Sentence examples for as a primary mode from inspiring English sources

For centuries, as a primary mode of transportation, horses have helped shape our notions of personal freedom and independence.

As I watch the snail's-pace "evacuation" of potential victims of Hurricane Rita, I see once again the folly of our overdependence on the automobile as a primary mode of transportation.

Given the prominence of television as a presumptive artistic counterpart (or rival) to movies, there's less reason than ever to disdain small screens at home as a primary mode of watching films.

If Nagel is right, art itself would no longer be merely the scientist's leisure-time fulfillment but would be (I think, correctly) recognized as a primary mode of coming to grips with the mental and moral essence of the universe.

Ray Valdes, an analyst with Gartner Research, said the real-time reactions to the trial and the verdict reflected the gradual adoption of the Web as a primary mode of communication throughout the day.

Many doctors just out of medical school, like other people in their 20s, are accustomed to texting as a primary mode of communication, so they may embrace Health Taps exchange of bare-bones information.

Unfortunately, there is still a mindset that considers HFO as a rescue rather than a primary mode of therapy.

However, when HFOV is considered as a primary ventilatory mode to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury, only one clinical trial has been previously published [ 6].

Hydrochory, as a primary dispersal mode, was noted by Neff and Baldwin (2005) for an Anacostia River tidal freshwater marsh, and it was also important in other wetlands (e.g. Middleton 2000; Vogt et al. 2007; Gurnell et al. 2008).

Our study population included, as might be expected for a rescue study, patients with more severe ARDS than in the MOAT trial where patients received HFOV as a primary ventilation mode [ 26] and similar to that of the EMOAT trial [ 25] and the recent case series[ 23].

According to a 2010 survey from the League of American bicyclists, "more than half of one percent of American workers use a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation to work".