Sentence examples for an external agent from inspiring English sources

"The entire model depended on the ability of an external agent — the United States — to absorb trade deficits," he added.

FK Whatever their status and location, all people are apprehensive of change, especially if that change is from an external agent.

Autotomy, also called Self-amputation, the ability of certain animals to release part of the body that has been grasped by an external agent.

Whereas, in a miasmal view of the world, the distribution of disease followed the contours of morality — your nose just knew it — infection by an external agent smacked of moral randomness.

Some vehemently insist that an external agent (environmental hazards, a vaccine) caused their child to become autistic and seek out various treatments (some highly experimental) to "heal" their child.

However much he tried, Mr. Knitter found that certain longstanding Christian formulations of faith "just didn't make sense": God as a person separate from creation and intervening in it as an external agent; individualized life after death for all and eternal punishment for some; Jesus as God's "only Son" and the only savior of humankind; prayers that ask God to favor some people over others.

Teleological biases differ from those reasoning biases that refer explicitly to the intentions of the organism (e.g., 'the finches wanted bigger beaks, so they exercised them') or to a purposeful and intelligent external agent (e.g., 'God made it that way') (Evans et al. 2012).

In essence, it uses the deoxygenated hemoglobin of veins, hemosiderin of hemorrhage, etc. as intrinsic contrast agents, allowing for much better visualization of blood and microvessels even without administration of an external contrast agent.

Priestley chose to refer Digger's message seeking clarification on Wednesday to an external PR agent who did not know the answer.

The berries, though used primarily in soups, also have medicinal purposes: an ointment extracted from the whole cubeb fruit is used as an external stimulating agent, and the seeds are said to promote appetite and assist digestion.

That will allow them to understand when there is a sanctioned update happening and not an external threat agent trying to mimic one.