Sentence examples for sought to sort from inspiring English sources

The Fed's action today generated a mixed response on Wall Street, where stock prices first rose right after the announcement, then fell sharply before gaining ground again as investors sought to sort out the economy's prospects and the altered political landscape.

In writing treatises on liberum arbitrium, thirteenth-century philosophers sought to sort out the connections between intellect and will on the one hand and the production and freedom of human action on the other.

Standardized tests provided a tool for those seeking to "sort" the population so as to accelerate natural selection.

It also comes as other agency holding companies, including the Interpublic Group of Companies, are seeking to sort, retool, unload or merge many pieces of their empires.

They speak warmly of Mrs Malmstrom, and are enthused over Frans Timmermans, a Dutch commissioner seeking to sort out the ISDS issue.Yet TTIP's supporters still struggle to make a positive case, forced instead to battle Chlorhühnchen and other myths.

Mattiacci, it is said, has decided to back the team's new technical director James Allison to the hilt as the Englishman seeks to sort out the mess of the engineering department while inevitably fighting the politics doing so brings with it.

And finally, there's "The Ex and the Why," a series that puts young guys and gals on the therapy couch as they seek to sort out issues from past relationships.

(p. 1514) Brenner (and more recently Graur et al. [2015]) have sought to separate the various sorts of DNA not under selection into "garbage" (harmful) and junk (not harmful, and potentially recruitable into function) and insist that it is only current utility that is at issue.

"They will continue to look at those dealers who sell to prohibited people, which is already ongoing, and we will be looking to see whether or not people once on notice comply with this regulation or whether there are those who seek to still sort of hide in the shadows or hide behind the exceptions and continue to sell firearms without doing what's required.

Even Richard M. Nixon sought to use that sort of defense (although the phrase itself is of much more recent origin).

But Liu has sought to target the sort of people who wouldn't know their Tefl from their elbow.