Sight
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2006 examples of Sight in a sentence
In the US, where the Federal Reserve is running a similarly loose monetary policy, the situation looks rosier – at least at first
sight.
Yet one of its main upshots is a surge in violence and terrorism, committed by both state and non-state actors – and there is no sign of de-escalation, much less reconciliation, in
sight.
China’s willingness to demonstrate its new might is not confined to land; on the contrary, China’s maritime ambitions have no end in
sight.
But like the
sight
lines in Versailles Hall of Mirrors, the image of a powerful German Chancellor is an illusion.
Now, with negotiations at an impasse, settlement building continuing unabated, no end in
sight
to the never-ending humiliation of occupation, and all other forms of leverage evidently exhausted, the Palestinians are going to the United Nations to seek recognition in some form of their statehood.
The workstation provides a multitude of data – including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a three-dimensional image of the surgical field, sonic information, and quantifiable haptic (or tactile) feedback from tool-tissue interaction – that enable the surgeon to experience the surgery through sight, sound, and touch.
The West needs to impose financial and energy sanctions to deter Russia in Ukraine; but it also must not lose
sight
of the need to work with Russia on other issues.
In the US, no such national measures are anywhere in
sight.
Dry ChinaANSHUN, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA -- The Huangguoshu Waterfall in China’s southwestern Guizhou Province is a magnificent sight, when there is water.
The Wrong German Foreign PolicyBERLIN – German chancellor Angela Merkel likes to navigate politically by line of
sight
– and a very short line of
sight
at that.
In the important work of adapting educational institutions for the future, we must not lose
sight
of their core mission as articulated in the past.
More than 50,000 South Africans – Afrikaners almost to a man, with hardly a black face in
sight
– were there to see their country play mine.
While reducing such capabilities might seem like an expedient way to cut costs, European governments must not lose
sight
of their long-term security priorities.
Europe’s African Growth EngineRIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – The eurozone crisis is taking a toll on its citizens: low growth, soaring unemployment, and tough austerity measures, with no relief in
sight.
It must not lose
sight
of that achievement.
Though the threat is substantial, it is not immediate, so governments continue to pursue other priorities, allowing the threat to grow, largely out of
sight.
By then, the technology’s advocates promise, biological sequestration will be joined by programs that capture emissions as they are released or pull them out of the air to be pumped into deep subterranean shafts – out of
sight
and out of mind.
Since 2000, the rate of people dying from AIDS has declined, child-killing diseases like malaria and measles are being tackled more effectively, universal primary education is inching forward, and the targets for safe drinking water are in
sight.
But, faced with a complex picture, states have tended to address the flow of migrants they deem undesirable by saying, in effect, “out of sight, out of mind.”
But at least closure seems in sight, unlike those messy legacies of European colonialism: Western Sahara, Cyprus, and Palestine.
When sailors cannot rely on maps or charts, they must navigate by sight, and that is precisely our situation today.
There were also moments of great concern about whether the allies would be willing to stay the course as the days, weeks, and months passed, with no end in
sight.
Second, in their efforts to combat the financial crisis, the major central banks have all brought down very short-term policy interest rates to close to zero, with no clear exit in
sight.
Indeed, the end of US involvement in the Balkans is in sight: to assure political support for dispatching one third of IFOR troops, President Clinton agreed to total withdrawal of the US contingent within twelve months, no matter what.
The difference is actually much smaller than often assumed, but at first
sight
a growth rate of 0.6 % qualifies as a lost decade.
We tend to think of diplomacy as something carried out in secret; sometimes, however, it is better to hide in plain
sight.
As a result, we risk losing
sight
of tackling the world’s most important problems first, as well as missing the best long-term approach to global warming.
This does not mean losing
sight
of the need to tackle climate change.
Towards a Green NanotechnologyThe advent of nanotechnology, the branch of engineering that seeks to build objects molecule by molecule – indeed, atom by atom – has evoked futuristic images of self-replicating “nanobots” that perform surgery, or that convert the planet into a mass of “grey goo” as they consume everything in
sight.
There is no end in
sight
to the Syrian nightmare, the respite in eastern Ukraine may be proving temporary, and in Sino-Japanese relations cool heads remain in short supply.
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