Sentences with phrase «vague way when»

That is obvious in a broad and vague way when we consider some of the various ways in which we speak of trying (and often failing) to understand: We speak of hoping to understand the instruction manual that accompanies a new word processor and of trying to understand a novel like James Joyce's Ulysses; though both are printed texts, what it is to understand one is quite different from what it is to understand the other.

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It's all well and good to tell people they are capable of accomplishing way more than they believe they are, but when the going gets tough, vague reassurances probably aren't going to count for much.

But, when we talk about America becoming great again — defined, in a vague way, by a greater degree of upward mobility — what decade most often gets referenced?

But this was a dim and vague affair, presumably taken to be a way in which the «spirit» breathed into human life when God shaped the «dust of the earth,» as the legend in Genesis tells the story, would never be utterly destroyed — after all, it had been breathed by God and hence must be indestructible even if largely irrelevant to whatever the future, beyond death, held for men and women.

5lndeed, I believe Whitehead had his own case in mind when he told Lucien Price that a man does not exhaust his creativity by continual expression but rather he «brings vague ideas into precision by putting them into speech or writing; and by expression he develops his ideas and finds his way to new ones» (DOW 264).

When details are vague, our minds may have ways of filling in the blanks with false ideas (However, the likelihood of constructing an entire memory of abuse ex nihilo is rather rare.

When Claypool sought an immediate vote as a way to «reform a corrupt system,» Stroger countered by raising vague allegations about when Claypool ran the Chicago Park District in the 19When Claypool sought an immediate vote as a way to «reform a corrupt system,» Stroger countered by raising vague allegations about when Claypool ran the Chicago Park District in the 19when Claypool ran the Chicago Park District in the 1990s.

The speeches of Romney and Obama mirrored each other in another way: they were both surprisingly vague when it came to specific policy proposals.

When writing your bio, it's important to remember to maintain a balance between sharing too much information about yourself and being way too vague.

When starting online dating business, most people do understand the concept of converting visitor numbers into cash, but some have only a vague comprehension of many possible ways to do so.

At times, the «you» seems removed, peering at his former self in a distant way, as when he recounts the hours immediately following his mother's death: «No tears, no howls of anguish, no grief — just a vague sense of horror growing inside you.»

However, as that disease progresses, decreases in albumin due to general health decline can bring A: G ratios closer to normal again (But the A: G ratio is still one of the few ways, baring multiple biopsies, for your vet to add to his / her suspicions that your cat is suffering from FIP when inflammatory fluids are accumulating in its body or when neurological signs point to that disease; it is not that helpful when the cat's symptoms are vague and might be due to a number of health issues [ref]-RRB-.

(The A: G ratio is still one of the few ways, baring multiple biopsies, for your vet to add to his / her suspicions that your cat is suffering from FIP when inflammatory fluids are accumulating in its body or when neurological signs point to that disease; it is not that helpful when the cat's symptoms are vague and might be due to a number of health issues [ref]-RRB-.

«Assassin's Creed: Comet» may still be on its way, but an Ubisoft representative gave us a vague answer when we asked about it.

When it comes to his education, he attended Nasson College in Maine, but he describes his school in a rather vague way as if it was without any real structure.

This extends to your job interview, too, by the way: When asked whether or not you're a good leader, or how you define effective management, don't answer in vague and unquantifiable statements.

The Competition Bureau only touches on the subject of professionalism when using words like «quality» in the vaguest way possible, as they don't elaborate whatsoever — the absence of elaboration being a symptom of the exercising of power, if not the outright abuse.