Sentence examples for completely recalcitrant from inspiring English sources

But because he lacked the vision and the boldness to construct a new regime and because he was blocked after his first two years by a completely recalcitrant Congress, he ended up being a regime-maintenance president.

Nevertheless, the individual application of these techniques is generally limited and cannot degrade completely the recalcitrant organic matter [5].

Fear the Haggler, all ye recalcitrant corporations!

The environmental movement is almost completely sidelined by a recalcitrant and increasingly conservative Republican Party and, we must admit, a public concerned more with daily economic necessities than long-term ecological challenges.

"At this point," Mr. Hochstadt said earlier this month, "the shareholders of our co-op and others in the borough are being held hostage to the decline in co-op values by a recalcitrant governing body which has completely ignored the advice of its engaged urban planner".

Their toxic nature makes them recalcitrant and difficult to be completely mineralized by conventional biological treatment (Andreozzi et al. 1999).

Although TBT-PAR enhanced amplification of recalcitrant DNA, PCR inhibition was probably not eliminated completely as evidenced by the varying yields.

AOPs are characterized by the production of extremely reactive and unselective species such as hydroxyl radicals, which are able to degrade recalcitrant molecules into possible biodegradable intermediate compounds or completely mineralize them into CO2, H2O, and inorganic ions.

For such recalcitrant damage, UnicellAge predicts that it should indeed be completely segregated if it is toxic (see the case of zero investment in repair in Figure  3).

Additionally, acidic oligosaccharides (70%% recalcitrant) were more recalcitrant than neutral oligosaccharides (49%% recalcitrance).

As both cellulases and hemicellulases in the commercial enzymes were inhibited by oligosaccharides, and neither the oligosaccharides nor pure substrates could be degraded completely, augmenting the missing enzyme activities lacking in commercial enzyme cocktails would help break down the recalcitrant linkages in the oligosaccharides.