Sentence examples for predictable development from inspiring English sources

This was, in some sense, a predictable development: a couple of months before Facebook's I.P.O., no enterprise could function without a little Internet credibility.

Apparently there's life in that story line: the children quizzed Alicia about who she sees when they're with their father; Will had an uncomfortable encounter with Zach; and in the most predictable development of the new TV season, Caitlin was seen flirting with Will.

Pat Quinn of Illinois and Rick Scott of Florida quickly instituted similar policies in their states - a predictable development, given that both are engaged in tight re-election campaigns.

The increasingly competitive markets of the 1990s are generally perceived to be demanding higher-quality and higher-performing products, in shorter and more predictable development cycle-times, and at lower cost.

Since the formulation of the first concise scientific theory of plant succession in the early 20th century by Frederick Clements (1916), forest succession has conventionally been described as an orderly, directional and well predictable development of vegetation community change through time (McIntosh 1981; Peet 1981; but see Cowles 1911).

This article addresses the water management problem in industrial parks with considering two major points: (1) the water network synthesis problem towards park scenario in each time period, (2) the multi-period problem resulted from predictable development and adjustment variations of park.

Despite all the surprises, there were perhaps two predictable developments in the tale of the missing window.

(The production has transferred intact from the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.) The director, Sandy Shinner, underscores the play's minor, unfailingly predictable developments -- generally aimed at moistening the tear ducts -- without etching them in neon.

Predictable developments are predictable.

However, one lesson can be drawn from forecasting exercises: one needs to distinguish first the realm of predictable developments, second the realm of black swans (unpredictable outliers), and third the vast space in between of rather well or rather poorly predictable events.

The most predictable news development since Herman Cain gave up his run for the White House came late Friday afternoon when it was reported that the Chris Paul trade talks had restarted.