Due to time constraints, press were limited to three questions per nominee, which still allowed time for some occasionally awkward, occasionally redundant queries to be directed at this year's crop of Oscar hopefuls.
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Because of the necessity to integrate PubChem into the existing Entrez framework, instead of designing a new streamlined interface for handling its peculiar data content, in many cases queries are awkward to set up and execute if they become more complex.
Its search engine ranks answers to every query by an awkward construct that Facebook calls "social distance".
Due to lack of the explicit language construct for the notion of variables, queries are often awkward and less intuitive.
While many of the doctors are male, it is the nurses who provide the answers to many awkward and sensitive questions and queries.
The possibility of null values complicates the definition of SQL queries, which makes SQL a bit awkward for use in dealing with less structured information.
But generally I found that Googling was pretty hard; you mostly control Glass with voice commands, and speaking queries aloud in front of others was awkward.
I begin my response with an awkward pause as I try to assess what the person asking me this query really wants.
Fragment name search, externally generated and pasted SMILES/SMARTS[3]strings, or upload of query files drawn with stand-alone chemical structure drawing programs are awkward procedures and do not yield a satisfactory user experience.
A question from an Arab reporter to Mr. Ahmadinejad — about Bush administration statements that Iran provides weaponry to militias — appeared awkward for Mr. Maliki, who turned to Mr. Ahmadinejad as if to distance himself from the query.
