Sentence examples for sharp status from inspiring English sources

Defenders of sorites arguments often complain that proponents of this line of response are still committed to some "sharp status transition", e.g., a sharp transition from a case in which 'there is a stone' is true to a case in which it is neither true nor false; see Unger (1979b: 128 130), Heller (1990 §§2.8 100), Williamson (1994: §4.6), and Horgan and Potrč (2008: 25 26).

These alleged failings are hard to understand given the huge cost of diabetes to the NHS, its sharp upward trajectory and status as one of the long-term conditions that could overwhelm the service in the not too distant future.

Though this sprawling cast might sound, in summary, like a silly, cartoonish lot, Mr. Wagner delineates his characters with such sympathy and verve, such a sharp eye for the status details that reveal their social standing (and secret pipe dreams) that they become palpable human beings, real in their griefs and yearnings and illusions.

Recent studies showed sharp transitions in methylation status at exon-intron boundaries.

Observational studies in elderly and frail patients showed a sharp decline in functional status following dialysis.

This study highlights how, among men that died prematurely of alcohol-related causes, negative life events and heavy drinking are mutually reinforcing, producing a sharp decline in health status.

21 27 28 Indeed, some of these barriers may be even greater in healthcare than other industries because it is overshadowed by the centuries-old cultural entrenchment of sharp distinctions between high-status 'men's work' (medicine) and lower-status 'women's work' (nursing).

We find no confirmation in our study that migrants with shorter intentions to stay faced a sharper decrease in occupational status as well.

She had sharp words for the marginal status of women film-makers.

Reuters reported that Fitch Ratings downgraded Sharp's debt to junk status on Friday.

This is why his notations of status, though as sharp as Tom Wolfe's, feel much warmer, conspiratorial but free of malice.