Sentence examples for restrictive criterion from inspiring English sources

Casual browsers sometimes took a moment to grasp that my list of "top novels" was: a) derived exclusively from fiction written in the English language; b) strictly chronological; and c) gave each writer equal space, an especially restrictive criterion.

The need for a less restrictive criterion of evaluation has led Kaldor (1939) and Hicks (1939) to propose an extension of the Pareto principle through compensation tests.

(2) A 4-track mesh design that can support any set of edge-disjoint (a much less restrictive criterion than node-disjointness) rectilinear reconfiguration paths, and that has 34% less switching overhead and significantly higher, actually close-to-optimal, reconfigurability compared to the previously proposed 3-track design.

The exact solution is also different from those of Cai and Lin, and Zhu and Huang in that the present exact solution is obtained directly from the theory of differential equations while that of Cai and Lin requires satisfaction of a relatively restrictive criterion.

At the same time, however, this empirical approach is predicated on the ability of the researcher to identify all of the observable factors that could be driving the performance differences between the firms in the treatment and control groups, which is a fairly restrictive criterion to meet.

Gender was not a restrictive criterion for enrollment.

From 1993 on several measures have gradually been taken to restrict the inflow and to re-examine beneficiaries (partly by using more restrictive criteria).

Among other tightly restrictive criteria for selection, "to be admitted all boats must show they have a berth in the port of Saint-Tropez or nearby," Mr. Beaufils said.

If states wanted the federal government to pay a larger share of Medicaid, they would have to maintain current eligibility levels and could not adopt more restrictive criteria.

One city official said that the drop was due in part to the use of more restrictive criteria in assessing cases.

Experts, even those who urge more restrictive criteria for chases, said pursuits of violent crime suspects were warranted.