Sentence examples for former relative from inspiring English sources

The better performance of nanoflower-like Li4Ti5O12 relative to nanoparticle Li4Ti5O12 is attributed to the larger specific surface area and shorter Li+ diffusion path of the former relative to the latter.

As young women from certain ethnic minority groups have reported less pursuit of the thin ideal and body dissatisfaction than European American young women we tested whether a dissonance-based prevention program designed to reduce thin-ideal internalization among women with body dissatisfaction is less effective for the former relative to the later groups.

Or we might consider suitably defined utility ratios, and prefer one option to another if and only if the utility ratio of the former relative to the latter is greater than 1 — see Bartha 2007.

Hafnium is more incompatible than lutetium during partial melting of mantle peridotite and thus long-term enrichment of the former relative to the latter in the continental crust has yielded unradiogenic 176Hf/177Hf ratios compared with those in the depleted mantle (Patchett et al. 1981).

For example, we might consider expected differences between the pay-offs of options, and prefer one option to another if and only if the expected difference of the former relative to the latter is positive — see Hájek and Nover 2006, Hájek 2006, and Colyvan 2008.

However, the addictive potential of the former relative to the latter is much less clear.

Several relatives and former relatives, including an ex-wife and a granddaughter, have said they told a grand jury that Mr. Cherry had boasted about playing a role in the bombing.

Foley and other relatives of former captives, including my wife, also founded a nonprofit group, Hostage US, to advise and support families during kidnappings.

When step-relatives become former step-relatives, questions emerge that can require a whiteboard to figure out.

But three people I spoke to were different: They immediately responded by suggesting they had a former colleague, relative, mailman, or friend at Yahoo, and would I like an introduction?

Neutral reasons underlie the former; but relative reasons can affect the latter" (Nagel 1986: 165).