Example sentences of "[noun] varies with " in BNC.

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1 The most commonly used statistic is average waiting time per specialty , but that figure varies with local definitions and is so skewed by interconsultant variation that it is virtually meaningless .
2 Two methods of preparing the potencies , the Hahnemannian and the Korsakoff , exist and the decision as to whether to use high or low potencies varies with the type of illness present and the prescriber .
3 While the strength of the structure set of goals varies with circumstances during our lifetime , the period when it influences our motivation arousal patterns most powerfully is in childhood .
4 Daylight varies with location , season and weather .
5 Uptake of chemical varies with viscosity and if the product is changed a proportioner may need recalibration .
6 The effects may be nonstochastic ( the severity of the effect varies with the dose , and for which a threshold of dose may therefore occur below which no detrimental effects are seen ) or stochastic ( the probability of an effect occurring , rather than its severity , is regarded as a function of dose , without a threshold ) .
7 The fact that what is seen as crime varies with different societies does not affect the definition of crime — as an act which breaks the criminal law of the particular society .
8 The real advantage with this development is that the patient can now start to appreciate how the blood glucose varies with diet , exercise and illness .
9 A second possibility is that social ranking of wife or housewife roles varies with different socio-economic contexts .
10 The appropriate degree varies with the price , the description and other relevant factors .
11 The filtering occurs because the effectiveness of a stimulus varies with its location , being normally distributed around the centre of the receptive field of the device .
12 An individual 's calorie requirement varies with age , sex physical activity and other health factors .
13 The snag is that the arm 's resonance varies with the compliance , or springiness , of the pickup cartridge , which the hi fi enthusiast fits .
14 The amounts of reflected and transmitted light are virtually equal at all wavelengths , and this common proportion varies with wavelength between nought and nearly 50% .
15 Obviously the ratio of direct to indirect work varies with different occupations but , in nearly all , practitioners find that they spend more time on the latter than they think is appropriate .
16 The manner in which archivists and historians are dealing and are ready to deal with electronically produced data , and the adequacy of this response and of potential responses varies with the environment and nature of the data concerned .
17 The number of sunspots varies with a cycle of 11 years .
18 We find that : ( i ) there is disutility from being unemployed , with individuals disliking unemployment even more after the first three months ; ( ii ) unemployment benefits have no effect on the behaviour of the unemployed individuals after the first three months ; ( iii ) income receipts other than unemployment benefits and earnings have only a very small effect ; ( iv ) the conditional probability of leaving the unemployment spell shows no sign of decreasing with duration for most of the members of our sample , while 50% of the teenage men have an increasing hazard ; ( v ) the effects of unemployment benefits on the expected duration varies with age ; the average elasticity of 0.12 is much smaller than those estimated by NNS and NN , who used the same data set but different models .
19 Nevertheless , the important principle has been established , that meaning varies with context .
20 Indeed , it is very likely that the process varies with the relationship between the carer and dependant .
21 Starting with the imaginary livestock , you soon realize that this population varies with the seasons , so you base your calculations on the breeding cows , ewes , sows , mares , and laying birds , adding their progeny in due season .
22 Remember , for a point charge the electric field varies with the inverse square of the distance , but it is just inverse distance for the line charge .
23 This of course varies with the nature of the polymer .
24 The maximum inward component of the velocity of light is c throughout , while the maximum outward component varies with the radial distance .
25 But the effectiveness of rewards varies with the desired behaviour .
26 But as the test is that A must use no more force than is necessary , and as this necessity varies with the facts of each case , self-help is likely to be just as dangerous a remedy here as elsewhere .
27 It also shows how the location of research by individual firms varies with their competitive position in terms of profits , sales and corporate growth .
28 The critical ratio varies with local conditions .
29 The effective dose varies with so many factors that a control group of the same strain , age , sex and weight should be anaesthetized prior to the experimental animals to determine the correct dose .
30 But in reality the amount and type of support which kin give each other varies with the particular historical circumstances within which family relationships are played out , so that looking at patterns of support at different points in time means that one is not comparing like with like in quite significant ways : there is variation both in people 's need for support and in the capacity of relatives to provide it .
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