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This guy is pretty laidback, releasing only one record a year on average, but when his tracks do emerge – whether signed to discerning deep house label Galdoors, his own white-label series or the impeccable Hessle Audio – they're always a cause for excitement.
If you are shortlisted, you will have the opportunity to pitch to our panel of discerning judges from the investment community and an audience of your peers.
As discerning tourists may notice, changes in demography and job patterns are altering the age distribution of stress.Begin with the early 20s, which across the recessionary West, but perhaps especially in Britain, with its high housing costs, are grimmer than in the past: 20-somethings are often indebted, jobless and stuck in an involuntarily protracted adolescence.
But Benedict's proposal for discerning the difference between healthy markets and pathological ones is uncompromising and offers no sops to the secular.
Discerning critics have, for a generation now, used the National Theatre's failure to perform Schiller's work as a stick with which to beat successive directors, who, in turn, have shrugged off these attacks with the retort that there is no audience for wordy, Germanic pieces.
Discerning drinkers are buying crateloads of pricey craft ales made on a small scale in a fast-growing collection of microbreweries.
But these items entered European markets long ago, and the gains from discerning American nibblers are unlikely to mean any sharp increase in profits for Iranians.Second, and more important, the vital oil sector needs America as a source of both technology and investment.
Spotting the light from a tiny planet across astronomical distances is akin to discerning a red-hot pinhead right next to a floodlight from many kilometres away.In this section Signs of life A trick of the light More harm than good?
The pope's counterproposal is a kind of Christian humanism, which insists that no problem affecting mankind can find a solution without considering the practical consequences for ordinary people, and without discerning the will of God.It is in those terms that Mr Ivereigh sets out to explain the pope's seemingly conflicted positions on homosexuality and marriage.
Children are extremely good at discerning what their parents, teachers and other significant adults actually believe, and by what principles they live.
But as with most investments, it pays to be discerning.
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The primary grammatical function of "discerning" is as an adjective . It modifies nouns to describe someone or something characterized by good judgment, keen perception, and refined taste. This is supported by the examples found by Ludwig, where "discerning" modifies nouns like "critics", "tourists", and "drinkers".
Expression frequency: Very common
