Sentence examples for rather settled from inspiring English sources

Physics at the start of the 20th century was a rather settled endeavour, not seemingly in need of radical revision.

They demoted Brother Justin to an ordinary Christian minister in a little town, but when Brother Justin's affiliation needed to be decided, Knauf contested plans to make him a Catholic priest; he rather settled on the Methodist denomination, which he perceived as significantly less suspicious and controversial.

Brant's domestic life has been rather more settled and dramatically more philoprogenitive than Gatsby's.

While Bale is blossoming under Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas, it appears a rather less settled ship at the Portuguese's former employers, Chelsea.

According to the CalTOX multimedia and multiexposure model, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether exposure potential is primarily through air (rather than settled materials) and induces health effects via inhalation and ingestion [ State of California Department of Toxic Substances Control (SCDTSC) 2002].

Rightly, he sees that nationality is a work in progress rather than a settled condition bequeathed by history.

Had Hoffman started it earlier, he might have shifted it along with the times, rather than borrowing settled habits for new circumstances.

This is back when people around Nataruk were still living in hunter-gatherers bands, rather than in settled communities.

To obtain the relationship between input and output of coagulation model, time shifting of data is necessary, because coagulant dosage and raw water quality at the current time influence on the future settled water quality rather than the current settled water (Griffiths and Andrews 2011b).

Rather than waiting for settled science and perfected institutions, today's policy should aggressively promote steps that will make useful progress at low cost.

There is still a chance that the S.E.C. will pursue civil charges against one or more of Lehman's former officers, but even that is more likely to be a settled case rather than one litigated in the courts.