Sentence examples for characterized as a rather from inspiring English sources

It is typically characterized as a rather weak defense mechanism, designed to restrict pathogen replication until the adaptive immune response generates a tailored response and eliminates the infectious agent.

This was due, Shaw wrote, "to the church's placing priests on pedestals," causing an atmosphere similar to the one where portions of Merton's autobiography were censored in what may be characterized as a rather usual course of doing business, "never give it a second thought-type of mindset".

The children had no major sequelae after preterm birth such as intraventricular haemorrage, periventricular leucomalacia, broncho-pulmonary dysplasia, cerebral palsy, hearing or vision loss and can be characterized as a rather healthy group of preterm infants.

In contrast with the general opinion that TLH is characterized as a procedure rather challenging to acquire, several studies show a reasonable learning curve not seldom similar to conventional open methods [16, 17, 18, 19].

Belief is not "belief that…" but is "belief in…" Belief that might be better characterized as a conviction rather than a belief; however, to believe in something is to extend credit to it, to place something at the disposal of that in which we believe.

This could be characterized as a neofunctionalization rather than as a subfuntionalization event.

Therefore, this pattern of affective responses in OCD patients may be better characterized as heightened emotional reactivity rather than counterfactual generation.

While police officials have emphasized the deterrent value of the stop-and-frisk tactic, deterrence has usually been characterized as a secondary benefit, rather than the reason that the police are engaging in the stops.

Moreover, this was a "voluntary, harmonious negotiation, not a compulsory situation," characterized as a fair relationship rather than him taking advantage of the parents.

In this sense, conceptual relativism is often characterized as a metaphysical doctrine rather than as variant of epistemic or cultural relativism.

These tumours are characterized as a vascular malformation rather than a tumour and arise from testosterone-sensitive cells at the pterygoid plates in the pterygopalatine fossa (Fig. 7a,b), and therefore these tumours are only seen in adolescence males.