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185 examples of Variable in a sentence

So the recovery rate of all this stuff is going to be variable.
It takes some time to change for this, but on the axes, you can quite easily get any variable you would like to have.
This is only one variable.
Yet, one small variable between the two makes all the difference.
There are probably about three tics that she relies on consistently throughout her performances (most noticeably a pinched lip), but other than that, her performances are amazingly variable and original and fresh expressions of internal workings.
Though for most of us, sexiness is a variable quality, I cannot recall a movie that did for me what this one does.
I have seen most of Kitamura's output and have found it to be very variable.
The acting is variable, from the average Brian Krause to the excellent Alice Krige.
Notorious box-office flop wasn't so much panned as it was ignored, and one can see why: it's a series of sketches in search of a plot, and the performances, directorial touches and cinematography are all variable.
As they all try to clean the mess, Stepin works in the basement on various pipes and electrical outlets that mixes variable appliances' functions such a telephone that vacuums, a vacuum that rings, and a refrigerator that plays music!
Nicolas Roeg's projects are variable to say the least, but are never less than interesting.
His extra large eyes and wonderfully variable facial expressions are part of expertise in acting as different people in diverse films.
Applegate is almost decent, but the accent seems variable, and she doesn't transition us through her mood swings, which probably is more the fault of the director, editor, and writers than hers.
Acting is variable: Andy Garcia brings sincerity and dramatic weight to his portrayal, navigating the hokey cutaways to his suicide son during sessions with the current patient.
Ralph Bates plays an Italian businessman with a variable accent.Eileen Atkins plays a nun who makes satan sound like a French coastal resort.
The sets are cheap and few, the script darn near incoherent, the lighting and camera work fit for a bat's cave, and the acting wildly variable.
Dennis Smith's generic shivery'n'shuddery score, the headache-inducing blaring alternative soundtrack, the variable acting from an attractive, but charmless and unlikable cast, and one of those always unwelcome groan-worthy "it ain't over yet!" (non)endings all add further abject insult to already appalling injury.
Davis is watchable, although her performance is variable; Montgomery gets more annoying as things progress and is particularly done in by the strained plotline.
But the other material is of decidedly variable value.
To communicate their intentions simply and clearly, they may set an explicit target range in terms of a particular economic variable, or announce a forecast for the variable, or offer forward guidance by specifying a threshold value for it that must be met before changing interest rates.
But what should that one economic variable be?
When interest rates go up, these payments will (when the rate is variable) also go up, possibly becoming unsustainable.
Thus, the key variable for countries that had large current-account deficits, and thus are burdened today with high foreign-debt levels, is not the debt/GDP ratio, but the foreign debt/exports ratio (together with the growth prospects for exports).
I have also discussed the idea with industry experts, most of whom believe that one exists, but that it moves around a lot, because it is greatly influenced by the marginal cost of oil production – itself an unstable variable.
While commodity prices are always more variable than those for manufactured goods and services, commodity markets over the last five years have seen extraordinary, almost unprecedented, volatility.
Politicians and regulators are exploring a number of options, from higher tax rates, through fines for certain types of bonus arrangements, to variable capital requirements.
The high fixed and low variable costs of these technologies mean that once robots become more cost-effective than human labor, the trend will not reverse, especially given that automated assembly can be located close to markets, rather than where labor is cheapest.
After all, the EU’s future depends on its members’ policies, which, in turn, depend on their diverse and variable political situations.
For starters, the lag time between changes in the money supply and price movements is long, variable, and unpredictable.
Any policy that promotes growth or lowers inequality without negatively affecting the other variable can also be classified as a win-win.
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