Sentence examples for reflective as from inspiring English sources

Benjamin Barber [23] describes the deliberative process and its open-endedness, without a requirement for closure: "The public voice is deliberative, which means it is critically reflective as well as self-reflective; it must be able to withstand reiteration, critical cross-examination, and the test of time – which guarantees a certain distance and dispassion".

At the same time, it involves, to one degree or another, conscious reflective as well as social processes creating possibilities, desires, and aspirations beyond those that would be generated unconsciously by any individual, and the use of those to deliberately structure experiences that might not otherwise be had.

They may be as thoughtful and reflective as anybody else.

Dillon then polishes the blocks to a mirror finish as reflective as marble or granite.

Sam was a tubby, jolly fellow, but he became reflective as he thought of the past.

Sometimes, though, the aging man, not so much reflective as opinionated, crowds out his younger self.

Data collection included a survey, the instructors' observations and reflective journals as well as interviews with the students.

This was a PM who was one big shiny reflective surface as smooth as his jowls.

It shows Nixon in reflective pose – as well it might – in the Oval office.

The doors can be clad in a reflective surface as well, providing a full-length mirror.

Even though formative operationalisations of SES are theoretically appropriate, SES is better specified as reflective than as a formative latent variable in the context of life-course modelling.