Sentence examples for pursuing an objective from inspiring English sources

RACHEL CARSON'S story offers many leadership lessons, including the importance of persistence in pursuing an objective.

This goes beyond Isaac Asimov's Three Laws and makes a case for robots that can learn as they go along, but that also explicitly acknowledge and understand the uncertainty inherent in life, like humans do, so that they have the ability to course correct while pursuing an objective, instead of remaining dangerously absolute in their programmed path.

The F.B.I. uses a much less precise definition of terrorism, but it, too, specifies that the perpetrator must be pursuing a political objective.

Oboi Reed, a lifelong Chatham resident and founder of the Pioneers Bicycle Club, said Mr. Emanuel is pursuing a good objective, but is on the wrong path.

Reischauer notes that those who have promised to "'pay down' or 'reduce' the national debt" are pursuing "an absurd and unattainable objective for the short or even intermediate term — meaning the next seven or so years.

Mr. Aarons said he had no financial involvement along the High Line but was pursuing a worthwhile civic objective.

This includes an examination of (1) whether the regulation pursues a legitimate objective, (2) whether it is appropriate to fulfil such objective and (3) whether it is more trade-restrictive than necessary to fulfil the objective, taking account of the risks non-fulfilment would create.

The contestants (characters) leave their ordinary world to pursue a prize (objective).

No wider context needs to be considered because these wider goals will take care of themselves if every individual pursues a personal objective without regard to anyone else.

(A committee within the association pursued a second objective, in cooperation with Louisa Lee Schuyler and others, and in 1915 became part of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness).

But Swan will accuse Abbott and Hockey of fearmongering "designed to pursue a political objective of junking key election commitments as an entree to dismantling the Australian model, built on fairness".