Sentence examples for is backward looking from inspiring English sources

A greedy algorithm is backward looking.

"I don't think 'The Rake's Progress' is backward looking at all," Mr. Harnoncourt said.

"What we, of course, want to state is that every evaluation is backward looking".

"The suggestion that they are going to address this by dealing with the whole issue of contamination of seminarians is backward looking and disingenuous," he said.

And our clients are facing upward pricing pressure in many markets and we are struggling to get appraisals to match because the data is backward looking instead of current.

His emphasis on restitution is interesting because restitution is backward looking in a sense (it seeks to restore an earlier state of affairs) but also forward looking in that it provides tangible benefits to those who receive the restitution (Tuckness 2010).

Who are modern and who are backward looking?

"It's backward looking to pick a Clinton at this point — and he's all about forward looking, to being about change," said Matt Bennett, a co-founder of Third Way, a moderate Democratic organization.

For Cameron, the Tory party's continuing preoccupation with the return of grammar schools was a sure sign that it was backward looking, a party that regretted the kind of society that Britain had become in the 21st century.

"He will not participate in any hearings conducted in his committee, the Banking Committee, which propose to be backward looking to inquire into in effect with what went wrong with Enron or assess blame," said Larry Neal, Mr. Gramm's press secretary.

But the prospect of agreement on an energy bill was worrisome to environmental groups, which have opposed both the House and Senate bills and contend that they are backward looking on energy issues.