Sentence examples for elusive value from inspiring English sources

Andy Grove and Bill Gates grow their companies to exploit economies of scale and scope and to capture the fecundity and elusive value of teamwork culture.

An elusive high-value target for the F.B.I., he was closely watched after the Sept. 11 attacks before vanishing about five years ago.

Despite extensive metabolic screening, the diagnosis remained elusive (normal values for newborn screening, ammonium, serum acylcarnitines/carnitine, urine amino acids, urine organic acids, very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA), homocystein, purines/pyrimidines in urine; plasma amino acids: elevated alanine secondary to lactic acidosis [1054 μmol/l, normal <710 μmol/l]).

However, that doesn't deter him from writing about a range of issues -- spanning political corruption, education, secularism and the ever elusive "Indian" values.

But even the threat of it should spur innovation, and perhaps deliver to business students that most elusive of prizes: value for money.

"Value is elusive" in our "symbolic economy," he writes.

"The invaluable loss was irreplaceable, so the value remains elusive.

Hard figures are elusive but the book value of the equity that Western firms have invested in the emerging world has probably risen by at least $3 trillion since 1998.

Although farmers are, in many cases, adopting leading-edge "precision ag" technology, the value remains elusive and difficult to quantify.

And that price is yet an elusive $200 million above the value of the $2.7 billion refinancing that Macklowe put on the property in 2007.

Other lots likewise found takers thanks to lone bidders, highlighting the elusive nature of assigning financial value to even well known artists.