Sentence examples for descriptive role from inspiring English sources

They argue that mathematics doesn't just play a descriptive role in science.

And Bueno (2009) argues that mathematics plays a descriptive role in empirical science, and because of this, it needn't be true in order to be applicable.

To get at our commitments, we should look, not to paraphrases, but to the truths that underlie the descriptive role of the sentence; our commitment is the commitment of those underlying truths.

There is of course an important disanalogy in that models of belief are supposed to be normative as well as descriptive, whereas models in science typically only have to play a descriptive role.

Many of these hub proteins have functions described in the scientific literature, but their annotations are either not descriptive of their role in mammary development or their function has not been evaluated in the context of mammary development.

As I began taking on more functions outside of what is traditionally considered IT, the title of CIO was not fully descriptive of my role.

The instrument was not designed to perform these tasks but it is important to recognise its purposes and its limitations, although it may in the future be tested as an evaluative or other type of instrument in addition to its current descriptive and discriminative role.

Overall the majority of the responses focused on the positive value of including a CAB in the study through the use of descriptive phrases for the role as being a 'bridge'belt'lt'linkink' or 'intermediary' between the research team and the community, "the eyes of the community and the ears of the study team", and 'a conduit of information'.

When it is used as a medical boundary concept, enhancement, like futility, plays both descriptive and normative roles.

Some valkyrie names may be descriptive of the roles and abilities of the valkyries.

Descriptive details about roles, qualifications or interventions were also incomplete or not reported.