Sentence examples for on average rather from inspiring English sources

But highly fit women who did develop dementia did so at age 90, on average, rather than at 79.

Its rules - like those of American football - may be more complicated but the skills required of individual rugby players are, on average, rather less.

First, the gain produced by the vice presidential candidate has been slightly larger in recent years — about four points on average rather than two in elections since 1984.

He says that if, as we suggest, people in rich societies (and we are talking about rich societies) worked 20 hours a week on average rather than 40, they would be too poor to enjoy the extra leisure.

MRI scans of the brains of the participants before the study started and after it ended showed that those who were given simvastatin did experience less shrinkage of the brain – by 0.3% a year on average rather than the expected 0.6%, a reduction of 43% when adjustments were made for the age and gender of the volunteers.

Researchers at Leicester University in central England have found that soothing classical music, rather than Britney Spears or Michael Jackson, encourages diners to spend $40 a meal on average, rather than the $36 that is par for the culinary course of those who get pop.

Our results are similar to those that have been reported using a minimax approach even though the rationale for the designs presented here are based on the notion of averaging, rather than maximizing, the loss over the contamination space.

In addition, tariffs are based on weighted average rather than actual consumption and most of households do not have water meters installed (see, e.g., EBRD [2011]; OECD [2007]).

Optimal control recognizes the random behavior of the system and attempts to optimize response or stability on an average rather than with assured precision.

Finally, the minimum levy would be calculated on a global average rather than for individual countries where a corporation operates.

The accrued rights of workers should be maintained but their future pension rights should be based on the state retirement age (many public-sector workers currently retire early) and on a career average, rather than final, salary.