Sentence examples for seem voluntary from inspiring English sources

For, in many cases, one's steps along a disadvantageous course seem voluntary, motivated by the prospect of some benefit, and performed in light of a correct understanding of the consequences of each step taken.

Instead they seem voluntary.

Although participating in small-group work may still seem voluntary, psychology studies in classrooms have demonstrated that the smaller the group a student is in (e.g., pairs vs. the entire class) the more likely he or she is to participate in group work and the higher the quality of individual answers (Chidambaram and Tung, 2005; Aggarwal and O'Brien, 2008).

Inside both Enron and Vinson & Elkins, political giving often seemed voluntary in name only.

The actions seem neither voluntary nor compulsive.

Mr Ashcroft's and Mr Evans's resignations seem genuinely voluntary; the two men were driven by bad health in one case, weariness in the other.

"The final scenes, in which the boy is seen raising his head and arms, bringing his hand to his face and looking into the distance are not compatible with death throes, but seem like voluntary movements," wrote Nachman.

Outrageous breaches of due process rights in such cases show that the Brady rule — which seems essentially voluntary in some places — is simply insufficient to ensure justice.

Most of the music sounds decisively pre-rock, except for the fact that it's wed (or, if that seems too voluntary, welded) to Dylan's croakiest vocals in a while.

It seems that voluntary action is an essential source for the development of the bodily self, to build a global and coherent body consciousness.

It seems that voluntary partnership is not enough vis-a-vis a reality which is characterised by '… unevenness of progress within countries and regions, and the severe inequalities that exist among populations, especially between rural and urban areas' (ibidem).