Sentence examples for rather recalcitrant from inspiring English sources

For example, it has been reported that, by simple physicochemical means, the rather recalcitrant lignins in spruce wood can be decisively separated into two fractions containing quite dissimilar biopolymer chains.

The interplay between the unique gene structure and DNA methylation may have rendered P1-mm a rather recalcitrant target for the heterochromatin machinery.

In contrast, benzene is rather recalcitrant under anaerobic conditions.

Overall, our finding suggested that N addition would alter microbial CUE and the priming effects on stable soil C. The different responses of CUE and priming effects to glucose and phenol addition imply that the decreased microbial respiration and increased C storage under N deposition could be more attributed to labile C inputs rather than recalcitrant C inputs.

One might think typography would be a basic element in the construction of these theories, yet if only we would pay careful attention to detail, Joseph A. Dane argues, we would find something else entirely: that a careful consideration of typography serves not as a material support to prevailing theories of print but, rather, as a recalcitrant counter-voice to them.

The state visit is being followed closely by media in Ireland, where many see the pomp and circumstance being accorded Higgins as a seal on Britain's acknowledgment of their country as a nation on equal footing rather than a recalcitrant former vassal.

The role as a public prosecutor continued, but it was exercised mainly to enforce party policies or programs on recalcitrant citizens rather than to punish public officers or authorities for breaches of the law.

This will be constrained, however, by the sensitivity to the labile fraction of the biochar (−7% to +4%), which indicates the importance of optimizing for production of recalcitrant biochar rather than for higher yields of lower-quality biochar.

The Israelis may be content to see Mr Abbas tied up with recalcitrant Palestinians rather than tackling Israel on the world stage.Nablus's commercial regeneration cannot cure a gnawing national malaise.

They then approach it as the steps that they must take to justify their decision to fire a recalcitrant employee rather than a tool for working with him/her to improve.

Years ago, rather than chasing after a recalcitrant Gayle, Somerset could call, season after season, on the glorious power of Sir Vivian Richards.