Sentence examples for discreet task from inspiring English sources
Mr. Press, a journalist for The Nation and other magazines, propounds no new theories, relying on thinkers from Adam Smith to the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, who argues that what made the Holocaust possible was the rise of bureaucracy: when everybody is at a desk doing a discreet task, it is easy to disclaim responsibility for the policy carried out.
They engaged, on average, in just over 40 discreet "tasks" — test-related behaviors that had a definable start and end time — spending approximately 36 seconds on each, in contrast to the 48 to 50 average tasks attempted by the other groups — with an average of only 30 seconds spent per activity.
That is because designing for mobile is nothing if we are not paying attention to surroundings, context of use, and discreet tasks that extend across time and devices.
It requires bridging an often wide gap between technical knowledge of discreet tasks and a high-level vision that drives the long-term value of an entire company.
It contains items that represent functional limitations (inability to perform discreet physical tasks encountered in daily routines) and disability (inability to take part in major life tasks and social roles).
While vice presidents to that point typically took on portfolios of discreet and not-always-significant tasks, Mr. Mondale insisted on a general advisory and troubleshooting role.
Too often there has been a lack of understanding and appreciation of the difference between competence – the ability to carry out a task to the required standard – and competencies, the discreet knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience required for individuals to perform their jobs correctly and proficiently [ 19].
He is confident and yet discreet, especially when it comes to the difficult process of bathing the patients – that intimate task from which relatives and grownup children naturally shrink.
