For instance, crickets segment consepecific songs in terms of frequency (Wyttenbach, May and Hoy 1996), swamp sparrows 'chunk' notes of differing durations (Nelson and Marler 1989), and rhesus monkeys can recognize melodies when transposed by one or two octaves, but not by 1.5 or 2.5 octaves, indicating a grasp of musical key (Wright et al. 2000).
Obama indicated his grasp of the logic of the Democratic candidate in time of war as early as the primary campaign of 2007, when he assured the military and political establishments that withdrawal from Iraq would be compensated for by a larger war in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
And there has been little from European leaders, especially Mrs. Merkel, to indicate a deep grasp of the crisis and how to fix it.
Lest anyone think this indicates a dodgy grasp of firearms, he is quick to add that he hit the pheasant he was aiming at.
Moreover, the board decided that a failing score, or Level 1 score -- indicating only minimal grasp of material -- on standardized reading and math tests would be only one of three factors in a promotion decision.
A mark of good indicates a solid grasp of the historiography and problems of each field, with no significant weaknesses, although varying (good plus to good minus) in articulateness.
Adams expressed regret that he could not do more to help the animal, but pointed out that even if he were able to catch her, he could not take her to his Auckland hotel or on to Australia, the next stop on his world tour, indicating a better grasp of that country's stringent quarantine laws than Johnny Depp.
The increasingly ornate surfaces of succeeding bronzes -- a three-legged caldronlike ding (food vessel), for example -- indicate a rapidly developing grasp of the possibilities of casting bronze in clay molds that were incised with intricate spirals and zoomorphic faces.
The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the type of participant (healthy subject or stroke patient), the grasp and the specific subject can account for 61% of the grasp quality variability, which indicate presence of other indicators that have not been considered in our model.
In addition to providing engaging descriptions of bird behavior, Ackerman addresses scientific debates, such as about whether birds' ability to solve puzzles necessarily indicates insight and a grasp of cause and effect.
Although the subject of history was never specifically assessed, the answers to several questions have indicated the inadequacy of students' grasp of basic knowledge.
