Sentence examples for certain more or less from inspiring English sources

Obviously, in a certain, more or less pre-mp3 context (when we were trolling used-record bins for raw compositional material), the more disdained the better, because cheaper.

(POM, ch. 2, §31, 27) {§6.3} For the comprehension of analysis, it is necessary to investigate the notion of whole and part, a notion which has been wrapped in obscurity though not without certain more or less valid logical reasons by the writers who may be roughly called Hegelian.

Kathryn Gines (2003), for example, argues that conserving and preserving a positive concept of racial identity serves as "a source of heritage and even resistance and empowerment" against future possible assaults against the humanity of non-white people striving together for the accomplishment of certain more or less vividly conceived ideals of life (66).

Saying something can also be viewed from three different perspectives: (i) as a phonetic act: uttering certain noises; (ii) as a phatic act: uttering words "belonging to and as belonging to, a certain vocabulary, conforming to and as conforming to a certain grammar"; and (iii) as a rhetic act: uttering words "with a certain more-or-less definite sense and reference" (Austin 1962a, 95).

Douglas and Skeem [ 1] differentiate the idea of a person having a relatively fixed risk status from that of being in a certain type of more-or-less temporary risk state.

If you have a certain critical, more or less paranoid, turn of mind, you may discover insidious messages in the oddest places.

Weirdly, it got certain things more or less right years before they became accepted science: the Big Bang; the notion that the universe is expanding and could eventually collapse.

In social-systems studies, the actions and reactions of individuals, or even of groups as large as nations, are seen as falling within certain definable, more or less universal patterns of equilibrium and disequilibrium.

"Exceeding more than 1 million downloads so soon after our launch shows how much interest there is in the history of the American presidency and in exploring what has made certain leaders more or less effective in the White House especially in light of this year's heated election.

Between proverbial weather lore and scientific meteorology lies a wealth of observations that have been classified and roughly systematized into the natural history of the subject for example, prevailing winds at certain seasons, more or less predictable warm spells such as Indian summer, and correlation between Himalayan snowfall and intensity of monsoon.

The users can interact and explore various parts of the brain – making certain areas more or less visible and viewing it from many directions.