Sentence examples for make an ad hoc from inspiring English sources

If Barack Obama can sidestep the legislative process and implement central elements of the DREAM Act through adminstrative fiat, if he can arrogate to his office the unilateral power to determine who will die designated a "terrorist", surely he can have the USDA make an ad hoc rule on the prevailing price floor for dairy.

And you can't just call a developer at 2 AM to tell him to make an ad hoc quick fix just right now.

Families are no longer obligated to make an ad hoc decision about organ donation if a positive (consent) or negative (objection) registration is available.

An alternative and even more widespread approach is to make an ad hoc estimation of the BA containing a given cortical effect by visually comparing individual folding patterns with those in Brodmann's drawings.

There is no need to access the Internet to see what the Spyball spycam sees – users can make an Ad hoc connection via any Wi-Fi-enabled device including a PC, laptop, video game console or even a cell phone.

Health care is a grim and gloomy subject, and that was aptly reflected in the uninviting setting: the participants sat in a square of banquet tables that made an ad hoc working group of the United NationsGeneral Assembly seem festive.

But you have to draw the line somewhere or pretty soon you'll be making an ad hoc adjustment for the fact that Mr. Romney wore an ugly tie one day.

Wilson's red eyepatch, Arby's and Lee's matching yellow and green holdalls made an ad hoc traffic light – ready, steady, go … In case you didn't spot him under that shaggy hair, the mysterious Anton was played by Ian McDiarmid – better known as the Emperor/Senator Palpatine from Star Wars.

It uses the iPhone 4's front camera and makes an ad hoc connection with another camera on the network.

Marguerat et al. made an ad hoc adjustment for this possibility and then normalized (and raised) all their initially calculated p-value distributions around the median p-value of each distribution.

There are no underlying distributional assumptions associated with this technique, it is entirely data-driven, but it is possible to make an ad-hoc assessment of the goodness of fit by measuring the within class sum of square differences from class means.