Sentence examples for to a given course from inspiring English sources

Steering involves corrections to bring a ship back to a given course or heading after it has deviated as a result of some disturbance.

Note: You should consult with the DUS as to a given course's fit in the distribution while planning coursework for the minor.

The gene signatures correlated with survival arising from previous profiling studies appear to be prognostic – that is, they indicate whether or not a patient will have a good outcome – but they do not necessarily predict how a patient will respond to a given course of adjuvant treatment.

This is the view that for one to freely choose to undertake a given course of action — say, to throw out the trash — one must have freely chosen the determinants that lead one to undertake that course of action, including one's antecedent desires and one's character (in this case, perhaps a desire for a filth-free home, among others).

For example, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War (c. 404 bce) contains marvelous renditions of speeches in which the leaders of different states attempt to persuade their listeners to follow a given course of action.

There were many things I learned from her that were invaluable, not the least of which is this: If I want someone to follow a given course of action, I need to somehow get him to think it's his brilliant idea.

If such links can be reliably identified, it would enable universities to select students who are most likely to complete a given course irrespective of their socio-economic backgrounds.

A man navigating and running hard under the burden of a rifle and bergen (heavy backpack) while absolutely committed to passing a given course and carrying limited water might be expected to not drink enough.

For example, I often use a simple productive failure exercise, challenging students to explain a given course concept with ten words or less.

To the extent that a given course of reasoning satisfies the demands for normative distance, to that extent is it likely to fail to meet the demands for motivational impact.

Even the most upstanding of chief executives is sometimes tempted by policies whose legality is murky; he wants to ask advisers whether a given course of action would survive a court challenge.