Sentence examples for possible descriptions from inspiring English sources

They are then asked to rank the probability of several possible descriptions of Linda today.

For the worlds that Goodman posits are not possible worlds brought about by possible descriptions of the world.

Rather, the modal argument is intended to exclude as possible descriptions those that could be constitutive of a sense or connotation that is grasped by any competent user of the term.

(i) There is the question of whether all motions and all possible descriptions of motions are equal, or whether some are 'real' — what we have called, in Seventeenth Century parlance, 'true'true

We consider two possible descriptions of the volume variation process: either by imposing a homogeneous volumetric strain (biological growth) or through migration of solvent molecules inside a solid network (swelling).

Experts recalled more words than novices, but in the intentional condition, they did so only when the words were grouped so as to form possible descriptions of actual wines (Varietal), but not when meaningless combinations of words (Shuffled) were used.

"The golden non-calendar Bryan Slam, Mikee offered as a possible description.

Talley also has the obligatory estranged wife and child, who are accorded the most perfunctory possible description.

The excitement was of the wildest possible description, and of course there was an abrupt termination of the theatrical performance.

In a different borough, and league, "tired, weak, and poor" might be the best possible description of the Mets, who are hamstrung by their own financial woes.

Interesting, in retrospect, to see which issues broke through the cynicism and anomie: apartheid, and also – in its loosest possible description – globalisation.