"The possibility is that history does indeed have a meaning, purpose and end, and that these can easily be discerned by human beings, but that the direction of history's development is backwards not forwards.
At this level of sharpness individual pixels cannot be discerned by the human eye.
But he thought that the spiritual development of a people cannot be discerned by purely rational processes.
The Queen, the Olympics – truly, all comers are welcome under this broad church, and valuable aesthetic qualities will be discerned by all.
In his absence, an angry federal judge handed down a tough sentence, as might be discerned by Mr. Weiss's release date: Nov. 23, 2754.
Thus far, nobody leaks, nobody bickers in a way that can be discerned by outsiders, and there are not obvious camps.
Techniques are a major part of the show, as can be discerned by its mildly punning title: "By All Means: Materials and Mood in Children's Book Illustration".
Literal then meant the true meaning, which could only be discerned by struggling with the text, as you might a poem.
What they are doing is passing bulk data through computer programs, looking either for specific key words or for patterns of correlation that can only be discerned by analysing large volumes of data.
THE current teeter-totter relationship between inventory and sales price -- while not yet substantiated in official listing service numbers, which are not reported until sales are closed -- can be discerned by looking at reports of signed contracts.
The traditional pattern of an individual's life can be discerned by examining a passage from the Babylonian Talmud (tractate Berakhot 60b) that was reworked into a liturgical structure but which in its original form exhibits the intention discussed above.
