Sentence examples for by sleight of statistical from inspiring English sources

Since the only way for an infected person to drop out of the statistics in reality (as opposed to by sleight of statistical hand) is for him to die, such increased survivorship inevitably pushes up the total size of the epidemic.The best news of all, however, is that the new figures confirm what had previously been suspected that the epidemic has peaked.

In such cases a symbolic object may be "removed" from the patient by sleight of hand.

"They show by sleight of hand how you can deceive".

It's stripping dictated by sleight of hand.

By conceding its hopes for an asphalt road across Serengeti, Tanzania gets a gravel road by sleight of hand.

Clouds appeared and disappeared as if by sleight of hand; no one seemed able to make sense of it.

Manchester's deal with Osborne was reached by sleight of hand, by one man with a political problem to solve and another who saw this as an opportunity.

But once again, this feat is achieved by sleight of grammar.

It was a comeback by sleight of hand, and one that would be a feather in the hat of the most highly strategic spin doctor.

Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk A 70-year-old composer in rural Pennsylvania who tries to make music eternal by sleight of genetic engineering falls foul of Homeland Security.

Good farmers' markets are such a boon to our communities that it would be a shame to see their minimal profitability chiseled away by sleight of hand.