Sentence examples for figure was determined from inspiring English sources

The White House never provided an accounting of how the 40,000-jobs figure was determined, so we are dubious that it's a reliable number.

This figure was determined, however, before the arrival of more pessimistic estimates on the pace of global warming.

That figure was determined by reviewing cases in which the patient had a single documented exposure to a known SARS patient in Canada, Europe or Singapore, the agency said.

In an interview, Matthew Cheung, the Hong Kong secretary for labor and welfare, said the lower government figure was determined by factoring in the benefits of subsidized education, health care, housing and other safety-net measures.

(That figure was determined before Typhoon Haiyan, which could spur more giving by Filipinos abroad).

The $542 million figure was determined by a veteran local real estate firm whose valuation report has not been made public.

On a bike, that figure is determined by a meter integrated into the rear hub.

Retirees receive about 80-85 percent of the estimated monthly annuity until the exact figure is determined; they then receive a payment for the difference.

If the figure is determined before the closing, he said, the lawyer for the buyer will satisfy it out of the proceeds of the sale that are due to the seller.

Nor do I know how much you will pay for your phone, because that figure is determined by a God who plays dice with the price wheel and various calling plans.

That figure is determined both by statistical noise and by the experimental disorder that's anticipated to come from attrition (your subjects disappear), contagion (your treatment subjects somehow mingle with your control subjects), and other kinds of slippage (some of your treatment subjects hear dirty jokes in their agitprop, and some do not).