Sentence examples for close to a threshold from inspiring English sources
He believes the mountain may be close to a threshold at which melting will become the dominant force eroding the ice.
Specifically, we find that this phase has an Fe concentration close to a threshold value connected with the onset of mechanical instability.
If this approximation gets close to a threshold, the proper number of degrees of freedom is calculated and presented to the user.
This means that caution is needed when interpreting C-peptide values in relation to those derived from research studies that may have used other methods, particularly where a patient's result is close to a threshold value for a clinical decision.
This apparent contradiction may be reconciled if the level of ATM kinase activity in these IVS40-1050A>G-carrying patients is close to a threshold of ATM kinase activity that would normally be tumour suppressive.
Deletions affecting the region between amino acids 110-139 produce inconsistent effects on transposon mRNA silencing, suggesting that these forms of Vas are close to a threshold level of activity with respect to this function, and that this region of the protein has at least an accessory role in piRNA processing.
It appears that an evidence-independent signal effectively pushes the neural representation of accumulated evidence closer to a threshold.
An affected 5methyl CpG maintenance can be without any effect but might bring IVF progeny closer to a threshold, making them more vulnerable to physiological reported effects at adolescence (Ceelen et al., 2007, 2008a, c, 2009) or late-onset diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer (Kallen et al., 2010a) or other minor effects that have not yet been observed.
So we're getting very close to a dangerous threshold.
But Dragert warns that the slow earthquakes might one day rupture the locked zone if it's close to a critical threshold.
But the problem with that gambit is that other Republicans who may be uncomfortable with the new form of the bill are disinclined to speak out in opposition, making it ultimately tougher on the moderate holdouts when leadership gets close to a passing threshold.
