Sentence examples for a linear progression from inspiring English sources

In this comparison Stravinsky is clearly less interested in a linear progression, yet is still progressive in the sense that his vigorous rhythmic writing and exploratory nature went far beyond mere pastiche.

So, to start, I think when I first I learned about evolution there was always an implied "march of progress," or a linear progression from one form of life to a next, higher and higher, up the evolutionary ladder.

In fact, there is a linear progression in grade-inflation as one progresses from left to right across the table.

But it proposed a linear progression rather than the branching common descent theory behind Darwin's work in progress, and it ignored adaptation.

"I don't think it's a linear progression.

"This paper shows how the mammalian ear didn't proceed in a linear progression," he said.

"You can't assume a linear progression," said one senior American official.

Time, in fact, was rarely conceptualised as a linear progression in Asian and African cultures.

This mind-bending premise is linked to the idea that time need not be considered a linear progression.

"Incrementally, and it is not always a linear progression," says Tabotta. "We have been on a strong trajectory for the last two decades.

As Meredith Whitney, who follows Wall Street for Oppenheimer, remarked, "It's hard to get a linear progression from 84 to 2".