Sentence examples for uncertain means from inspiring English sources

Instead, for people worried about losing their job, or about getting enough hours, work is a source of anxiety: an uncertain means of staying afloat.

Mr. Serra's "Prop" (1968), a slab of metal pinned against a wall by a metal pole, has the appearance of a large square of Brillo or an air-conditioner filter held up by an uncertain means of support.

But as every military strategist and experienced statesman knows, the uncertain means to these desirable ends are fenced about with deep complexities, subtleties and countless shades of political and military grey.

Pareto-based guaranteed cost control (GCC) problem of uncertain mean-field stochastic systems is investigated in infinite horizon.

The new algorithm is designed for the general case of an uncertain mean of the parameter field, which includes the cases of completely known and entirely unknown mean as special cases.

The combination of low pay and uncertain hours means more and more families are finding themselves tipped into poverty despite being in work.

Holding sales in uncertain times means less ability to raise prices back to normal levels when good times return, hotel managers insist.

But he also realizes that making movies about his country's uncertain present means having to contend with traces and aftermaths, and perhaps even telling a few ghost stories.

Cisco's sales are heavily dependent on capital spending at large corporations, phone companies and government agencies across the world, and an uncertain economy means those customers may spend less.

Nor would Ryan address any topic that was remotely related to the quarterback situation: whether Sanchez's uncertain status means the Jets must prepare as if Smith will start Week 1 against Tampa Bay; if there is any additional clarification on Sanchez's injury; or even the factors considered when deciding which quarterbacks will play in Thursday night's preseason finale against Philadelphia.

The failure to understand pastoralism as an intelligent system that maximises production in uncertain environments means that investment is not made to strengthen and support this system of natural resource management (Behnke et al. 1993; Niamir-Fuller 1999; von Wehrden et al. 2012; Krätli and Schareika 2010).