While the consequences for self-understanding just outlined can be an important factor in explaining why a person acts as she does, in choosing what to do the person cannot herself explicitly take into account this type of consequence without thereby diminishing or undermining this very effect of her act (see Anderson 1993, chs. 2 and 4; Raz 1986, ch. 12).
Far from undermining this "network effect," the Internet strengthens it by providing instant communication and feedback.
There is a danger that work-conditionality rules undermine this desirable effect.
As a young man, he sang with a degree of self-consciousness and uncertainty that sometimes undermined the effect of a song.
Rather than suggesting that this lone frequency contains information regarding sleep fragility, we suspect that inter-individual variability in peak alpha rhythm frequency [24] undermined the effect when small slivers of the band were considered alone.
Another possible explanation might be the seroconversion rate of our patients was very low (30.8%) and could have undermined the effect of DM.
This undermines the effect of the Brady law, which requires background checks on handgun buyers, but only from licensed dealers, says a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
However, due to its mode of action, this value may undermine the effect of B. bassiana.
F− would therefore accumulate far above its extracellular concentration if no conductive pathway for the anion were present in the membrane, but a passive F− channel would undermine this weak-acid accumulation effect.
She is successful to a degree, but the tiles themselves somewhat undermine the effect.
Mr. Obama said the talk of war was driving up oil prices and undermining the effect of the sanctions on Iran.
