Sentence examples for elusive principles from inspiring English sources

In the parts of A WALK IN THE DARKNESS (Forge/Tom Doherty, $25.95) that read like a police procedural, Jon Land shows a true feel for detective work and the irony of pursuing elusive principles of justice in a region torn by ancient strifes.

The book is part of a sequence which begins with the quest for the elusive female principle in V, follows the trajectory of the V2 rocket in Gravity's Rainbow and changes, in Vineland (V3?) into a chase across America aka Vineland or Vinland (the name given by the Norsemen) in search of another lost girl.

Far from random, this organization serves crucial functional purposes, but its governing principles remain elusive.

Although a full understanding of cerebellar function has remained elusive, at least four principles have been identified as important: (1) feedforward processing, (2) divergence and convergence, (3) modularity, and (4) plasticity.

And well they should, since the text of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemed a solid anchor even if general principle proved elusive.

However, its basic principles are still elusive and the recognition process is yet to be understood.

The push comes as a clutch of powerful Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached a long-elusive agreement on some basic principles of a "comprehensive" revamping of immigration law.

While assessment of different old and new exposures is continuing, a unifying paradigm remains elusive, so as a guiding principle for prevention.

But the speech which made elusive calls for "bold steps," "core principles," "expression[s] of will," and "participation of the people"—didn't really bring anything new to the diplomatic table.

What these principles are has remained elusive.

"Making this happen on any kind of significant scale across the system has proven more elusive than garnering positive statement of principle".