Sentence examples for a selective use of from inspiring English sources

They made a selective use of the translation literature, ignoring most of what was not useful to them until the mystical theologian al-Ghazālī (flourished 11th 12th centuries) showed them the way to study it, distinguish between the harmless and harmful doctrines contained in it, and refute the latter.

Such a selective use of crime statistics is easily countered.

"There was a selective use of intelligence; that is, that information which was consistent with the administration's policy was given a front-row seat," Mr. Graham said.

Others debunked his use of crime statistics, particularly claims that the police murder rate had soared, that depended on a selective use of annual comparison periods.

Playing on modern instruments, but using techniques borrowed from period practice - such as a selective use of vibrato, and wide range of dynamics - they made the slow movement an impassioned lament, full of halting silences and volatile changes of texture.

The play is nobbled by a basic lack of craft, a troubled relationship with the fourth wall that requires urgent therapeutic help, perfunctory staging and performances, and a selective use of evidence.

MIT engineer Sheila Widnell calls her analysis "pseudoscience--a selective use of 'data'... to take an advocacy position.

But a team of researchers in the Netherlands, where a more selective use of antibiotics has led to much lower levels of resistant bacteria than are circulating in the United States, thinks the medical finger-waggers have not gone far enough.

The overall results indicate that the interventions allowed for a more effective use of daytime surgery and a more selective use of the ORs for high urgency patients during the night, while ensuring timely access to treatment.

These developments have led to a change in the recommendations made by scientific bodies; a more selective use of the intervention is now favoured.

Identification of those characteristics (if they exist) might identify a patient sub group (or groups), which could lead to a more selective use of both teriparatide and bisphosphonate with lower costs per QALY for the entire cohort.