Sentence examples for distinct alternatives from inspiring English sources

The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a group of 10 regulators that includes the S.E.C. chairwoman, voted Tuesday to offer three distinct alternatives and said it would recommend one or a combination of those to the S.E.C. for adoption.

Suppose we have two mutually distinct alternatives x and y, the preference can be expressed as a pairwise comparison.

This model captures both the correlation between spatially distinct alternatives based on the relative distance between them and the heteroskedasticity of the errors of the alternative as a function of their relative distance to the decision maker.

For example, the set N x) could differ from the set N y), when x and y are distinct alternatives (this generalizes our previous assumption of a fixed set N).

However for both forecasts and what if scenarios consisting of external factors, i.e. factors beyond the control of the intended scenario user but deemed important to consider, no prioritisation of scenarios need to be made as there are respectively no distinct alternatives to choose from nor strategic decisions to be made for scenario users.

Mendel looked at seven distinct alternative characteristics in peas, including tall and short, wrinkly seeds and smooth, and so on.

It is counting on its fleet of new Airbus A320's with their leather seats and live satellite television to offer a distinct alternative to Southwest's aging, utilitarian Boeing 737's and no-frills service.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (London West End from Friday 22 August, nationwide from bank holiday Monday 25 August), rated 18 for "strong bloody violence, strong sex, nudity, drug use", offers a distinct alternative.

Eddy contributed to the ferment in the religious life of New England, especially since she maintained that her teaching, while thoroughly Christian, offered a distinct alternative to both liberal and orthodox forms of Christianity.

Interestingly, this mechanism does not depend on the existence of free fluid in the pore spaces of rocks and therefore provided a distinct alternative to the dehydration embrittlement hypothesis that was currently favoured as a mechanism for generating intermediate-depth earthquakes.

Non-stick liquid marbles filled with crude oil present a distinct alternative to lotus effect-based solutions.