Sentence examples for was relatively firm from inspiring English sources

The tumour measured approximately 3 × 3 × 4 cm, was relatively firm, multinodulated and with a glistening surface.

As night fell, the temperature dipped below freezing, offering hope that the lower half of the course would be relatively firm.

We can distinguish the directions in which the rock is relatively firm and conversely the directions in which it is weak.

But if we turn on the smart controller, the torque and forces in the cylinders and joints are optimized so that the robot is relatively firm and rejects all these external disturbances," said Semini.

Under the circumstance that the leakage of know-how is relatively strong (concave relationship), firms cooperating on R&D are willing to spend more on R&D efforts (Result 1), the marginal costs of both firms are reduced so much that the spillover effect prevails over the substitutability effect, and firms are motivated to expand output.

Benign lesions tend to be soft, while malignant lesions tend to be firmer (that is, relatively stiff).

But in fact, the work Mr. Swanson did that touched on the Madoff firm was relatively minor, and no evidence has emerged that Mr. Swanson did anything involving the firm after he became close to Ms. Madoff in the spring of 2006, current and former commission officials with knowledge of his work said in recent interviews.

A tradition in Washington, hiring insiders was relatively rare at law firms in Brussels until the American firms stepped up the recruiting of European politicians — including top officials at the European Commission, Parliament and Council, the three bodies that make up the government — with fat paychecks.

When HSBC transferred its HQ to London in 1992, says one veteran, it was relatively easy because the firm was still run by expatriate staff who were used to leading nomadic lives.

But Goldman managed to give up less than some people thought it might have to; the penalty was relatively manageable for a firm that gushes money, and when the deal was announced on Thursday, the bank didn't admit to engaging in fraud.

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