Sentence examples for discipline long from inspiring English sources

"That's the first thing with him, his strike-zone discipline," Long said.

Mr. Grant's paper and the conference where he presented it are part of a resurgence in the fortunes of intellectual history, a discipline long dismissed if not as boring, then as musty, elitist and out of touch.

Mr. Grant's paper, and the conference where he presented it, is part of a resurgence in the fortunes of intellectual history — a discipline long considered, if not quite boring, then certainly musty, elitist and out of touch.

He called the pilot program "a meaningless change that will affect only a tiny number of cases and will do nothing to fix the problem that in most misconduct cases, the department is simply dropping the case or imposing minor discipline long before any trial".

Thus, he proclaimed at one point, "The spiritual path is not about 'getting high,' it's about 'being high,'" and that, he explained, requires discipline, long hours of spiritual practice, and Grace.

But Medicare has few levers to discipline long-term care hospitals, or any hospitals.

It is an experience that he was given by his first scholar-teacher in Hong Kong, with whom he practiced calligraphy, seal carving and music, disciplines, long associated with a true education, that can only be taught one-on-one.

"We believe it is a positive reflection on our design process and disciplined, long-term planning that enabled us to increase prices for the first time in four years at only half the rate of inflation," said George Blankenship, vice president of worldwide sales and ownership experience.

The theoretical background of the paper stems from integrating insights from two disciplines, long-term foresight and socio-technical transitions, and bringing them into the context of strategic planning and practical decision and policy-making.

In 2011, he asked business leaders around the country to "forgo political contributions" until Washington "deliver[ed] a fiscally disciplined long-term debt and deficit plan to the American people".

But after initially defending their "focused" and "disciplined" long-time pal, they admitted he could be "pretty petty" — and in hushed tones recalled a series of times when he'd turned on them following what they assumed was a trivial incident.