Sentence examples for a certain propensity in from inspiring English sources

He made the idea central to his discussion of social cooperation, arguing that the division of labour did not arise from human wisdom but was the "necessary, though very slow and gradual, consequence of a certain propensity in human nature which has in view no such extensive utility: the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another".

In addition, however, the analyses suggest that the actual role of certain propensity factors may have been obscured in prior studies.

She needed a certain buy-in.

Did Crichton confess to his host that he'd been inspired to write "Rising Sun" by a certain Poppy in chief with a propensity for puking on Japanese dignitaries?

In fact, cancer cells adhesion is a common assay to characterize their propensity to form metastases in a certain organ in vitro [ 28– 30].

"There's a certain injustice in it.

There was a certain satisfaction in bitterness.

Culture is a mighty force, he says, but it is the genetic bases for our behavior that "prompt the mind" of peoples toward certain propensities.

But slowly, slowly, videos and then DVDs came out, and … yes, in hindsight, it's a great film, but I just remember it as truly tremendous fun, with a UK crew of a certain age and propensity to laughter".

In the method used here, the propensity function is approximated by a 2nd-order Taylor expansion, and the moments up to a certain degree (2 in our treatment) are retained, while all higher moments are assumed to be zero.

"There's a permanent propensity in this system to convict the innocent".