For i) all questions except open-ended questions were considered valid; for ii) in addition, questions for which a yes/no answer was available were not counted as valid.
The White House has told the Pentagon to squeeze that growth over the next five years, Mr. Gates said, reducing by $78 billion the amount available for the Pentagon, not counting the costs of its combat operations.
With a vacancy rate in suburban Richmond in 2002 of at least 17percentt, not counting space available for sublet, tenants were hard to land.
On the individual market for health insurance, some people, especially those who are younger and healthier, may see higher premiums, not counting the available tax credits.
Not counting the cost of installation and maintenance, affordable systems are available.
Any references, footnotes, and exhibits must be presented in the space available, but do not count against the 500-word limit.
We categorized births uniformly within each maternal 5-year age class because data on births of single-year age classes were not available; we did not count the very small number of births in other countries or with unspecified birthplace.
We already had several of the necessary items – the gloves and battery connectors/converters available so we did not count that in the budget.
But Mr. Greenspan's estimate of the number of people still available for jobs relies on the Labor Department's monthly employment surveys, which do not count as available the people who say they are not interested in working.
It is believed to be for $2 million, with another $2 million available in bonuses that would not count against the salary cap.
None of the missing 26 appear to have achieved five or more A*-C grades including English and maths in 2012 – data is not available for 2013 – but this was not counted on the school's record.
