Sentences with phrase «of a gray area as»

Antibiotics can be categorized based on whether they directly kill bacteria (bactericidal) or slow growth / prevent cell division (bacteriostatic); however, the distinction between the two categories may be a bit of a gray area as some bacteriostatic reagents can kill bacteria when used at high concentrations (and vice versa).

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Justin, as much as this would be a completely black & white, rational decision for you on the subject, the majority of humanity floats in a gray area on this, drifting back and forth between atheism and strong spiritual beliefs (usually rooted in the culture they were raised in).

Sex between unmarried adults might be inside that gray area between the ideal and the immoral if, first, no one's marriage is being violated by either party; second, if it is a union of love and caring, not just a union of convenience and desire; third, if sex is shared only after other things have been shared, other things such as time, values, friendship, communication and a sense of deep trust and emotional responsibility; fourth, if it is both loving and discreet, private, shielded from those who would not or could not understand; if it is valued as a bond between the two people involved and between them alone, never violating the sacredness of the exclusive quality of that moment.

There can be no doubt that there will be more dissent and more pluralism in the church than there have been in the past, and that there will be more gray areas than ever before, especially since the methodology, as well as the subject matter, of contemporary theology points in this direction.

First seen as poisons, then as life - forms, then biological chemicals, viruses today are thought of as being in a gray area between living and nonliving: they can not replicate on their own but can do so in truly living cells and can also affect the behavior of their hosts profoundly.

Watford, westbrom, but to be honest i do nt blame losses on officials we get 90 mins to win games bit i think across the league its been poorer this year more than previous esp.linesman decisions i end up watching more than just the arsenal games but arsenal is where my heart and loyalty lies and its been week in and week across the league this year on officials i understand close offsides and fouls here and there cause football has a tremendous gray area in terms of constant action but linesman have missed multiple offsides by 5 yards and more and the consistency hasnt been there one week a call is this way next week the call is the other way but i am going to stop going on about officials as of now as you said and i agree its down human error an apart of the game

And because NASCAR used tempates to measure the cars, which were not as precise and allowed crew chiefs to play within the margins of the rulebook and take advantage of the gray areas.

As with any transfer scenario, there is a lot of gray area in this fictional move.

Your story exists somewhere in the gray area as it shares a less extreme example of having your child CIO.

Using brain scans to compare the gray matter of children with RAD to typically developing children, the researchers found significantly reduced volume of gray matter in the area of the brain known as the left primary visual cortex.

Sen. Liz Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat, told colleagues that the legislation contains too much «gray area» over who is defined as an employee and fails to clarify how investigations of sexual harassment in the executive and legislative branches of state government will be conducted.

Morton acknowledged there may be a «gray area» for some products purchased by the county and that the law may need tweaking, but the goal is for at least 51 percent of a product purchased by the county as part of a $ 10,000 contract to be manufactured in America.

Comparing the gray matter in the cadavers of gay and straight men, he found that an area in the anterior hypothalamus known as INAH - 3 was smaller in gay men, about the size it is in women.

First seen as poisons, then as life - forms, then biological chemicals, viruses today are thought of as being in a gray area between living and nonliving: they can not replicate on their own but can do so in truly living cells and can also affect the behavior of their hosts profoundly.

These neurons project to an area of the brainstem, known as the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG), that controls the fear response.

That depends on what you count as a true de-extinction, which is sort of a gray area.

Several of the brain areas that had lost gray matter during pregnancy responded with the strongest neural activity to their own babies as opposed to the photos of other infants.

As it drew nearer, the area of greatest metabolism shifted to the periaqueductal gray, the region that codes for the behavioral patterns of the four fs.

But last March, amid considerable outcry from area ranchers, biologists loosed 14 Canadian gray wolves in three packs into the park as part of a larger plan to reintroduce the animal to the northern Rocky Mountains.

Subject areas, such as genetic discrimination, patient (and research participant) right to privacy, and ownership of genetic material and data, showed both the negative ways scientific information can be used and some of the gray areas that confront researchers every day.

The familiar hemisphere facing Earth is covered by low, lava - filled plains (seen as the darker gray areas on the moon's «face»), whereas the far side, which is never visible from Earth, is a collection of rugged, mountainous highlands.

«It's definitely an area of thin ice, as you can see finger rafting near the holes and the color is gray enough to indicate little snow cover,» adds Nathan Kurtz, a project scientist from the IceBridge mission.

Results show that direct stimulation of the entorhinal area successfully improved hippocampal - dependent memory across a wide range of memory tasks (verbal recall, spatial navigation, face - name memory, and person / object recognition) with stimulation site (entorhinal white / gray) as the critical determinant of subsequent memory performance independent of antiepileptic medication (on / off), side (left / right) or type (macro / micro) of stimulation.

Not surprisingly, the areas that show growth include the hypothalamus and amygdala, which are linked to motivation, rewards, and regulation of emotionâ $» and the mothers who had the most positive perceptions of their babies (rating them as «beautiful,» «perfect,» and «special,» for example) had the biggest gray matter increases.

Obviously, there is a ton of gray area in there as well.

Only the aerobic exercisers had significant increases in brain volume in what are known as the white and gray matter regions of the brain, areas related to age - related decline in brain structure and cognition.

On the structural side, individuals who are perceived as having an online game addiction show significant gray matter atrophy in various areas of the brain (right orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral insula, and right supplementary motor area) once examined on brain MRI studies.

I've used large gray area rugs as the foundations in several of my designs.

As the trailer reveals, Deadpool's mission is to protect a young mutant from Cable, so he assembles a team of mutants who are comfortable operating in a gray area.

Former documentarian Michael Campus (Christmas Cottage, Z.P.G.) takes a more personal approach to Robert J. Poole's oft - revised, oft - improvised - off - of script, showing these characters as fully realized people, each with his or her own strengths and weaknesses, all a bunch of gray areas instead of the black and white, both figuratively and literally, of other Black cast films to come out at the same time.

Because of controversial gray areas in Carlos» life, the film must be viewed as fiction, tracing two decades in the life of a notorious terrorist.

What's more, it tries to rebrand that lack of follow - through as a willingness to live in gray areas rather than condemn any one character as irredeemable (see: the entirety of Rockwell's character).

Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri's ensemble is probably the best of the year — Frances McDormand holds nothing back as the fiery Mildred Hayes, Woody Harrelson is simply sublime throughout and Sam Rockwell does some serious heavy lifting playing with deep shades of moral gray area — but the way that the story shapes up — taking meaningful detours, all of which provide new avenues to explore the colorful collection of characters — is so wholly satisfying and so consistently sassily written (McDormand relishes every hateful lick dripping from Mildred) that I just couldn't get enough of it.

That doesn't change my belief that this movie is stuck in the gray area between romantic drama and comedy, and because of it, comes across as just a lightweight film with no real message or emotion.

As for the students, there's no gray area: they need to correctly master all of the competencies to advance.

AACTE will host an interactive webinar next week discussing the intersection of educator dispositions, ethics, and law — and how teacher educators can assist their candidates in navigating the broad range of gray areas that they will face as professionals.

Things have exploded in the argument of traditional publishing versus self - publishing versus agent publishing versus using those little gray guys at Area 51 publish you... The key for a writer is to sort through all the facts, opinions and flat out lies being thrown about, figure out their own situation, decide where they want to be as an author in the future, and then smartly and courageously choose their own path.

Some can be immediately deleted as spam, or filed in some existing folder, but many of them fall into that gray area where you know you'll need to take some action or respond in some way, but can't do so immediately for whatever reason.

Shades of gray, lighter in some areas, darker in others and no where currently as dark as, say, Apple or the big publishers.

If self - published authors want the same claim to credibility as the «legacy» players, the conversational tone needs to be open and respectful (accepting of the gray areas), especially when it is rightfully critical.

The gray line at the top of the light blue shaded area representing dividends is offered as a dividend income justified valuation measurement.

Items in collection are more of a gray area, but it's best to get these paid off as well.

Just as the masking of the gray results in white areas on an OES, blue eyes are really brown eyes that are masked by «white» markings.

But the gray whale watching is the best in the world and the importance of this area as a major winter habitat for huge bird concentrations can make up for those shortcomings.

During the May gray and June gloom seasons, a dense cloak of coastal clouds, known as marine layer, covers the coastal areas, keeping the area cool and moist to up to 5 — 10 miles (8.0 — 16.1 km) inland.

Materials such as marble, solid oak, stainless steel and Corian ® in tones of light gray and white were used throughout the resort's common areas.

This pretty, popular spot features picnic areas, trails, and the Interpretive Center which features exhibits on the history of the Palos Verdes Peninsula as well as lots of information about the Pacific gray whale.

Nearly a mile long, the gray sands of Hermosa Beach area surrounded by volcanic rocks and a tropical forest as well as the blue waters of the Pacific.

The 2010 sighting was described by one scientist as «the most amazing sighting in the history of whales,» so imagine the buzz this latest sighting — in an area that has no history or fossils of gray whales — will create among marine mammal enthusiasts once the news is widely reported.

The over-saturation of gray coloring in every area left each environment looking similar, save for missions that were played at night as opposed to during the day.