Sentence examples for the practice of shaping from inspiring English sources

Regulation is the practice of shaping institutions, particularly businesses, so as to take into account social purposes.

The nub of Zittrain's concern is that the practice of shaping what stays and what goes from the database is hopelessly individualistic.

Glassblowing, the practice of shaping a mass of glass that has been softened by heat by blowing air into it through a tube.

Early Egyptians transplanted trees with a ball of earth and originated the practice of shaping the soil around a newly planted tree to form a saucer to retain water, both still practiced.

Recent studies on the practice of shaping subscribers' traffic by Internet service providers (ISPs) give a new insight into the actual performance of broadband access networks at a packet level.

Gerry served as Governor of Massachusetts in 1810 and 1811; redistricting of the state in 1812 prompted the coining of the term "gerrymandering" to describe the practice of shaping legislative districts in partisan ways.

The latest recording from the female vocal quartet Anonymous 4, "American Angels: Songs of Hope, Redemption and Glory," illustrates the practice of shape-note singing, also exemplified recently in the soundtrack of "Cold Mountain".

But the highly specialized practice of shaping by lathe has offered more complex possibilities over the last century, and so artists have rediscovered the medium of wood and the wonderful objects that can be made from it by turning, carving, incising, painting and even power-carving with a chain saw.

Chemotherapy exemplified a more inventive and experimentalist mode that became common after World War II, and that, through the practice of trials, shaped the new subprofession of medical oncology.

If the practice of labour shapes capitalism's ecology, its indispensable machine is the mechanical clock.

The exhibition focuses on how the practice of sex research has shaped our attitudes towards sexual behaviour and identity, and it seemed a good time to talk to Geary about his sometimes controversial views on sex differences, and his new work, the Evolution of Vulnerability.