Example sentences of "to [be] equivalent to " in BNC.

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1 In an experiment carried out at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula in 1989 , microscopic floating ocean plants ( phytoplankton ) were taken from the nearby bay and brought into the laboratory , where they were subjected to levels of ultra-violet radiation estimated to be equivalent to the amount of ultra-violet being transmitted through the ozone hole which has been developing in Antarctica each spring in recent years .
2 This stage appears to be equivalent to stage 1 weathering described by Behrensmeyer ( 1978 ) .
3 In terms of the metric functions of the line element ( 6.20 ) , this rotation can be shown to be equivalent to the result that , if U , V , W and M are solutions of ( 6.22 ) , then another solution is given by ( 12.12 )
4 Thus the difference in the polarization of the approaching waves in this situation can be seen to be equivalent to the rotational parameter in the Kerr solution .
5 Panov then took the initial solution to be the totally general solution of Szekeres ( 1972 ) , which can be considered to be equivalent to the general solution given here by ( 10.16 ) .
6 Furthermore , even if it were possible to make the necessary calculations , the finance available is unlikely to be equivalent to these costs .
7 As a general guideline the following levels of attainment in BTEC National Diploma and Republic of Ireland Leaving Certificate at Higher level are taken to be equivalent to the ranges of ‘ A ’ level grades shown :
8 a qualification considered by BTEC to be equivalent to any of the above .
9 Other qualifications deemed by the Course Committee to be equivalent to the above may be accepted .
10 The first dilution is prepared and the tube is then emptied , the amount left being considered to be equivalent to one drop .
11 Your salary is £8,250 exclusive of live-in benefits , which may be assumed to be equivalent to a further 20 per cent .
12 Algebraically , this can be shown to be equivalent to , If the energy required to propagate the crack by producing the two new fracture surfaces were really confined to C , the free surface energy ( which is seldom much above I J/m 2 ) , then simple arithmetic will show that , at any realistic stress level , the critical crack length would be very short indeed , perhaps around a micron .
13 Strata believed to be equivalent to the Upper Palaeozoic Altagoan and Iniscarn Sandstone formations of the adjacent Cookstown ( 27 ) sheet were mapped in the vicinity of Draperstown .
14 It would be unduly optimistic to assume that management skills have risen to a level such that costs undertaken can be assumed to be equivalent to value .
15 References in three separate contexts in Ali suggest that the lowest kadiliks of which the hierarchy normally took cognizance were those at the 25 -akce level ; and these would thus seem to be equivalent to the 20-akce medreses in being the level at which a fully-trained medrese student would expect to receive his first appointment .
16 ‘ Doing well ’ in such environments will turn out to be equivalent to ‘ collaborating ’ with these other genes .
17 The accounts for each subsidiary undertaking shall be prepared on the same basis as those for the company or such adjustments shall be made on consolidation to amend the accounts of each subsidiary undertaking to be equivalent to accounts prepared on such a basis .
18 The accounts for each subsidiary undertaking shall be prepared on the same basis as those for the company or such adjustments shall be made on consolidation to amend the accounts of each subsidiary undertaking to be equivalent to accounts prepared on such a basis .
19 To be equivalent to this , an investment in a two-year bond has to yield the same amount , implying that the current two-year rate is rs 2 = 7 per cent : 100(1.07) 2 = 114.49 .
20 If α f is assumed to be equivalent to , this value compares well with the average value of determined for 18 polymers covering a wide range of T g .
21 The determination of proliferation indices in colonic epithelium by BrdU incorporation in colonic biopsies and subsequent immunocytochemical detection has been found to be equivalent to the standard autoradiographic method by our group ( unpublished data ) .
22 The uptake of 5-ASA must therefore be assumed to be equivalent to the production of Ac-ASA over time .
23 Now what , what was left was a guideline for economic development other , of sixty five thousand , which happens to be equivalent to pollution prevention schemes at one , but was certainly not earmarked to anything in particular , it was just a guideline that they were thinking of , and I , I think it would be a help to Policy Panel and Policy and Resources Committee , to obtain a response to that non-identified sixty five thousand pound item .
24 Making use of equations ( 8.36 ) and ( 8.37 ) , the simplifying condition on can be seen to be equivalent to which in practice simply means that the coil providing impedance must have a high Q-factor .
25 The difference caused by the placement of the tone-unit boundary is seen to be equivalent to giving two different paraphrases of the sentences , as in : a ) A profit was made by those who sold quickly .
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