Sentence examples for home equivalent from inspiring English sources

Some 800,000 government workers were initially sent home – equivalent to the combined workforces of Exxon Mobil, General Motors, Google and giant US retailer Target.

"West Orange taxpayers carry too heavy a burden," he said, adding that two houses on his block are up for sale, and his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed mother, is struggling to pay taxes on a home equivalent to his.

Devised by Dolby Laboratories as a home equivalent of the digital sound systems used in theaters, that format creates a surround-sound effect by channeling discrete channels of audio to as many as six speakers: three front, two rear and one limited-range, low-frequency effects channel that reproduces the booms and explosions heard in action films (that's the ".1" in "5.1").

It is massively cheaper for Apple to sell debt here and pay minute interest on the bonds, then to bring home equivalent sums from abroad that would take on double-digit tax penalties.

It's the home equivalent of how car insurers are offering better deals to people happy to have black boxes [telematics] installed to monitor their driving speeds, or dash cams that record collisions.

We defined hospital discharge location as discharge to home, residential place of work/education, or non-health related institution; nursing home/nursing home equivalent; short term rehabilitation; long term rehabilitation; other health related institution; or hospice/hospice equivalent.

To these precedents she adds a distinctive awareness of craft as technique, history and identity; a wonderful color sense; and intimations of narrative complexities that suggest the down-home equivalent of Matthew Barney.

When used with a silicone balm or serum, the flatiron ($190 at the Mark Garrison Salon, 212-570-2455) can produce hair so smooth it's the at-home equivalent of Japanese salon straightening treatments, and it comes at a fraction of the price.

Considering that chamber music is defined by its space, it is notable that hardly any chamber groups have permanent homes equivalent to a symphony orchestra's hall.

According to the ministry of health, health workers or members of the armed forces have visited 20.7m Brazilian homes, equivalent to about 30% of all the country's private residences.

He will point out in his speech that planning permission has been granted for 400,000 homes – equivalent to a city the size of Birmingham – which have not yet been built.