To be elected, two-thirds of the votes are required, calculated on the basis of the total number of electors present.

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Management fees are often calculated on the basis of all the money managed debt plus equity so that more borrowing means more pay.

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The estimates of loss of life are obviously only roughly calculated on the basis of the known population, but they have gradually reached 200, 000.

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Because they have counted this as a cost, they say that minimum capital requirements should be calculated on the basis of credit-card assets net of expected losses.

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The latter is calculated on the basis of the rise in median earnings on the island, following a recommendation by an independent panel tasked with assessing States members' pay.

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Savings calculated strictly on the basis of wage rates obscure the real cost of outsourcing.

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The team measured the lead levels in each country-category and calculated the lead intake on the basis of daily consumption.

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The air quality would certainly be a lot worse if the commuters turned to conventional buses. (Calculated on a per passenger journey basis, experts say, buses emit 100 times the level of respirable particles generated by mass rail.) Ditto for congestion.

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The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay it on a voluntary basis.

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