Because the way the models project this, as global warming gets going, once you've adapted to one decade you're going to have to change everything the next decade.
Rappaccini will only release Beatrice from her hermetic isolation from the world and from the carnal knowledge men will give her, once he has "adapted" a suitor as biological propagator of his precious bloom.
"Extra recovery crews are dealing with uncollected bins in affected areas"." The council said the new system would be more efficient once crews had adapted to them.
In cases of automobile accidents, this means that when injured parties sue for damages, they will be more likely to accept a settlement offer once they have adapted to their injury.
Once a lineage has adapted to living on damp shorelines (possessing only vestiges of the adaptations to breathing while under water), they may find it more difficult to go back into the water (having to re-express the aquatic-adapted traits) than to move to even drier habitats or switch prey type.
Once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the same company.
But once my vision has adapted to the absence of light, of man's light, I am in bright woods.
And once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the organization it used to be; it has evolved.
The cellular responses lead to gradual changes in bone shape and/or material properties and, once the structure has adapted sufficiently, the feedback signal is diminished and further changes to shape and properties are stopped.
Opiate tolerance is virtually complete, so in the medium term an addict's consumption is limited only by his ability to find cash; the cheaper the stuff gets, the more he uses, without getting any more pleasure out of it once his receptors have adapted.
In the Korean tradition, food generally arrives on the table all at once, but Temple has adapted to the West, beginning with appetizers like soft potato pancakes ($5), filled with kimchi, shrimp or squid; or pajun ($10), a big, slightly gooey rice-flour pancake filled with seafood, which is just the right size for sharing.
