The document is more aspirational than prescriptive, calling on governmental agencies to review tax credits and other incentives for private investment in R&D, for example.
Princeton University researchers have uncovered what they call "Prescriptive Prejudice," other beliefs younger people have about older adults.
The first, and most traditional way, is what we linguists call "prescriptive grammar," or, more snarkily, the "who died and made you king" approach.
And they are trying to enforce this imbalance in prescriptive law by calling for a ban on "standby" for new appliances.
Farmers can be among the most hidebound of managers, so it is no surprise that they are nervous about a new idea called prescriptive planting, which is set to disrupt their business.
At my first New York gym called Prescriptive (which then became a Gold's), I hired a trainer to motivate me.
This act of issuing is called "the prescriptive command" (al-amr al-taklîfî), because it sets down principles and directives that need to be followed in order to discern the haqqs of things and act appropriately.
But with the fifth and most crucial panel, the Senate Finance Committee, still struggling for a bipartisan alternative, the president will most likely serve notice with Wednesday night's speech that he is taking the lead, with what aides call a "more prescriptive" legislative blueprint for Democrats to get behind.
Dr. Gottlieb opposes the administration's proposals, calling them too prescriptive, too expensive, and too open to eventual increased rationing.
The trust which runs the hospital said it was happy to merge with Queen Elizabeth but did not back what it called Kershaw's "prescriptive approach to service change which would result in local emergency services being closed and maternity services being downgraded".
