Sentence examples for could only glean from inspiring English sources

Although they were able to obtain information about the range and number of speakers for more than 90% of the world's estimated 6909 languages, they could only glean details about the rate of decline or growth for 9%, or 649, of those languages, Amano notes.

Since the Transportation Department released a preview of the new rules on the condition that the details not be shared until Wednesday, the airlines' reaction to the policies could only be gleaned from responses they and their trade associations filed during the public comment period last year.

Defenders of the operation said the methods stopped short of torture, did not violate American anti-torture statutes, and were necessary to fight a war against a nebulous enemy whose strength and intentions could only be gleaned by extracting information from often uncooperative detainees.

The State Department and the intelligence community have clashed over the origin of some of the material, with intelligence agencies saying information could only be gleaned from classified sources and State saying much of it comes from its own personnel simply paying attention to the obvious in the countries in question.

If we can only glean a few needed clues..

What legends of Metro history I could glean only reinforced this impression, making the vaulted roofs of hygienic white tile seem like a coating of soothing whitewash over ulcerous cavities.

The instant he gleaned a reporter's question, he would interrupt and, very hurriedly, sputter out the things he had been trying to communicate to his new neighbors: Kink's impact could only be positive, he said.

I had a board member on one of my own boards that cost us enormous wasted time over a period of months in going through a formal process for something we could have done internally — and the only reason I could glean was a need to make sure no one in his firm questioned him later.

The answer could be gleaned only from a living subject.

Astronomers have known about quasars and blazars for some time but couldn't glean much information about them.

But that was only what could be gleaned from same-day results.