Sentence examples for close parsing from inspiring English sources

The hearing, at which Bird's lawyer asked that the two students be named co-valedictorians, involved some very close parsing.

In part, Enron was not as big as it claimed to be, a close parsing of its financial data shows.

Her aides pointed to her statement at the breakfast, noting that a close parsing of the language revealed the distinction.

Mr. Bloomberg, who met with Mr. Cuomo and legislative leaders after his testimony on Monday, seemed aware of the close parsing of his words.

And yet another mistake: the pope used the word "killed" rather than "murdered".This close parsing of what was essentially a compassionate speech, full of well-chosen Old Testament associations and passages from Lamentations, will seem casuistic to most.

A close parsing of Mr. Greenspan's words shows a slight but nonetheless significant change in his discussion of the labor market, said Jan Hatzius, senior economist at Goldman Sachs.

There's the magnificent economy and exactness of the line "a redistribution of ancient centuries," and then we are thrust beyond language: the final phrase, "an evasion of foreshadows," sounds gorgeous — all that shushing — but disintegrates on closer parsing.

Imagine, as well, if her sentences didn't come close to parsing, if they were wickedly ungrammatical -- no, anti-grammatical -- clouds of disconnected thoughts and sound bites.

Now, there's a sentence that needs parsing — indeed, it is probably very close to what both Bill Clinton and Tony Blair mean when they call their philosophy the Third Way.

While there are numerous business school courses, self-help books and magazine articles devoted to parsing a billionaire's investment strategy or entrepreneurial skills, few, if any, pay close attention to their personality traits.

In his two-hour closing statement in the Seminole County courthouse, Mr. de la Rionda wielded Mr. Zimmerman's own words, parsing his statements to the police for discrepancies and inconsistencies.