Sentence examples for explanation in the face from inspiring English sources

It is likely an optical illusion, the mind providing an explanation in the face of such an expanse, the way it interprets the glassy reflections in the near distance as water.

His philosophy gets its name Prāsaṅgika ("those who reveal the unwelcome consequences [inherent in other's assertions]") from the importance it gives to Buddhapalita's (late fifth century) explication of Nāgārjuna's work, and to Candrakīrti's (mid-sixth to mid-seventh century) defense of Buddhapalita's explanation, in the face of criticism by Bhavaviveka (sixth century).

In the fictional world of propaganda, even preposterous explanations fly in the face of reason.

None has yet offered, however, a persuasively principled explanation for that conclusion in the face of the wording of the Amendment.

Surely, you may feel, the explanation's staring us in the face: all those overpaid studio honchos are just too cowardly, lazy and inept to deliver original fare.

The chemical world system is used to support Bacon's explanation of celestial motion in the face of contemporary astronomical problems (Rees 1975b, 161f).

Such reduced glucocorticoid action would provide a plausible explanation as to why in the face of increased cortisol exposure in MS [ 13, 14] characteristic Cushingoid features, notably thin skin and purpura are absent.

To answer this, we compare students' written responses with verbal explanations in face-to-face interviews.

Conventionally devout Roman Catholics are satisfied with the old age/pacemaker/Mexican fall/infirmity explanation, but this resignation flies in the face of a strong church tradition whereby a pontiff endures infirmity and old age without abandoning the call to serve as "the Holy Father".

Dr. Jian Kong, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, said one explanation could be that needles in the face increase blood flow to the area "so we can provide more nutrition to the nerves and help the inflammation to diminish quickly so people can recover".

The explanation for excess of mortality in the face of a reduced number of CV events in the ACCORD study remains elusive, but initial analysis could not identify association with any of the oral hypoglycemic agent or combination used.