Sentence examples for in trying to clarify from inspiring English sources

"Trying to understand some of the rules of logic, reading some of the great philosophers, it was just a great exercise in trying to clarify your thinking.

Aides to Mr. Biden, in trying to clarify his remarks, have said the vice president believes the one-child policy is "repugnant".

But in defending himself from both his detractors and his fans and in trying to clarify his methods and attitudes, the director is aiming at more than self-justification.

Nine years ago I wrote an afterword for Orientalism which, in trying to clarify what I believed I had and had not said, stressed not only the many discussions that had opened up since my book appeared in 1978, but the ways in which a work about representations of "the orient" lent itself to increasing misinterpretation.

Speaking of missile defense on Tuesday, Frank McKenna, the designated Canadian ambassador to the United States, told reporters in Ottawa, "We are part of it now, and the question is what more do we need to do?" But in trying to clarify the government's position shortly after, Mr. Graham said: "Norad evaluates a threat.

As will be presented in the followings, we used the micro-Raman spectroscopy and XTEM techniques in trying to clarify some of the issues concerning the nanoindentation-induced phase transformation in GaN thin films.

In the present study, we investigated LncRNA expression and its potential clinical significance in ICP, trying to clarify the possible function of LncRNA in the pathogenesis.

The British high commission in Islamabad was trying to clarify reports of her release last night.

Days later, in a letter trying to "clarify" his remarks, he said that the decision to bring the indictment was his and that he took "full responsibility" for it.

British diplomats in Argentina are trying to clarify what happened.

Unlike the epistemic approach of Carnap and others, Popper was in no sense trying to clarify inductive relations because he did not believe that there are inductive inferences.