchmarking to indicate improvements in work organization was defined as the key to restoring competitiveness . |
| 19 | The date of diagnosis was defined as the point when radiological evidence of intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic duct strictures were first demonstrated . |
| 20 | Flexible response was defined as the use of force against an attacker at an appropriate level on an escalating scale , starting with conventional arms and with strategic nuclear forces as weapons of last resort . |