She also maintains that grit is not as fixed as are some other inherited traits, even while how gritty we are has a lot to do with our biology.
They are ranked in a hierarchy, which is not as fixed as it would become starting with the second generation of Kabbalists in Languedoc and Catalonia.
It's every bit as fixed as game shows were in the time of Charles Van Doren.
His experiences in South America, especially seeing marine fossils that had been deposited high above current sea levels, would start to persuade him that the Earth and its inhabitants were not as fixed as had been assumed.
For some designers, notions of femininity are as fixed as they were in the era that preceded Mr. Saint Laurent.
One interesting change coming to universities is simply that the timeframe of degree programs won't be as fixed as they are today.
But the "trend" rate of growth discussed by forecasters and, yes, by journalists is never as fixed as they make it seem: it can be influenced by shocks like rising oil prices or wars.This may obscure deeper relationships hidden in the data, posing tricky problems for statisticians.
Moreover, as the metadata are embedded at the point of publication, they are effectively as fixed as the original PDF and are unavailable for future modification.
In the Eastern Church the art form is just as fixed as ecclesiastical dogma; nothing may be changed in the heavenly prototypes.
Yes, sexual orientation was not as fixed as some might argue, but no, it wasn't up for grabs, either.
While many other Christmas customs are as fixed as the firmament, this one has always been debated, sometimes hotly, by homeowners.
