Sentences with phrase «odd arrangements of»

Despite my pleas, the authoring, editing, and design work for our books is rarely allowed to pause so that my eBook crew can offer observations about why the randomness of certain tables, figures, and odd arrangements of text keep the save - as - EPUB button from making the process simple and painless.

What we do know is that the odd arrangements of luminance - based edges must somehow «artificially» activate motion - detecting neurons in the visual pathways.

The only indication of the riches flowing from the earth are odd arrangements of pipes and valves called Christmas trees.

The reason for the odd arrangement of letters in the Harvard classification is historical, having evolved from the earlier Secchi classes and been progressively modified as understanding improved.

Not exact matches

It might seem odd to have a family dynasty at the helm of one of the world's most powerful media organizations, but such an arrangement — in which the Sulzbergers control the majority of the voting shares — used to be the rule in media rather than the exception.

Odd as it may sound, the arrangement of campfire stones is more irreducibly complex than a cell.

Either way I thought the arrangement of money on the plate was odd and ordered.

Given the centrality of slavery as the definitional opposite of freedom in Pettit's account of republicanism, his preference for a kind of institutional arrangement that has shown itself capable of repeatedly holding, at times against democratic majorities, that the state - mandated oppression of minorities is perfectly acceptable is odd.

National Democrats are focused on winning back state houses from Republicans; they were recently introduced to the odd arrangement in New York's Senate after Rep. Keith Ellison, deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted a picture of himself with NY Sen. Marisol Alcantara — who won election last fall and joined the IDC after being endorsed by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

Both species are burrowing rodents from sub-Saharan Africa and, on top of their odd looks, they share an unusual living arrangement.

Rather than being accessed via a plus - minus gate, as in the Hyundai Accent, upshifts and downshifts are called up via a little rocker switch on the side of the shift knob, an odd arrangement.

The large - scale arrangements of palms, yuccas, cactuses, and cheese plants refusing to be contained by the black cage - like frames make an odd juxtaposition with the tidy green fields and farmhouses visible through the windows.

Parameters that would impact any exhibition, but which become more evident and emphatically relevant in this kind of socio - geographic case study include: which works have been brought into the permanent collection; what arrangements can be negotiated as far as borrowing work; what relationships have been established with local Indigenous communities over the sixty - odd years of the gallery's history.

However, the EAT allowed the employer's appeal, holding that in an odd case such as this (especially being a tripartite arrangement between prison, prisoner and local employer) it is necessary to look more fundamentally at the real objective of the relationship.

An odd - even schedule comes into play after an overall custody arrangement is established as part of your divorce.

As a general rule, an odd number of pillows makes for the most natural, inviting arrangement: three for smaller sofas, and five for larger ones.