Sentence examples for over a reference period from inspiring English sources

That's not to say the rules in the initial batch of countries are easy, the report explains how the Netherlands law operates: The limits referred to may be exceeded in many countries where working time flexibility schemes allow weekly hours to be varied around an average over a reference period, as permitted by the Working Time Directive.

It is based on dietary diversity the number of food groups a household consumes over a reference period; food frequency the number of days on which a particular food group is consumed over a reference period, usually measured in days; and the relative nutritional importance of different food groups (World Food Programme WFP 2009).

On the other hand, in the impacts and adaptation community, many believe that climate models should be weighted based on their ability to better represent various metrics over a reference period.

TLFB28 is an established valid and reliable method of ascertaining alcohol consumption in adolescent populations over a reference period ranging from 7 to 365 days [ 35].

Moreover, even in terms of units per week, which were available in both studies, IFS2 used information relating to usual drinking over the past year, while PRIME had a reference period of the previous week.

Some studies provided a reference period (the period over which the respondent is instructed to provide information, such as 12 months or 30 days) of little validity or even did not provide any reference period, while others used questionnaires with small sensitivity for change [ 21].

Thus, the Census Bureau's approach requires people to recollect events over a longer reference period.

Historical baselines are calculated by extrapolating the mean relative rate of deforestation and its associated emissions over a past reference period linearly into the commitment period.