Sentence examples for adopting a set from inspiring English sources
Transition, which should be about expressing your true self, can easily become a compromise between being yourself and adopting a set of stereotypes to fit in.
The program began with Central Intelligence Agency leaders in the grip of an alluring idea: They could get tough in terrorist interrogations without risking legal trouble by adopting a set of methods used on Americans during military training.
Mr. Cuomo has also praised Mr. Thompson for adopting a set of pension reforms for the city that were recommended by the attorney general's office, steps that Mr. DiNapoli resisted.
In December, NBC became the first broadcast network to head toward running liquor commercials, adopting a set of guidelines under which the makers of distilled spirits could advertise in a way similar to beer and wine makers.
Loosely adopting a set of criteria, or "virtues" — order, balance, elegance, coherence, and self-knowledge — he delineates the merits of, for instance, Herzog & de Meuron's 1988 Stone House, in Liguria, whose exposed concrete frame saves rough, mortarless rock from "rustic incoherence".
In other words, attempting to exercise normative competence (that is, to promote autonomy) relative to the prevailing norms entails adopting a set of norms that is oppressive to oneself.
The dangers are.Unfortunately, the argument will not be settled by scientific debate, but only by the slow and frustrating process of persuading others to adopt a set of values about risk and justice.
When Smith & Wesson voluntarily adopted a set of safeguards, including requirements that its dealers limit multiple sales of firearms, it was ostracized and boycotted, forcing it to abandon the changes.
At that meeting, world leaders adopted a set of goals that would give every child a better life and a more promising future.
This has led many people working in this field to adopt a setting approach [ 5].
The results of the analysis, done with innovative multivariate methods for environmental reviewing, are discussed at three progressive levels of conceptual investigation, also to underline the importance of adopting a set-oriented perspective.
