Sentence examples for proportion to existing from inspiring English sources

Or considered in an alternative manner, Russia would need to decrease mortality in proportion to existing mortality rates (shortfalls) to have less inequality than Poland when it reaches their mean level of mortality.

The tried-and-tested British rights issue, which entitles all shareholders to buy discounted shares in proportion to their existing holdings and pays underwriters to mop up the unwanted ones, has proved cumbersome.

Dr Tononi believes that the function of these slow waves is to "downscale" synapses, reducing their size, chemical activity and electrical activity and thus the strength with which they connect their nerve cells together all over the brain.The trick, he thinks, is that this downscaling is done in proportion to the existing strength of each synapse.

The commission blueprint enshrines "the principle of additionality" for climate change funds without quantifying what proportion would be "additional" to existing development aid.

At present, a high proportion are simply connected to existing sewerage systems without regard to whether their addition could overwhelm existing sewage networks, and whether new systems could be needed.

So the first thing to do is determine the proper proportion of new shares to existing shares using square footage as a basis.

Additional genome-wide updates were also carried out, of which a large proportion entailed adding specificity to existing product function.

Although a small proportion of tumours are sensitive to existing cytotoxic or targeted therapies (Lynch et al, 2004), most are resistant to current anticancer treatments.

The concrete mixes designed using the modified Brouwers mix design algorithm and particle packing concept had a potential to reduce up to 20% binder content compared to existing SCC mix proportioning methods and still maintain good performance.

The proportion of people with access to safe drinking water increased from 42% to 93%, thanks to 19 new boreholes and repairs to existing wells and springs.

Extensions to existing lines.