verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a calculated gamble (= one in which you consider the risks very carefully )
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He made a calculated gamble that an early election would return his party to power.
deliberate/calculated/outright deceit
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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as
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Brains, teeth, and antlers Relative organ size his been calculated as before.
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These were then calculated as percentages to allow direct comparisons.
how
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Its designers have calculated how its reliability increases with more memory.
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This would allow investors to factor out inflation before calculating how much money they made on the sale of a particular asset.
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Given certain pieces of data, it is necessary to calculate how many words in the lexicon match this search criteria.
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I waited, looking on while he calculated how much she owed him.
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Miss Logan calculated how far away their horses were tethered, and was not encouraged.
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There were people calling radio shows calculating how many wins it would take to reach the playoffs.
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And if you know the history of the universe in imaginary time, you can calculate how it behaves in real time.
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Part of the estimating process had involved calculating how many detailed drawings were needed.
■ NOUN
amount
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Scaling a means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design.
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In this case the theoretical yield is calculated from the amount of reactant which is not used in excess.
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This online service, dubbed Redemption Buster, aims to calculate the total amount of savings associated with remortgaging.
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Nylon cord: To calculate the amount , add together the width of the blind plus four times the length.
basis
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The annual budget was calculated on a historical basis of costs from previous years.
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Payments are calculated on the basis of the worker's age, length of continuous service, and pay.
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Confidence intervals for these were calculated on the basis of the associated binomial probability.
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Obviously he was calculating on the basis of marginal costs of running the car, but this is what all motorists do.
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Copy Database Working-Set Database Volumes are calculated on the following basis .
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Should any additional flights be introduced after publication of this brochure then they will be calculated on the same basis .
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Finally, morbidity rates can be calculated on the basis of data provided by national surveys of self-reported illness.
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Since 1989 benefits have been calculated on a daily basis rather than a weekly basis.
benefit
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Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.
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Instead they have calculated benefits using a calculator and storing files in manila folders.
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The question for a public inquiry is whether that is a sensible way of calculating the direct benefit .
correlation
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Correlation coefficients were calculated by Spearman rank correlation test and, in selected instances, the chi square test.
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Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient was calculated to determine the correlation between relative frequency and coverage.
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Correlation coefficients were calculated as Spearman rank correlations and comparison between the two methods by the sign test.
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The least square method was used in calculating the correlations .
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For each subject the correlation between this score and their familiarity ratings for the 10 junctions was calculated .
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Because subjects differ between the experiments the correlations calculated here are simply correlations over the 60 films of the mean ratings.
cost
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Column inch a measure of area used in newspapers and magazines to calculate the cost of display advertising.
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If there is no way to calculate these costs , we can believe that they run into many billions.
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How would you calculate the social cost of monopoly?
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In order for the caterer to calculate a realistic cost per person, you must give as much information as possible.
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Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.
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Before buying omelet mixtures, calculate the cost .
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The Newcastle prescribing index was calculated from item and cost information.
costs
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Lowe had already calculated launch costs as at least £4 million.
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If there is no way to calculate these costs , we can believe that they run into many billions.
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Anniversaries are never a good time for calculating the costs and benefits of any relationship.
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Imagine you are going to calculate the running costs of a car, a whole fleet of cars if you wish.
difference
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Methane concentrations were calculated as the difference between breath and a corresponding room air sample.
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Essentially this feedforward network uses a refinement of the Widrow-Hoff technique, which calculates the difference between actual outputs and desired outputs.
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To compensate for differences in flow rates during perfusion, the appearance rates of myeloperoxidase and cytokines were calculated .
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Labflow can also store and calculate flow differences .
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Next, calculate the difference , less your out-standing mortgage.
distance
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I calculated angles and distances and located the nearest exit.
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Then calculate the distance walked in the same way as above.
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With this information, the device calculates the distance between the user and the satellite.
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Trent had calculated the distance between the culvert and the junction of the old and new rivers as less than four miles.
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Trent wiped the rain from his eyes as he tried to calculate speed and distance against the drift of the Zodiac.
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Spinrad has then been able to go to work calculating their distance .
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Using geometrical considerations he could calculate the distance from Polheim to the pole.
effect
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Johansson's team calculated the effect of different energy mixes, used at different levels of efficiency.
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Some had big wings, some had small wings, but nobody knew how to calculate the aerodynamic effects .
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She tried to calculate the effect of telling them all.
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A theory with only charged W particles turns out to have infinite quantities that arise in calculating certain effects .
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To calculate the effect of an indirect causal path, the values of adjacent paths are multiplied.
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We must first calculate the effect of this change on the resource column.
figure
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Clarke had a passionate interest in calculating the figure of the Earth, another central problem for an accurate topographical survey.
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The other jobs have some slack in them and this can be calculated as in Figure 6.7.
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The government calculated its figures on the basis of the growth rate of consumer prices on an annual basis.
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This will enable Mr Damant to calculate a better figure of maintainable earnings than has been possible in the past.
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One way of calculating this figure is to compare the dose from given levels of contamination of polonium-210 and iodine-131.
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Memorial uses conservative criteria to calculate its figures , and the true death toll is probably much higher.
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At any job symbol both the free float and the total slack, as defined in Figure 6.7, can be calculated .
figures
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The government calculated its figures on the basis of the growth rate of consumer prices on an annual basis.
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Memorial uses conservative criteria to calculate its figures , and the true death toll is probably much higher.
formula
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These assumptions and the mathematical formula used to calculate the volume have been described and validated by Everson and colleagues.
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Shown below is a simple and acceptable formula for calculating the written down value of smaller plant.
income
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This would normally be deducted from dividend income before calculating the income available for distribution to unit holders.
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Request a copy of your Social Security and or pension earnings, and calculate any interest income .
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The lender will work out the level of advance by calculating your disposable income after deducting the regular outgoings.
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In addition, there is some uncertainty about how to calculate discounted future income for the representative household.
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Full-time fees for students are calculated according to total parental income .
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But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so.
index
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One is to provide that the rent shall be calculated as if the index had not been adjusted.
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A more accurate assessment can be gained by calculating your body mass index or your percentage of body fat.
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Measure and calculate the detour index for the route between Plymouth and Exeter.
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As an example, suppose that we wish to calculate the Retail Price Index for April 1985.
interest
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Traditionally, lenders have calculated the interest annually, which means you effectively pay interest on money you no longer owe.
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Request a copy of your Social Security and or pension earnings, and calculate any interest income.
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The table above calculates your interest payments per month, although it should be used only as an approximate guide.
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I should never have even calculated the interest .
loss
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Normally we check with your employer and calculate any losses .
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It will take far longer to calculate other losses .
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Once more, there are a number of different methods of calculating the loss .
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Child calculated his loss at $ 2. 5 million.
method
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At first sight this method for calculating the poverty line seems reliable and sufficiently scientific to warrant its continued use.
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There are other methods for calculating water deficit.
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The least square method was used in calculating the correlations.
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These two methods were used to calculate the relative bidirectional reflectance of ten contrasting surfaces.
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But eurobonds make annual payments, and the appropriate method of calculating the yield to maturity is to use annual discounting.
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A method of calculating additional overhead expenditure is as follows.
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Once more, there are a number of different methods of calculating the loss.
number
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The amount is calculated according to the number of years for which you have paid contributions.
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We calculate the number of connections as follows.
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Questions relating to counting and calculating with whole numbers are generally tackled by girls as well as or better than by boys.
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The number of bowel actions each week was calculated .
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The package provides you with a means to calculate the number of radiators required to heat a building.
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Answer guide: Students could calculate this in a number of ways.
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Attendance rates are calculated by dividing the number of openings in the school register by the number of pupils present.
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I was trying to calculate the exact number of hours which the motion allows the Committee to spend debating the Bill.
odds
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An actuary, assuming no casual connection, might calculate the odds against such a coincidence.
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Lupo said oddsmakers use theoretical win percentages to calculate the odds , as they would on a sporting event.
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From the calculating of odds and strategies and tactics?
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Of course this could be a coincidence but we can calculate the odds against this.
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The business of lending money is like gambling-the creditors calculate the odds of the money being repaid.
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Now he merely appraised the situation, calculating the odds for life against death.
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Within minutes it was very strong and while my partner seconded I began calculating the odds of freezing to death.
percentage
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It is then often necessary to calculate the percentage yield.
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It can be calculated as a Percentage rate.
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In this way the formula of a compound can be used to calculate the percentage composition by mass of a compound.
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Scoring the log One easy way is to calculate the percentage of possible occasions when a particular activity or environmental condition applies.
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Effects of cimetidine and histamine of the cells were calculated as a percentage of the untreated controls.
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These can be compared to the original volume to calculate the percentage of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air.
price
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Suppose you had written a function called FN_discount to calculate the discount price from the normal retail price.
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Voice over Commuters are calculating the price they have to pay for comfort and punctuality.
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We can calculate the price per unit along the following lines: However, this only yields an average selling price.
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Sometimes he calculates the price on an abacus and then indicates the total.
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But when calculating the price of your holiday, don't forget to add on any applicable flight supplement detailed there.
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The cost was calculated in terms of the current price of slaughter stock, and so many head were then requested.
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These have been used to calculate continuous price series for 50 individual items based on 10 year average prices.
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It is debatable whether calculating the price is an art or a science.
probability
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Ninety five percent confidence intervals for the relative risk was calculated using exact probabilities .
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A young Salomon Brothers trader named Howie Rubin began to calculate the probability of homeowners' prepaying their mortgages.
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To calculate the joint probability of the coincidence occurring in any one minute we multiply the two separate probabilities.
rate
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These data were used to calculate annual referral rates using the practice populations as the denominator.
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In addition to net present value, the internal rate of return on a capital budgeting project is also calculated .
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This is done by calculating a rate of discount.
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It can be calculated as a Percentage rate .
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There is a simple way of calculating your aerobic walking rate .
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Take your pulse in the same way that you calculated your resting pulse rate earlier.
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The first is to calculate the risk-adjusted discount rate and apply it to the unadjusted cash flows.
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He calculated these as suicide rates in relation to the size of the population in which they occurred.
ratio
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Holmes calculated a ratio of approximately 2.4:1.
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The labelling index was calculated as the ratio of Ki-67 positive to negative cells per crypt.
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Sharpe calculated a benchmark ratio using the Dow Jones Industrial Average as a proxy for the market portfolio.
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We also calculated standardised mortality ratios for all hypertensive patients.
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A total labelling index was calculated as the ratio of labelled cell to total cell numbers for each column.
reference
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Costs Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate.
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Results were calculated by reference to a standard curve.
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Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier.
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Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group.
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But if the damages are calculated without reference to income tax that will not be so.
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This can be best calculated by reference to accurate time-cost information.
risk
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Odds ratios were calculated for the risk of fracture in the arthritic women.
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Delegation truly involved interpersonal judgment, taking calculated risks on whom to trust.
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It was a calculated risk , like all voyages into the unknown.
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They tend to set moderately difficult goals for themselves and to take calculated risks . 3.
size
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In calculating the size of deadweight burden triangles under monopoly, different economists have used different estimates of the elasticity of demand.
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This occurred because we overestimated the effectiveness of disulfiram when we calculated the sample size prior to initiating the study.
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For the last 20 years researchers have been able to calculate genome sizes and mutation rates.
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Fortunately, WordPerfect will do most of the page layout work for you-it calculates the appropriate sizes of columns and margins.
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What it does offer is a way of calculating the probable size of the error in estimating that value.
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The calculated size of the fireball may be several hundred meters in diameter.
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It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category.
tax
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Simplifies tax filing for thousands of middle-income Californians by increasing the exemption amounts used in calculating the Alternative Minimum Tax.
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In an Inland Revenue consultation paper, Mr Brown also signalled a willingness to disregard student loans when calculating tax credit levels.
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The information on the form is processed by our advanced computer system, which calculates all tax and National Insurance contributions.
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Block Financial says Kiplinger TaxCut had a problem in calculating state tax returns from Michigan.
value
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We can now calculate its value by application of Hess's law.
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Step 2 calculates the present value of the expected benefits of the new equipment.
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How do we calculate the value of the asset that we are trying to protect?
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Thus we can calculate the money value of the final coupon payment and principal repayment on 30 March 1988 as follows.
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To help you calculate the value of your possessions, there is a guide on the back of this leaflet.
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Lattice enthalpies determined through the Born-Haber cycle can be regarded as experimental values since the lattice enthalpies are calculated from experimental values.
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Reference should also be made to the Specific Claims Handling Instructions, especially to calculate written down value .
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Any spreadsheet should be able to calculate the present value of payments made over a fixed term.
■ VERB
use
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These data were used to calculate annual referral rates using the practice populations as the denominator.
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Simplifies tax filing for thousands of middle-income Californians by increasing the exemption amounts used in calculating the Alternative Minimum Tax.
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In the aerospace and transport industries, scientists and engineers use stoichiometric procedures to calculate fuel needs.
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The resulting estimates will then be used to calculate the changes in welfare resulting from some simple price reduction scenarios of 1992.
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Reproducibility studies on the data used to calculate the scan score yielded a coefficient of variation of 5.5%.
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Admittedly the computer did use them to calculate the appropriate genetic formula for every point on the picture.
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Bond enthalpies can also be used to calculate the enthalpies of reactions involving covalent molecules.
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These have been used to calculate continuous price series for 50 individual items based on 10 year average prices.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a calculated risk/gamble
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Investing in high-tech companies is a calculated risk.
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But it is a calculated risk.
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He just took a calculated risk on the spur of the moment.
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Injured Stephen Pears, who took a calculated gamble with a cheekbone injury, was never tested in goal.
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It was a calculated risk to take a man without forensic experience, but we were looking for a manager primarily.
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It was a calculated risk, like all voyages into the unknown.
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These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I began calculating how long it would take to get to the airport if I left at 4:00.
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Sally calculated that she needed $300 to pay all her bills.
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Their accountant calculated the total cost of the project.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alternatively, the balance conditions of the Hay bridge can be derived to allow L and R to be calculated.
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Effective administration needs people, managers, unswerving devotion and discipline; building from scratch needs capital and carefully calculated investment.
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He calculated that he could not beat either Heath or Maudling, and he preferred to avoid the contest.
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He calculates the car will last two more years after which he thinks he will be able to sell it for £400.
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Mixing curves are ticked to represent 20% increments, and were calculated using the following parameters.
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Several different scenarios can be calculated and printed out very rapidly.
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The price was calculated from an average of the market price in the last six months, as per stock market regulations.