Furthermore, what constitutes a question is not always clear: human speech does not come with explicit question marks, so the occurrence of a question may be ambiguous, and that ambiguity may serve the micro-political ends of the participants, allowing for such things as diplomatic corrections or soft directions.
The semantics expressed in a modality may be ambiguous, but another modality might be able to remove these ambiguities.
This limitation has important consequences for its usage: Supply chain models may be ambiguous and their correctness cannot be verified.
However, in both cases, analysis of obtained test results may be ambiguous if "phase wrapping" occurs, i.e. if signals are delayed by more than one period.
The science she describes may be ambiguous, but on this point Paul is absolutely right: there is so much that can change after a child enters your arms.
Reminiscent of a hippie or even Madge, the scary hag from "La Sylphide," this creature's gender may be ambiguous but the point of the piece is not.
"We have urged Maria Claudia Campuzano to abstain in the future from using extralegal symbolism or metaphors that may be ambiguous and lead to confused interpretations," Mr. Dominguez said.
Developing new indices that combine different variables is not a trivial task: variables may be qualitative, or measured in different units, and the relationship between primitive components and quality may be ambiguous.
The oldest subfossil remains from Pleistocene sediments in northern Europe are approaching the age of the estimated genetic divergence of the European and American eel populations, and hence the species identity of the oldest subfossil remains may be ambiguous.
Though Hytner's feelings about his back catalogue may be ambiguous (he claims he no longer has the nerve to direct opera), it may be his reluctance to be pinned down that has enabled him to triumph at running a theatre, where more single-minded directors fail.
The government argues that the ACA's challengers are essentially wrenching four words out of context to thwart the core mission of Obamacare.The law may be ambiguous enough to merit so-called Chevron deference, under which courts defer to an agency's interpretation of a statute (and so the IRS would be given the benefit of the doubt).
