A startling image of what might at first be construed as the tall shadow of a hooded form looking out to sea quickly emerges as an overhead perspective on an Ophelia-like figure suspended in the husk of a fishing boat, her long robes flowing into the water as oceanic projections (Dorothy Cross) gradually overwhelm her.
In this perspective, commonly construed as the epitome of science, selfish Nature (at the biological level) seems to inevitably dictate a selfish culture (at the social level).
These could easily be construed as the early shots of a power struggle – or, at least, one that is potentially in the making.
More complex events are construed as the combined effects of gain and loss of function, often at gene duplications.
As Marc Benioff and Sir Richard Branson strolled past the Salesforce Live studio at the entrance to the Expo floor, the Gang recalled the birth of Web Services that @benioff correctly construed as the beginning of the end for monolithic software.
23 The strength of our qualitative approach lies in its potential to generate deep insight into the way in which the suicidal process unfolds in particular micro-social contexts and the way in which events are construed, both at the time and in retrospect, by significant others.
On the othe hand, there are also philosophers who reject the distinction on the side of events, by construing at least some such entities e.g., processes as continuants: what is happening at any moment when an apple is decaying or a person is walking down the street is the whole process, not just part of it [Stout 1997; Galton 2006].
The conceptualisation of discourses as not only representing but also construing hints at the critical realist sense in which discourses are real; that is, they have effects on social practices and thus on the world.
On Wednesday, in remarks that will be construed as directed at the US, he said that the EU had to regain the "digital sovereignty" it had forfeited and reassert its digital independence.
And yet as currently construed, and almost at the tail end of priorities of the House version of the bill, is but $1.1 billion set aside to improve intercity rail passenger service.
