Sentences with phrase «seem arbitrary»

The tricky underwriting can come from commercial lenders and their risk mitigation people who have rules that seem arbitrary or artificial.

«The changes may seem arbitrary to anyone coming from a non-Samsung phone, but current Galaxy users will see the continuity in these design decisions.

That might seem arbitrary, but insurers come up with these rate changes by analyzing auto accident statistics and the claims filed each year.

Sometimes the documentation can seem arbitrary but it's necessary documentation for Seven Corners to prove your claim.

Sometimes, however, the denials don't seem arbitrary.

There is a sense in which all the arts today have a common character shared by painting; it may therefore seem arbitrary to single out painting as more particularly modern than the others.

Untethered by style, medium or geography, such ventures can seem both arbitrary and amorphous.

Some of the juxtapositions of works seem arbitrary, and many of the pieces are organized in thematic sub divisions or «chapters,» as the curators call them, with wall labels reading «Rational Irrationalism,» «Racing Thoughts,» «Love Letter from the War Front,» «Free Radicals,» and «Get Rid of Yourself,» that at times seem sophomoric and forced, as if aimed merely to prompt cheeky sound bites.

But rather the tones Rees uses — mustard - yellow, neon orange, cerulean, hot pink — do not seem arbitrary.

They seem arbitrary, yet are punctuated by righteous compulsions of immense cruelty that then become the turns of history.

O'Keefe's compositions and colors can seem arbitrary, but they underscore how abstraction is still learning from both modern art and the present.

This may seem arbitrary, but I know anecdotally that some funds, even big ones, are charging something like 1 - and - 10 even to ordinary investors.

These criteria may seem arbitrary, but everything in the insurance business is based on data.

The reasons behind these changes can seem arbitrary.

While the lack of 4.2 for both devices may seem arbitrary, it should be kept in mind that both devices have been consistently updated since their initial release in 2010, through 3 generations of Android operating systems, a feat that very few manufacturers can claim themselves.

Though this may seem arbitrary, it has a very important purpose, which the NH ruling explains in detail: without the harm requirement, courts would have sweeping power to override the will of voters and their elected representatives.

December 18, 2017 • It can seem arbitrary the way certain people fascinate us.

If you're like most men, online dating comes across as something of a mystery, a game whose rules seem arbitrary and often... (read more)

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If you're like most men, online dating comes across as something of a mystery, a game whose rules seem arbitrary and often unfair.

While the number 37 may seem arbitrary, Caroline came up with number after doing some math.

Some have complained that the national goals seem arbitrary and that review panels would be forced to prioritize these goals since they will be presented with proposals that are equally meritorious, but advancing different goals.

The criteria for including illustrations seem arbitrary, to say the least.

Conservation triage, as Possingham and others call it, has some commonsense appeal and gives decision makers numbers to latch onto in a field where choices can seem arbitrary.

While these may seem arbitrary to the actual functionality of the horizontal band saw, they are nice little extras that set this tool apart from others on the market.

Like the concept of the Chosen People, election has often been regarded as an objectionable idea because it makes the deity seem arbitrary and unjust to many.

On this account, to refuse marriage to gay couples is not to say that they may not marry (which might seem arbitrary and unjust) but simply that, given the very nature of marriage itself, they can not marry.

Our society fails to present a coherent sense of what a good life should look like or how one arrives at a good life; and without a sense of purpose, the demands that fall on teens to «get into a good college» seem arbitrary and dehumanizing.

Critics of the order have said that the countries it targets seem arbitrary, since it does not include countries that have posed serious terror threats in the past, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.

Critics of the order have noted that the countries it targets seem arbitrary, and do not include countries that have posed serious terror threats in the past such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.

It all seems arbitrary and poorly defined, let alone poorly managed.

it just seems arbitrary to me to favor one set of unverifiable claims over any other.

The first invited me understand the principle that would make something beloved by G * d, the second seemed arbitrary and capricious.

The church, which remembered Jesus, also knew him still and it would have seemed arbitrary to take the memory and to reject the knowledge.

It seems arbitrary to make a division in verse 17.

Second, it seems arbitrary to start something important just because it's January 1st.

The correct fighter may have won, this time, but given some of the individual round scoring, it almost seems arbitrary.

I didn't downvote, but your selection of major countries seems arbitrary.

According to a team of independent experts, «The ratio chosen [40:1] seems arbitrary» (Sortino et al. 20179).

GAPS seems arbitrary in it's selection of foods.

The «3 - date rule» for sex seems arbitrary.

The shooting mechanics are slow and clunky, the dueling seems arbitrary to me (I'm probably missing something s...

They're attuned to the challenges that kids can face, the easy - to - overlook value of a choral group or an arts project, and when the practical impact of policies seems arbitrary or unfair.

Here's what finally worked: Delete all duplicate audio devices in the Bluetooth menu Pair the phone using the hands - free system via the steering wheel «off hook» button This seems arbitrary but it solved my problem.

None of this involves chart - reading, which to me seems arbitrary.

$ 70K seems arbitrary.

I'm not sure why they felt the need to have a secondary level system instead of letting players just continue to gather XP — it seems arbitrary.

The Times reporter was not an art critic, and his examples, to one who was, must have seemed arbitrary and naive.

Julia: At first glance, I agree that the decisions to group certain images seems arbitrary but my favorite aspect of the show was the free - form associations it allowed me to make.

Spanning three years — a frame that seems arbitrary — the exhibition includes nine wall - mounted works along with six drawings.