Sentence examples for compiling this ranking from inspiring English sources

In compiling this ranking, Forbes looked at billionaires who own large stakes in publicly traded companies and calculated their paper gains in dollar terms.

To compile this ranking, Inrix multiplied each highway segment's 2009 travel time tax by that segment's length to create a measure of likely driver pain.

In compiling this list, the American Lung Association ranked U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)–geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing federal statistics–using the highest weighted average for any county within that MSA.

The Associated Press was used in compiling this story.

The Associated Press was used in compiling this report.

Forbes talked to agents, managers and other people with knowledge of the film industry to compile the ranking based on estimated earnings from June 2012 to June 2013.

Philip Beresford, who has compiled the ranking since 1989, said: "I've never seen such a phenomenal rise in personal wealth as the growth in the fortunes of Britain's 1,000 richest people over the past year.

The World Health Organisation attempted an evaluation in 2000, in which Britain came 18th out of 191 countries and America 37th, but the methods used to compile the ranking were heavily criticised and it has not repeated the exercise.On the most basic metric of life expectancy at birth, Britain (79.1 years) outscores America (77.8).

Forbes compiled the ranking by analyzing the dead celebrities' earnings between October 2011-2012.

Jess Podell compiled this report.

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