Sentence examples for a selective approach from inspiring English sources

But when it comes to upholding international norms, the United States takes a selective approach.

The autumn statement does a reasonable job in justifying a selective approach to rebalancing that focuses on northern cities.

Many in Europe are instinctively hostile to a selective approach to co-operation.

The Bush administration has taken a selective approach to international law, arguing that the new threat posed by terrorism makes some old agreements irrelevant.

With its distrust of what Thomas Jefferson — in his first inaugural address, two hundred years ago — called "entangling alliances," the United States has always taken a selective approach to international coöperation, which puts Annan in a delicate position.

In contrast, the report says, the Russian leadership applies a selective approach, limiting itself to a modernization of the economy in which knowledge, technology and investments are welcome.

A more selective approach and a focus on a few stories rather than a multitude would help readers keep the narrative thread.

A size selective approach to improving selectivity in semiconducting metal oxides (SMO) sensors was obtained by tailoring the architecture of WO3 powders.

Therefore, the higher drug dose utilised in the European trial was probably due to a less selective approach and/or a greater median size of the lesions allowing the injection of larger spheres (300 700  μm).

Hence, a more selective approach to over-recruitment at the beginning of a LQR project is advocated, basing such decision on the outlook of participants over the timeline of the project.

Many others of us, though, would prefer a more selective approach, less ribrock predictability and more of an unexpected journey.