Sentence examples for a straightforward reading from inspiring English sources

Mr. Lightfoot gave the ballad, perhaps the only sea chantey to become a major hit in the arena rock era, a straightforward reading midway through his set.

Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the court, relied on a straightforward reading of the identity-theft statute, which requires that the defendant "knowingly" use another person's identification.

The program opened with a straightforward reading of the Concerto No. 1 in F, followed by the Concerto No. 2 in F, enhanced by vivid contributions from the flutist Sooyun Kim.

By comparison, Charlie Parker's "Anthropology" was given a straightforward reading, aside from a single bar in the bridge that was repeated four times, as if to suggest the skipping of a record.

A straightforward reading of the law thus means that Congressional staff members, starting in January 2014, will have to obtain insurance through the Affordable Care Act but pay for it on their own without the normal contribution from their employer — Congress.

The Treasury said its conclusion resulted from a straightforward reading of the 2010 health care law, which says that workers are not eligible for premium tax credits if they have been offered affordable coverage under an employer-sponsored plan that provides minimum value.

The induction of a central ring of MLC-GFP expression in the S2 cell model provided us with a straightforward read-out of CagA's ability to activate MLC.

This approach is intuitively attractive, as it allows a straightforward read-out of the expression of any gene whose regulatory sequences are cloned into a reporter construct.

There are surprising stylistic nods to Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon, but Mr. Schneider is also still balancing the odd and perverse: the record features both a gorgeously straightforward reading of "Tomorrow," from the musical "Annie," and a double-entendre-laden love song with a title unfit to print.

The ruling is, in my opinion, a pretty straightforward reading of the law, which is actually an annual appropriations rider called the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits the expenditure of federal money on any research that'll harm or kill a human embryo.

The violinist Gil Shaham joined the society's artistic directors, the cellist David Finckel and the pianist Wu Han, in a deft, straightforward reading of the Haydn.