Sentence examples for rigid waiting from inspiring English sources

Until recently, hospital waiting times were viewed as an important problem for the National Health Service. 1 However, over the past 10 years, as the government in England increased the supply of doctors, increased funding for the health service, set rigid waiting time targets, and (more recently) introduced market based reforms, waiting times have dropped considerably.

When hunting, a snake assumes a J-shaped position with its head forming the base of the J. From this rigid posture, it waits cryptically for fish to approach and most often strikes when fish have entered the concave region between its head and body (Movie S1).

Birches whose crowns snapped in high wind this winter stand rigid, wounds bright, crowns still waiting for the next high wind to disarrange them further and force them all the way to the ground.

There is strong evidence throughout the literature that long waiting lists and rigid adult services criteria hamper dramatically transitions across services.

If there is one clear lesson from history, it is that the combination of open financial markets and a rigid exchange rate is a disaster waiting to happen.

She is most rigid about letting anyone wait at a table for a friend.

Several criticised NHS provision, particularly for its rigid rule against giving children the cross-sex hormone before 16, and for the waiting times for a consultation at the Tavistock.

Also the waiting period may have reduced the effect of dilatation due to more rigid structures in or around the joint capsule.

Many in the industry are now waiting to see if he can bring his golden touch to such a large and rigid uptown institution.

For the millions of Americans who do not share the rigid views of those two G.O.P. power centers, the dawn of 2001 has to be a time of watchful waiting.

And we have RIBs [rigid-hulled inflatable boats] to meet the boats and bring them into beaches, where we have medical teams and food teams ready there and waiting".