But I also want to know that the process is one built not on the mere appearance of consensus – in which five strangers "agree" on abstract recommendations – but rather on the deep institutional knowledge embedded in school communities.
Forty years ago, when deference was not yet dead and the governing classes had not yet discredited themselves through, among other things, an economic crash, an expenses scandal and a despised war, the mere fact of consensus was persuasive.
(The Economist Intelligence Unit, as reported in "The world in figures" section of this edition, envisages growth of a mere 1.5%.) That consensus figure is roughly the economy's long-run potential growth rate, meaning it would create just enough jobs to keep up with the growing population.
It now thinks it will grow by closer to 2%; the private-sector consensus is a mere 1.5%.
Thus, the mere presence of Cardin-Weintraub consensus sequences [9] appears not sufficient to ensure bioactive peptide, further highlighting the unique feature of the KKDC peptide.
However, the mere presence of a PhoP consensus does not necessarily mean that the PhoP must bind and regulate the target.
Our data imply UR/URR rather than mere UG/UGG as RNA ligand consensus motif (Figs 3F and H, and EV3B) [ 13].
When Best Buy, the dominant consumer electronics retailer, announced that second-quarter earnings had fallen short of analysts' consensus estimates by a mere penny, the stock tumbled by 10% in a day.
Nevertheless, the implementation of financial demand-side incentives might lead to ethically unacceptable situations, while mere recommendations not adequately supported by consensus among professionals may dramatically fail to modify nonscientific prescribing, especially where a managerial culture is lacking.
