Sentence examples for possibility of malfunction from inspiring English sources

A Boston Scientific spokeswoman said the devices, defibrillators, had been recalled during the last two years because of the possibility of malfunction.

Given the possibility of malfunction, Boeing and Honeywell have each said it would be prudent for airlines to temporarily remove the devices from 787s while the investigation into the cause of the fire continues.

But while synthetic women offer their creators the temptation of power, a recurring trope is the possibility of malfunction, defiance or loss, be it the tragic consequences wrought by the titular android of EE Kellett's 1901 story The Lady Automaton, or the poignant retreat of the smooth-talking Samantha in Spike Jonze's Her.

Furthermore, thin client has its own simple device architecture, extremely low possibility of malfunction, shutdown by overheating, and attacked by viruses.

Those who offer teleological theories of mental content agree that the relevant notion of function permits the possibility of malfunction; it allows that a token trait could have a function to do Z even if it lacks the disposition to do Z.

If causal-role functions are a subset of dispositions actually possessed by token traits then they do not permit the possibility of malfunction because a trait cannot have the causal-role function to Z and at the same time lack the disposition to Z.

A relevant aspect when discussing implementation is also the stability and safety of each ITS system, which can be addressed by looking at the possibility of malfunctions, consequences of ITS failure and potential maintenance costs.

This, however, would be to ignore the possibility of the malfunctioning of such components.

In real world applications there are many possibilities of equipment malfunctions especially in hazard prone places like an open rail yard.

Due to the possibility of pump or component malfunction or infection, it is important to be familiar with imaging of these pumps (Fig. 25).

Wearing too-tight jeans, a V-neck shirt and five-inch heels -- I had failed to calculate the possibilities of a wardrobe malfunction -- I grabbed the mic from the stand and committed to my first joke.