Sentence examples for weighed lightly from inspiring English sources

Trials in which neither the new drug nor an older, established drug is distinguishable from a placebo are deemed "failed" and are disregarded or weighed lightly in the evaluation.

Patients were weighed lightly clothed using an electronic SECA scale for adults (precision ± 100 g).

Children were weighed lightly clothed without shoes using an electronic scale (SECA platform 770, SECA, Hamburg) with a precision of 0.1 kg.

TAXES weigh lightly on Australia's economy, claiming less than 26% of GDP.

Unlike his trouble on the stairs in January, the second tumble seemed to weigh lightly on him.

By contrast, in the short term it reckons that the votes of a few conservationists and well-to-do owners of second homes weigh lightly in the balance against those who have to make a living out in constituencies such as Stroud and the Forest of Dean.

Those credentials did not weigh lightly with the search committee, especially after it had to start a second hunt when an earlier choice, the "August: Osage County" director Anna D. Shapiro, decided not to take the job of replacing the previous artistic director, Robert Woodruff, whose contract was not renewed.

Four days later, last Friday, Fox weighed in lightly with a bid of $1.3 billion, disappointing the I.O.C.

This is standard practice in most places, and the responses of those who say they are not sure are usually weighed more lightly or discarded altogether.

Mice were weighed, then lightly anesthetized with inhaled isoflurane; a drop of blood was harvested from the tail or submandibular vein.

Subjects were weighed while lightly clothed without shoes, BMI was calculated (weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), and waist and hip circumferences were measured at the umbilicus and greater trochanter.