Sentences with phrase «remained inert»

«Although well - established and mature, the field of carbon fibers has largely remained inert to using and benefiting from the intensive theoretical development in the «young» field of low - dimensional nanocarbon,» said Evgeni Penev, a research scientist in Yakobson's lab and co-author of the paper.

With pro-Constantinople forces promoting the Council and pro-Moscow forces generally opposing the endeavor, the majority of primates remain inert with their attention being consumed by local concerns and jurisdictional disputes.

And if the imagination of the preacher does not pierce through the chinks of formal concepts and inwardly recreate what hides there, the moral heart of the matter will remain inert.

Studies have shown that ethics professors are no more ethical than the average population, so knowledge alone is not enough — it remains inert.

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If the kingdom is simply future, then it exerts no power to which the present must respond, but remains merely an inert possibility we hope someday might be realized.

Whereas the second Quest demythologized the apocalyptic eschatology that informed Jesus» message of the kingdom in such a way that the kingdom remained God's initiative and gift eliciting a new ethos, thereby respecting the biblical - Jewish roots of Jesus» word and deed, the Borg - Crossan construal tacitly posits an inert deity who at best provides a formal warrant for a class - based cultural criticism and who apparently has allowed the covenant - commitment to Israel to lapse, for there remains neither promise nonfulfillment.

In this case, the nickel film experienced corrosion while the more chemically inert mica remained whole.

This approach to making uranium reactive suggests new directions for attacking the element's inert nature and may «model the principles that lead to [uranium] degradation in nature,» which remain unknown, he says.

Even if one spreads one's suspension of disbelief thin to buy into Caan's loaded setup, the movie remains dramatically inert, with the characters» destinies numbered from the beginning.

They'll remain stagnant and inert, with lousy and ineffective training programs.

But nothing can be further from the truth: knowledge can remain completely inert.

Therefore, once the ovaries are removed, the uterus remains completely inert.

His use of blown glass is an effort to explore materials that allow for both an aesthetic and emotional experience to create a piece that's sinister and somehow active while remaining functionally inert; he cites seeking out images of parasites and viruses as part of his research process for this piece, inspired by their ability to alter the space and living bodies around them without ever fully revealing themselves.

Some of the carbon from plant matter remains in the soil as inert carbon, especially over geological time.

As long as the fibers remain encapsulated or otherwise inert, there is little danger of asbestos exposure.