Sentence examples for use of counters from inspiring English sources

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However, neither of the features is peculiarly Pythagorean; the concept of odd and even numbers belongs to Greek mathematics in general and not just to the Pythagoreans and the use of counters (pebbles) on an abacus is the standard way in which Greeks manipulated numbers (Netz 2014, 178; cf. Burkert's doubts that there is anything Pythagorean in the Epicharmus fragment 1972a, 438).

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Commentators predict the continued use of counter-terrorism laws to suppress criticism of the regime.

Earlier this month the European court of human rights ruled that the use of counter-terrorism stop and search powers on photographers and peace protesters was not "sufficiently circumscribed".

What I object to is the use of counter-extremism as a shield for policy-making that has ulterior motives, and may backfire entirely.

The annual Home Office statistics on the use of counter-terrorism powers confirm that the police have also now largely abandoned the use of special anti-terror stop-and-search powers.

12.48pm GMT The Press Association quotes Miranda's QC, Matthew Ryder, as telling the judges: This claim is about the use of counter-terrorism powers, that can only be used at ports and airports, to seize journalistic material.

The use of counter-gangs – such as the MRF, the Force Reconnaissance Unit and others – of agents and informers, and of specialist military units, is as old as war itself.

In an open letter to Turkish president Rece Tayyip Erdoğan, organised by press freedom organisation English PEN, the writers say they are seriously concerned about Rasool and say the country's "routine" use of counter-terrorism charges to suppress journalists is a cause of "long-standing concern".

This drastic increase in gene-targeting frequency reduced the labor required to isolate auxotrophic mutants, such as an arginine auxotroph, without the use of counter-selective compounds.

The use of counter-conditioning, and other behavioural advice, did not appear to be related to the success of the treatment, suggesting that systematic desensitization was the critical element.

PEN's letter notes that Turkey's "routine use of counter-terrorism legislation against the media" has long been a concern for the free speech organization.

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