And there are geographic adjustments to account for the fact that it costs more to live in Manhattan than in Syracuse (for example) and more accurate adjustments for family size.
In this day and age, when Britain sometimes struggles to justify its status as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council or as a "major player on the world stage", the medal table may prove to be a more accurate measure of international standing than the size, for example, of the GDP or the armed forces.
In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk-size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a distinct preference for smaller-size formats.
Apple, the company that was the first to bring touch screen phones and tablets to mass market, has been iterating rather innovating in recent years, for example making relatively incremental changes on size and form factor with the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini.
The once-mighty Vladivostok fleet, for example, is a tenth its former size, says Sergei Khromykh, a former senior officer on a nuclear armed destroyer who now runs a travel agency.
For example, the 20nm planes will determine the size of the chip, which will affect both its cost and its power-savings.
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"It's about a billion people, that's the size of China and India for example, just under, and the population is growing, the economies are getting more and more stable, so huge opportunities here, " he added.
Water management, for example, is probably a bigger worry than the size of the diversion.
For example, one actor inquired about surgery to reduce the size of his nose (rhinoplasty).
Most African nations have economies the size of a decent Northern European town for example.
Some of the biggest banks, for example, have tried to buy time by underestimating the size of their losses.
For example, it wants to limit funds to a certain size, and to keep a lid on their investment abroad.
For example, in shoes, inventory will be monitored by size, width and color, and eventually, polo shirts will be monitored by color and size.
Exploitative fishing can alter the genetics of local stocks by selecting out big ones - in the North Sea, for example, cod are reaching maturity earlier and at smaller size as a result.
Google gives data for the share of the devices connecting to Google Play that have large screens, but this is global, may not be a good sample and is contaminated by poor reporting (for example, at least one Samsung device changed the screen size it reported after a software update).
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Unless your the size of a Fidelity or Putnam or Schwab, for example, advertising can be prohibitively expensive.
Gapen said it also seemed reasonable to use the example of Hurricane Katrina as a benchmark for economic impact given its size.
The concept is that with size comes both efficiency telecom bills, for example, will be cut by 85% and the ability to bring resources to bear on problems pollution is one of the problems that will be dealt with on an integrated basis.
The problem is that the EFSF would probably need authority to borrow something like 2tn euros, or more than four times the EFSF's current size - according to Royal Bank of Scotland, for example - for it to be seen as a credible lender of last resort to eurozone members deprived of access to finance from conventional sources.
For example, in "Fatboy" mode, you'll grow in size with every kill and shrivel when you're killed.
Screen technology is what allows mobile device makers to increase the size of their phones (the development of phablets, for example) at better resolution with lower battery drain.
The size and look of the virtual keyboard on the glass, for example, seems to be a standard.
For example, I was talking to a digital publishing executive at a mid-size publisher yesterday and told her about my book.
For example, the iPad offers a beautiful canvas for reading books, but the size and heft discourage the traditional curling-up with a page-turner.
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For example, I can dice and chop much better (more consistent in terms of size no matter how fine) than a food processor albeit not as fast.
For example, if you are near retirement age and your own benefit is similar in size to your spousal benefit, you could take your spousal benefit at your full retirement age and delay your own benefit until age 70, Mr. Mahaney says.
For example, stores in areas that see more traffic from teenagers would carry more junior-size clothing.
For example, Codecademy is facilitating the ability to learn to code online through bite-size lessons (even Mayor Bloomberg is famously learning).
If, for example, they have to build export facilities, the lengths of pipelines in a country the size of western Europe are daunting.
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