Sentence examples for which may be desirable from inspiring English sources

Additional damping causes the system to be overdamped, which may be desirable, as in some door closers.

None of these whites exceed 13.1 percent alcohol by volume, a moderate level; higher percentages can leave a noticeable afterburn on the palate, which may be desirable in winter but certainly not in midsummer.

This sidesteps the need to look at polls, which may be desirable both because of the ambiguity in the ballot language and because surveys in other states have sometimes understated the support for same-sex marriage bans.

NBI spectroscopy also has the advantage of limiting the exposure of the target surface to light, which may be desirable for conservation purposes.

Usually it is not possible to satisfy all of the objectives which may be desirable, as some of them will conflict; for example it is often difficult to improve economic growth without intruding into the environment.

These results suggested that PS-ODNs, but not PO or 2′-O-methyl modified ODNs, containing the GGA GGG motif can exert potent anti-TK activity which may be desirable in some anti-tumor applications.

Temporary migrants tend to save more and therefore contribute less to the aggregate demand of domestic goods, which may be less desirable when recessions are characterized by low aggregate demand (as in Europe after the financial crisis).

A greater number of doctors without children may be taking on non-principal roles; becoming a principal is associated with longer term stability in terms of location and employment, which may be more desirable for those with children.

3 5 6 32 However, other interventions in the literature are typically of 3-months duration, which may be more desirable for optimal long-term effects than the 30-day CHIP intervention.

24 Although smaller in size, the regional Danish databases (the Aarhus University Prescription Database and the Odense University Pharmacoepidemiologic Database) cover a longer time period, which may be more desirable than a large sample size in certain situations (eg, cancer studies).

Reviewed here are the logic underlying each of these methods, and the circumstances in which it may be desirable to employ these alternatives to investigate relationships among variables hypothesized to affect educational outcomes.