The science fiction fan within me suddenly imagined that this decision altered the future of some parallel society ruled by Ray Kurzweil's Intelligent Machines: suddenly, the changed terminology resulted in a transformation from an authoritarian to a more democratic society.
Another frequent strategy is the labor allocation decision, altered through the substitution of the household economic head by another household member to cope with the loss of income and repay any loans (10).
— His decisions alter the fortunes of breath-holding bettors, affect the records of quality stakes contenders, and may sully the reputations of veteran and apprentice riders alike.
In Madagascar, the team will test specific hypotheses for how land-use decisions alter ecological communities and influence disease transmission.
If the policy is applied to an entire forest, decisions alter the distribution of stand states and thus the landscape diversity, and possibly the part of the forest that stays in an old-growth (late-seral) state.
The decision alters an annual ritual at Goldman that dates to 1996.
She is also, like many biographers, a believer in turning points — "pivotal moments in a person's life when a single decision alters the future irrevocably".
Because this decision alters the playing field in some important respects, the case is remanded to the lower courts for further consideration.
In cases such as these the decision alters the law without making any error.
Any decision to alter the skyline so radically deserves more time and more public consideration.
The decision to alter some photographs did not appear to be influenced by concerns from advertisers.
