Sentences with phrase «predictable stages of»

However, there are predictable stages of labor and childbirth, so you can generally know what to expect.

When he separated young monkeys from their mothers, the monkeys passed through predictable stages of a separation response.

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What it tells you is that in every stage, there are predictable problems, and if I could tell you where the land mines are in advance, and you can know where they are, you can go through this thing with the least amount of danger possible, and you can get through it the fastest, because you know where to go.

The predictable stages and transitions of adult development with their tasks, crises, and opportunities become major occasions for maturing in the Christian life.

In order for a scientific system to reach «theory» stage, we have a solid structure of facts that when tested, reproducibly produce predictable outcomes.

14 Daniel Levinson gives his report of fundamental research on men through mid-life in The Seasons of a Man's Life (a similar report on women is to follow).15 What these and comparable investigations show is that there are predictable stages and transitions in adult life just as we know there are for children.

We shall see that clerical careers tend to unfold in predictable stages just as research suggests is characteristic of all adult life.

There are definite, predictable stages through which an aggregation of people go in the process of becoming a true group.

There is a widespread tendency in our culture to naturalize death and to discern the dying process in terms of predictable stages.

Arsenal have lost in the opening leg of this stage of the competition for the sixth time running, (it is so predictable that I am thinking of investing in the best Sports Betting Software, just so I can take bets on Arsenal!)

I love Ellyn Bader and Pete Pearson's developmental model of couples relationships, where they talk about the predictable phases that every couple goes through, from the «romantic stage» to the «disillusionment» phase, and ultimately, deep intimacy and synergy if all goes well.

It educates about the predictable stresses of each stage of development, and offers guidelines and hands - on exercises for achieving a healthy adjustment in each stage of family life.

When babies start teething, the order of the process generally proceeds along in fairly predictable stages.

After years of perennial complaints from the press about the stage - managed nature of party conferences, even the Liberal Democrats have taken bold steps to make interviews with the press even more predictable.

The opening stages of the great Labour post-mortem were pretty predictable.

They say the stages of grief are predictable in almost every case, and it was apparent to some that Skelos had moved beyond denial into the all - too - common anger phase.

That stage of proceedings is fairly predictable - other than the variations in Commons votes when it returns.

First, Tavris noted, «in developmental psychology, the notion of predictable life stages is toast.

Like dating are fixed signs and personality, sexy, look at the early stages of dating a predictable stage and misunderstood.

We're constantly surprised, and in fact it can be a bit of a nuisence when... say you're doing a live stage demo and you want to have a predictable flow?

Transformers: Prime - The Game then rounds out its design with a fairly predictable array of extras, like a gallery of character bios unlocked by finding hidden items in each stage and a multiplayer mode that lets you deathmatch against your friends — provided everyone has their own copy of the game.

Unfortunately Hill is a better writer than a director as what could have been exciting lays lame most of the time with predictable staging and unbelievably overblown characters.

In the march to the end, «Miss You Already» grinds its gears through the late stages of cancer, following a predictable and cliché path.

The story, by Luc Besson («The Professional»), bites off more than it can chew, and it requires «Taken» levels of disbelief to excuse carnage that our government would surely have to answer for on a public stage, but the acting performances elevate the material from «predictable» to «predictable but fun.»

Many people first heard of the «Wish I Was Here» project when Braff, one - time star of the TV show «Scrubs,» more recently on - stage in the adaptation of «Bullets Over Broadway,» sent out an appeal via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter for financing, setting off a predictable cycle of backlash.

Two widely cited studies (Dwyer et al., 1991; Hord et al., 1987) have indicated that teachers» adoption of technology into instructional practices follows predictable stages.

An adult pet is usually past the stage of becoming overly excited, and more easily predictable about how patient and tolerant he'll be with kids» energy.

The first nine stages follow a predictable pattern: Two stages of three waves of enemies followed by a boss stage.

As you progress through the game you sort of alternate between Mars and the depths of Hell killing demons, unlocking the story and at multiple stages, the game becomes almost predictable but the sense of boredom as you progress immediately disappears the moment you enter the blood - filled battles.

The AI is extremely predictable and can easily be tricked into tight spots in a number of the stages, especially those which have platforms strewn within them.

If only the rest of the weapons had had such imagination placed into them during the design stages, then the selection wouldn't have been quite as predictable as what it is.

So, given that energy, sense of urgency, and an open discussion rather than a stage for the reiteration of predictable statements, perhaps we can collectively decide «what needs to be done,» and do it.

Thus, heading into COP 19 in Warsaw, the centre stage of climate finance will be the question of whether any climate finance will be adequate, predictable and sustainable, new and additional, and will address issues of mitigations and adaptation equitably.

The fact that costs have gone up is partly the entirely predictable result of one of the central features of the Woolf reforms — early preparation of cases, early exchange of information between the parties, more cards on the table at an earlier stage.

As it stands, just over a year down the line and the first stage of change under the Legal Services Act (LSA) 2007 has resulted in a somewhat disappointing but predictable slow drip of largely regional law firms including Mills & Reeve, Irwin Mitchell and Halliwells making the move.

Like Kübler - Ross's five stages of grief, there are predictable stages that many lawyers go through, from the initial quiet longing to do something different to when she finally takes the leap to the next career path.

Instead of opening the 2017 edition of the I / O developer festival with a predictable rundown of some of Android O's most important features and improvements over Nougat or perhaps that oft - rumored standalone VR headset, Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the Shoreline Amphitheatre stage in Mountain View, California to demo a groundbreaking new «initiative» dubbed Lens.

They support one another through the natural and predictable stages and developmental tasks of the second half of life.

I love Ellyn Bader and Pete Pearson's developmental model of couples relationships, where they talk about the predictable phases that every couple goes through, from the «romantic stage» to the «disillusionment» phase, and ultimately, deep intimacy and synergy if all goes well.

When husbands and wives are unable to navigate their disagreements, they fall into fairly predictable patterns of behavior, as suggested by the four stages of marital conflict.

The way couples manage both the predictable and unpredictable lifecycle stages can determine the health of their relationships.

While all of these different stages make divorce seem complex, they all work in fairly predictable ways.

The second conclusion is that babies go through a series of predictable stages when trying to reconnect with a loved one: First they amp up their engagement level and fight for the connection.

This approach assumes long - term relationships naturally change over time as they progress through a series of predictable developmental stages.

Although individual reactions to the divorce process are varied, there is a typical and predictable series of psychological stages some pass through.

It contains case histories that should help couples to understand the normal, predictable crises of separation and help them move beyond the confusing, even terrifying, early stages of break - up, to deal with the transition from a nuclear to a «bi-nuclear» family - a family that spans two households and yet retains the important emotional bonds of kinship

As a long - time observer of relationships, I can tell you that, like children, marriages go through different developmental stages and predictable crises.

It is an inevitable part of going through predictable relationship stages.