Sentence examples for nose counting from inspiring English sources

Both Steikers clerked for Thurgood Marshall who in the 1972 case took the novel position that the legitimacy of the death penalty should be measured by the views of those who had knowledge of its actual operation rather than by merely pollster nose counting.

Then, inhale through your nose, counting to four as you do so.

Take a deep breath in through your nose, counting to 6 and allowing your diaphragm to expand.

Breathe in deeply through your nose, counting to 6. Then slowly breathe out, counting to 8 or 9. Pause and repeat 10 times.

Businesses were recognising the limits of quantitative studies (dismissively described as "nose counting"), which offered little genuine insight into how customers behaved.

Republican leaders withdrew the bill on the day the vote was scheduled because nose counts showed it would have been defeated by 20 votes or more.

On the other side, once voters were divided into Clinton, Obama and Kucinich camps, and noses counted, the leaders seemed at a loss as to what to do next.

"It's very difficult to do nose counts from the air," he said.

"At one time," he added, a nose count showed 19 senators in favor of dismantling the department.

Checking It Thrice The party whips, the ones who round up votes and keep nose counts, were in the spotlight today.

In the six hours in the cave taking samples, nose counts and photographs, Mr. Hicks said that for him trying for the perfect picture was a form of therapy.