Sentence examples for ambivalent use of from inspiring English sources

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The second group [9, 13, 14] focus on Alexander's ambivalent use of the term 'empirical' to describe his theory, the progenitors of which include both his definition of 'science' [4] and belief in one 'right' way of building [3] (Fig. 2).

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Users of injectable methods may be ambivalent about a subsequent pregnancy and ambivalent about use of the injection (or any method) [ 38].

A key consideration, here, is the ambivalent role of technology.

Facebook has been ambivalent about the use of their platform by activists".

Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has largely been ambivalent about the use of such macro-prudential tools in Australia.

This appeal to a shared yet ambivalent understanding, a use of shorthand to invoke all manner of stereotypical images, has been a strategy of racist discourse since at least the 19th century.

THAT is at least partly because Republicans, despite tensions between "realists" and "neo-conservative idealists" over Iraq, tend to be more disciplined and ideologically cohesive than Democrats, who are traditionally more tolerant of internal dissent and more ambivalent about the use of force.

MATTHEW PETTIGREW Narberth, Pa., Oct. 5, 2011 Most Americans, who view our nation as a leader in human rights and democracy, do not realize that we are vilified by the international humanitarian community as a country that is ambivalent about the use of torture.

Society is fundamentally ambivalent to the use of plastics.

Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani was ambivalent towards its use of sampling on certain songs, but praised "the mix of organic, old-school instrumentation and more electronic elements", which he felt make it "a loose, fun and reverent record".

Two factors suggested by previous research are: breast cancer-related anxiety, which has been shown to motivate intention but also impair the processing of information [ 7]; and the difference between estimated and perceived risk, which may help to explain why women are ambivalent towards the use of chemoprevention despite evidence of its efficacy in reducing risk [ 5].

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