Example sentences for: imprecision

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  • The degree of uncertainty in these estimates cannot be quantified because in most cases the source data do not provide it and there are reasons other than statistical imprecision that may also contribute.

  • The first and the last 15 nucleotides of the L1 itself are also included in the TSD search to allow for some L1 boundary imprecision.

  • Human beings are accustomed to a certain amount of imprecision in language: not only does each of use give a slightly different interpretation to the concepts represented by words like good, justice, and God, but our speech is peppered with expressions like I mean, Y' know , and I don't get you . But in the field of learning disabilities, itself a vague, catch-all term suggestive of many interpretations, the onomasiological problem reached such a state of confusion some years ago-- as described in Chapter Two of the subject book-- that in 1964 the U.S. government commissioned a task force devoted to the terminology alone.

  • This 3' sequence becomes transduced, along with the L1 sequence, to a new genomic locus; a hypothesized cause of the imprecision of the 3' end of the L1 transcript is the weak polyadenylation signal in the L1 element [ 28 ] . Clear indications of 3' transduction have been documented in cases where an L1 inserted into the dystrophin gene [ 29 ] , APC [ 30 ] and CYBB [ 31 ] . All these disease-producing L1 insertions, the boundaries of which were defined by flanking TSDs, contained novel sequences downstream of the L1 sequence itself.

  • As an instance of the gross imprecision of precedent the author cites a Kentucky case in which, despite the heavy-drinking insured's answer, “Never,’ to a question in a life insurance application as to the use of spirits, the court held the policy valid.


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