Refined Sentence Examples

My senses are more refined than yours.

He was a boy of a refined nature, a wide reader and an eager student.

This method is rarely practised except by the rollers of zinc. A certain amount of refined zinc can be dipped from the furnace; a further amount, nearly free from iron, can be liquated out of the ingots cast from the bottom of the bath in a subsequent slow remelting, and it is sometimes possible to eliminate a zinciferous lead which collects in the sump of the furnace.

The result of this would be seen in the motions of the planets around the sun; but the most refined observations show no such effect.

From the skill of Fra Giocondo, Verona was for many years one of the chief centres in which the most refined and graceful forms of the early Renaissance were developed.

Her language is graceful and natural, her sentiments are refined and sober; and, as Mr Aston well says, her story flows on easily from one scene of real life to another, giving us a varied and minutely detailed picture of life and society in KiOto, such as we possess for no other country at the same period.

Soluble impurities which are more electro-negative than the metal under treatment must, if present, be removed by a preliminary process, and the voltage and other conditions must be so selected that none of the more electro-positive metals are co-deposited with the metal to be refined.

The imperfections of the thermopile, with which he began his work, led him, about 1880, to the invention of the bolometer, an instrument of extraordinary delicacy, which in its most refined form is believed to be capable of detecting a change of temperature amounting to less than one-hundred-millionth of a degree Centigrade.

In addition, taking advantage of the accuracy with which the bolometer can determine the position of a source of heat by which it is affected, he mapped out in this infra-red spectrum over 700 dark lines or bands resembling the Fraunhofer lines of the visible spectrum, with a probable accuracy equal to that of refined astronomical observations.

There, also, is the refined and spirited figure of "Cimabue" in mosaic. In Lyndhurst church are mural decorations to the memory of Mr Pepys Cockerell, illustrating "The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins."

Of the three Tibullus (c. 541 9) is the most refined and tender.

Subsequent treatment with sulphuric acid renders the copper soluble in water as sulphate, and the final residue contains only gold and silver, which is parted or refined in the ordinary way.

Gold is left in the anode slime when copper or silver are refined by the usual processes, but if the gold preponderate in the anode these processes are inapplicable.

Among, the city's manufactures are refined oil, Portland cement, vitrified brick and tile, glass, asphalt, ice, cigars, drilling machinery, and flour.

The Letters are models of graceful thought and refined expression, each of them dealing with a single topic and generally ending with an epigrammatic point.

This method has been refined by many experimenters, among whom we may notice Morley and Lord Rayleigh.

Heliometer observations of distance in their most refined sense cannot be considered absolute measures of angles.

Thus, for refined purposes, it cannot be assumed with any certainty that the instantaneous scale-value of the heliometer is known, or that it is a function of the temperature.

By the adoption of more refined methods of construction, especially in the shape of the intake and discharge passages for the air and the forms of the fan blades, the efficiency of the ventilating fan has been greatly increased so that the dimensions can be much reduced and a higher rate of speed adopted.

As early as the 28th of May 1403, it is true, there had been held a university disputation about the new doctrines of Wycliffe, which had resulted in the condemnation of certain propositions presumed to be his; five years later (May 20, 1408) this decision had been refined into a declaration that these, forty-five in number, were not to be taught in any heretical, erroneous or offensive sense.

He was exceptionally well read, with a refined taste for books and art, and purchased the famous Thomason Tracts now in the British Museum.

In 1905 the value of petroleum refined in Los Angeles was $461,281.

No more striking contrast can be found between forlorn conditions and refined art products.

Gold and silver are delivered in a refined state suitable for immediate conversion into coin.

In European mints generally little difficulty is experienced in procuring refined gold and silver for coinage.

The refining of sugar was begun in New York City late in the 18th century, but the growth of the industry to its present magnitude has been comparatively recent; the value of the sugar and molasses refined in 1905 was $116,438,838.

In all these works the imperfection of his musical education is painfully apparent, and his compositions betray an equal lack of knowledge, though his refined taste is as clearly displayed there as is his literary power in the Letters and Dictionary.

Though very unequal, and exceedingly simple both in style and construction, it contains some charming melodies, and is written throughout in the most refined taste.

The refined system of astrological prediction based upon the solar zodiac was invented in Chaldaea, obtained a second home and added elaborations in Egypt, and spread irresistibly westward about the beginning of the Christian era.

In contradistinction to all these somewhat refined meanings, the term "Protestant" is in common parlance applied to all Christians who do not belong to the Roman Catholic Church, or to one or other of the ancient Churches of the East.

At the same time the differential duty on refined sugar, which operated as protection to the sugar trust, was not abolished, as the ardent tariff reformers had proposed, but kept in substance not greatly changed.

The very sincerity of her piety and strength of her religious convictions led her more than once, however, into great errors of state policy, and into more than one act which offends the moral sense of a more refined age; her efforts for the introduction of the Inquisition into Castile, and for the proscription of the Jews, are outstanding evidences of what can only be called her bigotry.

Crude potash is used for the manufacture of glass, and, after being causticized, for the making of soft soap. For many other purposes it must be refined, which is done by treating the crude product with the minimum of cold water required to dissolve the carbonate, removing the undissolved part (which consists chiefly of sulphate), and evaporating the clear liquor to dryness in an iron pan.

Hence the existing religions, after being refined and spiritualized, were made the basis of philosophy.

Mining taxes, which are subject to periodic changes, consist of an initial or registry tax on the claim (pertenencia), an annual or rental tax on each claim, and a tax of 32% (1905) on the export of unrefined gold and silver, 21% on partially refined ores, and 12% on pure silver.

Since 1825 the total product of lead refined from domestic ores and domestic base bullion was, up to the close of 1908, 7,091,548 short tons.

The total refined domestic product in 1907 was 337,340, and the total domestic lead smelted was 365,166 tons.

Considerable quantities of foreign ores and base bullion are also refined in the United States.

It resembles the sperm-whale in possessing a large store of oil in the upper part of the head, which yields spermaceti when refined; on this account, and also for the sake of the blubber, which supplies an oil almost indistinguishable from sperm-oil, this whale became the object of a regular chase in the latter half of the 19th century.

The influence of Edmond de Pressense, a pastor and large-minded theologian, and of Madame de Pressense, a woman of superior intellect and refined feeling, who devoted her life to educational works and charity, made a great impression on him.

The classics had not refined his taste, for he was amused by setting the wandering scholars, who swarmed to his court, to abuse one another in the indescribably filthy Latin scolding matches which were then the fashion.

There are reduction works of the old-fashioned type and some manufactures, including cotton and woollen goods, pottery, refined sugar and leather.

A far less imposing figure than his father, the elegant and refined Sigismund II.

Rio de Janeiro has manufactures of flour from imported wheat, cotton, woollen and silk textiles, boots and shoes, readymade clothing, furniture, vehicles, cigars and cigarettes, chocolate, fruit conserves, refined sugar, biscuits, macaroni, ice, beer, artificial liquors, mineral waters, soap, stearine candles, perfumery, feather flowers, printing type, &c. There are numerous machine o nd repair shops, the most important of which are the shops of the Central railway.

The refined magnificence of Guidubaldo's court is eloquently described by Baldassare Castiglione in his Cortegiano.

What remain of these effusions have no special quality except good sense, refined feeling, accuracy of phrase, and a curious correctness of accent and rhythm.

The Stones of Venice was illustrated with engravings by some of the most refined artists of his time.

Indolence was supposed to be the keynote of his character - a refined indolence, not, however, without cleverness of a somewhat cynical and superior order.

Within its limits, in 1905, all the sugar and molasses were manufactured and much of the petroleum was refined, nearly all of the iron and steel ships and steam locomotives were built, and 93% of the carpets and rugs were made, and the total value of the manufactures of this city in that year was nearly one-third of that for the entire state.

Subsequently, towards the close of the 15th century, the refined court of Lodovico Sforza attracted such celebrated men as Bramante, the architect, Gauffino Franchino, the founder of one of the earliest musical academies, and Leonardo da Vinci, from whose school came Luini, Boltraffio, Gaudenzio Ferrari, Marco d'Oggiono, &c. Later, Pellegrino Tibaldi and Galeazzo Alessi of Genoa (the former a man of very wide activity) were the chief architects, and Leone Leoni of Arezzo the chief sculptor.

The crude oil is conveyed in pipes to Aru Bay, on the east coast, and refined in the island of Sembilan.

Hence steel which has been heated very highly, whether for welding, or for greatly softening it so that it can be rolled to the desired shape with but little expenditure of power, ought later to be refined, either by reheating it from below Are to slightly above Ac 3 or by rolling it after it has cooled to a relatively low temperature, i.e.

The coke thus at once supplies by its combustion the heat needed for melting the iron and keeping it hot, and by itself dissolving in the molten metal returns carbon to it as fast as this element is burnt out by the blast, so that the " refined " cast iron which results, though still rich in carbon and therefore easy to melt in the puddling process, has relatively little silicon.

It was the first attempt at a comprehensive treatment of historic facts, the first to introduce the social and literary aspects of a nation's life as only second in importance to its political fortunes, and the first historical writing in an animated yet refined and polished style.2 While the History was in process of publication, Hume did not entirely neglect his other lines of activity.

Indeed it has been fairly observed that Hume retains an attitude of refined mercantilism.

Refined by the ordinary processes '(see OILs), the oil assumes a clear golden yellow colour.

Saltpetre is largely refined in Tirhoot, Saran and Champaran, and is exported both by rail and river to Calcutta.

The number of factories was, in 1905, 376, and the amount of raw sugar and molasses produced amounted to 2,643,531 metric tons, and of refined sugar 1,711,063 tons.

She had been educated at Ackworth school, and was a woman of great strength of character and refined taste.

An effort was made by many to establish a more refined pronunciation for the Koran than was usual in common life or in secular literature.

In the close of the Ilird Dynasty a great impetus was given to stone-work, and the grandest period of refined masonry is at the beginning of the IVth Dynasty under Cheops.

There had been no one at Nuremberg skilled enough in the art of metal-engraving to teach it him to much purpose, and it had at one time been his father's intention to apprentice him to Martin Schongauer of Colmar, the most refined and accomplished German painter-engraver of his time.

Besides having a considerable share in the commerce of the port of New York, Bayonne is an important manufacturing centre; among its manufactures are refined petroleum, refined copper and nickel (not from the ore), refined borax, foundry and machine-shop products, tubular boilers, electric launches and electric motors, chemicals (including ammonia and sulphuric and nitric acids), iron and brass products, wire cables and silk goods.

Frau von Stein was a woman of refined literary taste and culture, seven years older than he and the mother of seven children.

Clement's was a deeply religious and poetical nature, animated by a lofty and refined spirit.

For delicate and spirited execution, together with refined gracefulness of design, it is unsurpassed by any similar work of art.

The robust, florid and distinctly Roman rendering of the classic, which followed the refined and attenuated treatment associated with the architecture of the brothers Adam, who died in 1792 and 1794, is the last development in England which can be regarded as a national style.

It should be noted that this " recovered sulphur," which is equal in purity to the " refined brimstone " of commerce, has a far higher value than the sulphur contained in the originally employed pyrites, so that the recovery is a paying process, in spite of the somewhat considerable cost of the plant and of the working operations.

Indeed, in its practical form the principle of the instrument has remained unchanged from the time of the Dollonds to the present day; and the history of its development may be summed up as consisting not in new optical discoveries but in utilizing new appliances for figuring and polishing, improved material for specula and lenses, more refined means of testing, and more perfect and convenient methods of mounting.

The article Transit Circle describes one form of mounting in which the telescope is simply a refined substitute for the sights or pinules of the old astronomers.

The cheek-bones are high; the nose inclined to flatness; the mouth thin-lipped and refined among patricians, and wide and full-lipped among plebeians; the ears are small, and the brow fairly well developed.

But this suspension of judgment is a highly refined act, unfitted to the beginning of thought.

We cannot take first principles " as the bare precipitate of a progressively refined analysis " 3 nor on the other as constitutive a.

South Bethlehem is the see of a Protestant Episcopal bishop. The Bethlehem Steel Company manufactures here iron and steel, including Bessemer steels, armour plate, steel rails, government ordnance, drop forgings, iron and steel castings, stationary engines, gas engines, hydraulic pumps, projectiles, steel shaft and pig iron; zinc is smelted and refined; and there are large hosiery and knitting mills, and silk mills and cigar factories.

Brooklyn's largest manufacturing industry is the refining of sugar, about one-half of the sugar consumed in the United States being refined here; in 1900 the product of the sugar and molasses refining establishments was valued at $77,942,997.

But between these lays and Homer we must place the cultivation of epic poetry as an art.2 The pre-Homeric lays doubtless furnished the elements of such a poetry - the alphabet, so to speak, of the art; but they must have been refined and transmuted before they formed poems like the Iliad and Odyssey.

That this is the case at Chidambaram is known to every Hindu, for if he ever asks the priests to show him the God in the temple he is pointed to an empty space in the holy of holies, which has been termed the Akasa, or ether-linga."But, however congenial this refined symbolism may be to the worshipper of a speculative turn of mind, it is difficult to see how it could ever satisfy the religious wants of the common man little given to abstract conceptions of this kind.

For the preparation of " artist's oil," the finest form of linseed oil, the refined oil is placed in shallow trays covered with glass, and exposed to the action of the sun's rays.

To be a gentleman in Italy meant at this epoch to be a man acquainted with the rudiments at least of scholarship, refined in diction, capable of corresponding or of speaking in choice phrases, open to the beauty of the arts, intelligently interested in archaeology, taking for his models of conduct the great men of antiquity rather than the saints of the church.

It is mostly refined at Florence, the centre of the older field.

As the slightest scratch upon the metal received the niello, and became a distinct black line, ornament of the most minute and refined description could easily be produced.

Mark's, Venice, 10th century, owes much of its refined beauty to niello patterns in the borders.

For, if the ultimate ground, of obligation lay in a refined sensitiveness to differences between right and wrong, what should be said to a man who might affirm that, just as he had no ear for music, he was insensitive to ethical differences commonly recognized ?

They can take food, though the crudest form of this belief soon passes into the more refined notion that they consume the impalpable essence of the meals provided for them.

This product is re-smelted to form " coarse-copper," containing about 95% of the metal, which is then refined.

A shorter process (the so-called " direct process ") converts the fine-metal into refined copper directly.

The metal is so pure that it can be refined by a continuous operation in the same furnace.

If it contains more than 55% of copper it is directly refined, while if it contains a lower percentage it is smelted with matte or calcined copper pyrites.

To-day, by reason of other uses to which electricity is applied, electrically deposited copper of high conductivity is in everincreasing demand, and commands a higher price than copper refined by fusion.

In the huge Anaconda plant, for example, in which 150 tons of refined copper can be produced daily by the Thofehrn multiple system (not the jet system alluded to above), there are 600 tanks about 84 ft.

In time the original impure copper of the plates becomes replaced by refined copper, but if the plates are initially very impure and dissolve irregularly, it may happen that much residual scrap may have to be remelted, or that some of the metal may be twice refined, thus involving a waste of energy.

In practice the expenditure is somewhat greater than this; in large works the gross horse-power required for the refining itself and for power and lighting in the factory may not exceed 0.19 to 0.2 (or in smaller works 0.25) horse-power hours per pound of copper refined.

About 7 o% of the world's annual copper output is refined electrolytically, and from the 461,583 tons refined in the United States in 1907, there were recovered 13,995,436 oz.

The style, that of the Italian Renaissance, is noble and refined, the royal apartments rich in treasures of art.

Helmholtz was a man of simple but refined tastes, of noble carriage and somewhat austere manner.

No idle gratification of curiosity, as Aristotle fabled of his life intellectual (which would be but a disguise for refined pleasure), no theory divorced from practice, no phy pursuit of science for its own sake, but knowledge so far forth as it can be realized in virtuous action, the learning of virtue by exercise and effort and training.

In 1906 between 57,000,000 and 64,000,000 lb of beet sugar were refined in the state.

Almost all their historical and theological works were written in the national language, which through their influence became far more refined and polished.

The "syrup" employed for medicinal purposes consists of a concentrated or saturated solution of refined sugar in distilled water.

The simple "syrup" of the British Pharmacopoeia is prepared by adding 1000 grams (or 5 lb) of refined sugar to 500 cubic centimetres (or two pints) of boiling distilled water, heating until it is dissolved and subsequently adding boiling distilled water until the weight of the whole is 1500 grams (or 71 lb).

Flavoured syrups are made by adding flavouring matter to a simple syrup. For instance, syrupus aromaticus is prepared by adding certain quantities of orange and cinnamon water to simple syrup. Similarly, medicated syrups are prepared by adding medicaments to, or dissolving them in, the simple syrup. Golden syrup is the uncrystallizable fluid drained off in the process of obtaining refined crystallized sugar.

The general taste having been considerably refined since, Rabelais has in parts become nearly unreadable - the worst and most appropriate punishment for his faults.

The Roman governor is confounded by his insensibility to the most refined and ingenious tortures.

The precipitated silver (copper) sulphide is filtered, dried, and usually shipped to silver-lead works to be refined; sometimes it is converted into metallic silver at the works.

The brine is pumped into conduits, carried to large ponds and there evaporated by the sun; during late years the salt has been refined here, being purified of the sulphates and magnesium compounds which formerly rendered it efflorescent and of a low commercial grade.

The fuel used was refined gasoline, and the extreme end of the tail of the fish was utilized for a storage tank with a capacity of one quart.

In 1853 a sugar factory bought in England was erected at Provo, but no sugar was manufactured there, and none was successfully refined until 1889.

The oil contained in cells in this cavity, when refined, yields spermaceti, and the thick covering of blubber, which everywhere envelopes the body, produces the valuable sperm-oil of commerce.

In age he retained most of these characteristics, refined by a serene expression of peace after contest.

He was indifferent to luxury, and sought to make life, not commodious nor soft, but high and dignified in a refined way.

Sagas exist showing all these phases, some primitive and rough, some refined and beautified, some diluted and weakened, according as their copyists have been faithful, artistic or foolish; for the first generation of MSS.

In the course of ages, Babylonian astronomy, purified from the astrological taint, adapted itself to meet the most refined needs of civil life.

He was a delicate child, in direct contrast to a strong race of forebears, and inherited from his mother a refined, retiring disposition and a love for books.

Here, too, are a plant (covering more than Boo acres) of the Standard Oil Company and a large establishment for the manufacture of the "Singer" sewing machine - according to the U.S. census the largest manufactory of sewing machines in the world - employing more than 6000 workmen in 1905; among the other manufactures of Elizabeth are foundry and machine shop products (value in 1905, $3,887,139), wire, oil (value in 1905, $2,387,656), refined and smelted copper, the output of railway repair shops, edge tools and lager beer.

The public buildings of the Irish capital have great architectural merit, and private houses still preserve much evidence of a refined taste.

The question is rather that of the infinity of forms that matter may assume, including that most attenuated form found in the nebulae, which seem to be composed of matter more refined than even the atoms supposed to make up the matter around us.

This may be taken either in a refined sense, as if Aditi were the " infinite " region from which the solar deities rise,' or we may hold with the Taittirya-Brahmana' that Aditi was a female who, being desirous of offspring, cooked a brahmandana offering for the Sadhyas.

It is obtained commercially by roasting arsenical pyrites in either a Brunton's or Oxland's rotatory calciner, the crude product being collected in suitable condensing chambers, and afterwards refined by resublimation, usually in reverberatory furnaces, the foreign matter being deposited in a long flue leading to the condensing chambers.

To these and a hundred other questions the national and tribal stories - of which no doubt only a few have survived, and of which other forms, earlier or later, more crude or more refined, were doubtless current - furnish an evidently adequate answer.

The agreeable versidecadence fication of an amateur like Ausonius, the refined of GauL panegyrics of a Eumenius, disguising nullity of thought beneath elegance of form, already foretold the perilous sterility of scholasticism.

After the peace of Aix-laners and Chapelle, France had been flooded from all quarters customs, of the civilized world, but especially from England, by a concourse of refined and cultured men well acquainted with her usages and her universal language, whom she had received sympathetically.

The total value of its factory product in 1905 was $5,976,905 (62.4% more than in 1900), of which $3,038,894 was the value of refined oil and $1,220,165 the value of foundry and machine-shop products.

Both were idealists, and their works suffer from a similar lack of arrangement, although distinguished by elegance of form and refined sentiment.

Examining the light reflected from the windows of the Luxemburg palace with a doubly refracting prism, he was led to infer (though more refined experiments have shown that this is not strictly the case) that light reflected at a certain angle, called the polarizing angle, from the surface of transparent substances has the same properties with respect to the plane of incidence as those of the ordinary stream in Iceland spar with respect to the principal plane of the crystal.

He drew around him many young men of a refined and thoughtful turn of mind, but among all his pupils the most interesting was a young lady of noble family.

In the mixture of unsaturated fatty acids, by means of some more refined methods, clupanodonic acid, linolenic acid, linolic acid and oleic acid can be recognized.

Fould, besides uncommon financial abilities, had a taste for the fine arts, which he developed and refined during his youth by visiting Italy and the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean.

In the simplest cases the functions of two or more of these parts may be combined into one, as in the smith's forge, where the fire-place and heating chamber are united, the iron being placed among the coals, only the air for burning being supplied under pressure from a blowing engine by a second special contrivance, the tuyere, tuiron, twyer or blast-pipe; but in the more refined modern furnaces, where great economy of fuel is an object, the different functions are distributed over separate and distinct apparatus, the fuel being converted into gas in one, dried in another, and heated in a third, before arriving at the point of combustion in the working chamber of the furnace proper.

And finally, the large canister air chamber offers the perfect spring rate compliment to Fox's refined damping performance and adjustability.

These acids can be further refined to make fatty alcohols, metallic soaps, fatty amines, fatty acid esters and fatty amides.

The new King's coarse and often vulgar sense of humor caused much astonishment at the refined English court.

The point to note is that the low angle peak asymmetry is automatically refined without the need for separate parameters.

The styles exemplify refined elegance and feature fine fabrics and hand beading.

We were enchanted by this refined pair of open bookcases in the drawing room at Erddig.

Borax supplies nearly half the world's demand for refined borates and serves customers in nearly 100 countries.

In particular, French exports damaged the British sugar trade as refined sugar from France received a bounty.

Have veggies sliced and ready in the fridge and reach for those instead of refined carbs for a healthy snack.

Too many refined carbohydrates means your pancreas has to produce excess insulin, causing your blood glucose levels to crash.

The CHARDONNAY offers refined citrus, peach and pineapple flavors with a gentle creamy, toasty oak finish.

The skin is left feeling smooth, refined and deeply cleansed.

In 2001, Bernd further refined the JIT compiler for inclusion in Amithlon.

Recent technological advances have refined the ability of pacemakers to mimic physiological cardiac conduction.

Having been extensively studied and refined over the years, there are few situations where a spinal is absolutely contraindicated.

Early on he said that cowardice is the biggest threat to the world today, but pressed on this he refined his point somewhat.

Fluoridation does not address the real causes of tooth decay - poor dental hygiene and excessive refined sugar consumption.

It is also discourteous toward those philosophers whose thinking one can, without refined knowledge of linguistic nuances, only pretend to study.

The policy of enclosing stops voiced in such a refined manner on so low a wind pressure is somewhat doubtful.

Your skin is velvet, hydrated, left with a natural refined elegance.

This allows some experimentation without losing previously refined values.

The turbot is a large flatfish which is prized for its firm white flesh and subtle, refined flavor.

Restaurants From fast food chains to more refined eateries you'll find them here.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily Meaning Usually misquoted as ' to gild refined gold, to paint the lily Meaning Usually misquoted as ' to gild the lily ' .

This is an essential characteristics of many Japanese traditional handiwork and artiste, whose techniques are refined by means of repetition of simple things.

More refined surface hardening can be achieved with lasers or electron beams.

Abernant was chosen as the site for a forge and mills where the pig iron produced at Abernant and Llwydcoed could be refined.

Why is glucose syrup refined to remove the enzyme, glucose isomerase?

In the second study the effect of Medilan Ultraâ¢, Super Refined ultra-pure medical grade lanolin, was evaluated on superficial wounds.

The most richly melodic, timeless and refined music that jazz has produced.

The idea is refined into a small working study of how I see the finished painting to be.

A good oil engine should not require to use more than a pint of refined petroleum per indicated horse-power working for one hour.

It adopts a collaborative approach to learning, refined using feedback from extensive piloting during the development period.

What really makes money is the refined cocoa powder.

It features racer back satin straps that lead to a refined embroidery inset at the back.

This stage of jhånacitta is more refined than the third stage of jhånacitta which is still accompanied by rapture.

Using self-cultivation we ultimately reap the harvest of a well refined character.

Adaptive meshing automatically refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refined.

A background function should be included in the model, and its parameters refined.

Enterprise goals or Service Level Agreements can be considered as high-level abstract policies which must be progressively refined into implementable policies.

Since the more effort placed in these endless observations continually refined those valuable timings.

Curricula are continuously refined to keep ahead of educational developments.

Pieces are gradually refined, working with the arrangement until the desired feeling is created.

Displays are continually improving, making text material more refined and easier to read and allowing better graphic and image presentation.

Sports Nutritional Supplements are simply highly refined food derived from natural sources.

You will be able to create very refined searches.

But the margins have become so refined by the sheer technical development of the cars that the opportunities have accordingly been reduced.

And increasingly refined, Web-based tracking, tracing, scheduling and telematics will help operators handle home deliveries more cost-effectively.

The system allows quite refined adjustment of lighting levels for large numbers of dimmers to be achieved rapidly and intuitively.

They became more refined, without trying to, by the way.

Our methodology offers not only refined dating techniques for these major Geological events, but also measures the minimum magnitude of these human disasters.

Pig iron is refined in a converter and then poured into molten iron silicate slag.

The fabric choices for shades are much more decorative and refined, such as Shantung silks and crinkled, oiled papers.

But how does the silver smith know when the silver is fully refined?

Humans are clearly not adapted to consume refined sugars.

A self made man, refined in manners the Imam has always stressed the performance of religious duties and observance of the Islamic tenets.

When refining TLS parameters there is a list of the refined TLS groups with the derived anisotropic tensor for each atom in the group.

This form of skeleton toboggan with metal runners was further refined by Mr Arden Bott in 1902, who added the sliding seat.

I am analyzing synchrotron X-ray diffraction patterns and to work out the diffractometer constants I refined a silicon pattern.

But for refined work this would imply the investigation of too many divisions of the scale; it is therefore more usual to divide the scale into single millimetres or half-millimetres and to provide a micrometer which subdivides the millimetre into 1000 or, by estimation, into Io,000 parts.

The forms of measuring machines of type C, often seen in physical laboratories, should be at once rejected for refined measurements, because it is impossible to construct slides of such perfection that the axis of the microscope will remain absolutely normal to the surface of the plate (assumed to be a plane) throughout the range of measurement.

Its history is not so much that of a single evolving doctrine, but and ignorance," and as " an authoritative imposture."' Later ethical empiricism is more refined.

There seems moreover to have been a sort of rivalry between mother and daughter for the chief place in Necker's affections, and it is not probable that the daughter's love for her mother was increased by the consciousness of her own inferiority in personal charms. Mme Necker was of a most refined though somewhat lackadaisical style of beauty, while her daughter was a plain child and a plainer woman, whose sole attractions were large and striking eyes and a buxom.

The verse is exquisitely harmonious, the sentiments conventional but refined and delicate, the imagery well chosen and gracefully expressed.

From these and other considerations it is obvious that (I) the electrolyte must be such as will freely dissolve the metal to be refined; (2) the electrolyte must be able to dissolve the major portion of the anode, otherwise the mass of insoluble matter on the outer layer will prevent access of electrolyte to the core, which will thus escape refining; (3) the electrolyte should, if possible, be incapable of dissolving metals more electro-negative than that to be refined; (4) the proportion of soluble electro-positive impurities must not be excessive, or these substances will accumulate too rapidly in the solution and necessitate its frequent purification; (5) the current density must be so adjusted to the strength of the solution and to other conditions that no relatively electro-positive metal is deposited, and that the cathode deposit is physically suitable for subsequent treatment; (6) the current density should be as high as is consistent with the production of a pure and sound deposit, without undue expense of voltage, so that the operation may be rapid and the "turnover" large; (7) the electrolyte should be as good a conductor of electricity as possible, and should not, ordinarily, be altered chemically by exposure to air; and (8) the use of porous partitions should be avoided, as they increase the resistance and usually require frequent renewal.

On the other hand, in the United States mints, the use of very carefully refined metal has made it possible to discontinue the annealing of partly rolled bars.

In spite of the fact that in a few of its later representatives Gnosticism assumed a more refined and spiritual aspect, and even produced blossoms of a true and beautiful piety, it is fundamentally and essentially an unstable religious syncretism, a religion in which the determining forces were a fantastic oriental imagination and a sacramentalism which degenerated into the wildest superstitions, a weak dualism fluctuating unsteadily between asceticism and libertinism.

Apart from a number of anecdotes distinguished rather for sarcastic humour than for probability, Lacydes exists for us as a man of refined character, a hard worker and an accomplished orator.

The animal vigour and carnal enjoyment of Rubens, the refined Italianizing beauty of Vandyck, the mystery of light and gloom on Rembrandt's panels, the love of nature in Ruysdael, Cuyp and Van Hooghe, with their luminously misty skies, silvery daylight and broad expanse of landscape, the interest in common life displayed by Ter Borch, Van Steen, Douw, Ostade and Teniers, the instinct for the beauty of animals in Potter, the vast sea spaces of Vanderveldt, the grasp on reality, the acute intuition into character in portraits, the scientific study of the world and man, the robust sympathy with natural appetites, which distinguish the whole art of the Low Countries, are a direct emanation from the Renaissance.

His coarseness, moreover, disgusting as it is, has nothing of the corruption of refined voluptuousness about it, and nothing of the sniggering indecency which disgraces men like Pope, like Voltaire, and like Sterne.

Refined sperm-oil is a most valuable lubricant for small and delicate machinery (see Oils).

He points to the fact that the imminence of death often intensifies instead of diminishing a man's desire for the welfare of those he loves, as a crucial experiment proving the disinterestedness of love; adding, as confirmatory evidence, that the sympathy and admiration commonly felt for self-sacrifice depends on the belief that it is something different from refined self-seeking.

Poisson's application to them in 1809 of Lagrange's theory of the variation of constants; Philippe de Pontecoulant successfully used in 1829, for the prediction of the impending return of Halley's comet, a system of " mechanical quadratures " published by Lagrange in the Berlin Memoirs for 1778; and in his Theorie analytique du systeme du monde (1846) he modified and refined general theories of the lunar and planetary revolutions.

These grammarians carefully distinguish the vulgar speech, or pla Catald, from the refined Irobar idiom, which originally is a modified form of Provenal.

Early religion, among its many objects of worship, includes beasts (see Animal-Worship), considered, in the more refined theology of the later Greeks and Romans, as metamorphoses of the great gods.

Surprisingly for such a big ride it 's very refined too and purrs like a kitten when cruising along.

This crude pyroligneous acid is then refined by fractional distillation to yield a food grade version that is suitable for use in health products.

Adaptive meshing automatically refines meshes in high stress areas without the rest of the mesh having to be refined.

Some use highly refined encryption techniques, which means they cannot be overheard.

These initial lists of types were then refined on the basis of new dedicated field surveys, data analyzes and field trials.

The most valuable gold has to be refined by fire - to get rid of its impurities.

If the structure was refined anisotropically, the orientations and the magnitudes of vibrational ellipsoids should be displayed.

The flowgraph can be refined to reflect these three regions of code, producing the following flowgraph.

The VRQ has been reviewed and refined to ensure that it reflects the new nutritional standards.

Its germ is rich in oil, and can be refined to produce corn oil.

Any activity can then be refined in light of the publication of the final version in November.

Like refined sugar, alcohol provides " empty calories ".

You steer clear of sugar, refined carbs, chips, mashed potatoes, alcohol and so on.

There are those of somewhat more refined sensibilities who wish to combine a better class of fare with a different brew.

There is a traditional Japanese style garden and refined Japanese cuisine will be served in each room.

During the year, CAT has refined its proprietary ribosome display system.

Her masterful command of precious metals is reflected in a refined sensuality of form.

The fabric choices for shades are much more decorative and refined, such as shantung silks and crinkled, oiled papers.

Power delivery is smooth and accessible, the interior is refined and comfortable and the ride is supple enough to soak up most bumps.

Vishneva, a refined actress, was splendid in the title role, and convincingly portrayed Manon from her innocence to her final downfall.

It 's enjoyably car-like and almost sporty to drive, as well being quiet and refined.

Give your bees a boost with what they no longer find in nature or in refined sugar syrups.

I am analyzing synchrotron x-ray diffraction patterns and to work out the diffractometer constants I refined a silicon pattern.

The Roman invasion further refined the tenets of the faith.

So he returned to Hungary with the Curwen books and over the next decade revised and refined tonic sol-fa.

They tout the fact that no refined sugars, unnecessary salt, or harsh spices are found in their foods.

By 1997, every food was free of added refined sugars and chemically modified starches.

The company also designs foods that fulfill its "No Junk Promise" by eliminating excessive sodium, unnecessary refined sugars, and high fructose corn syrup.

The final look of the invitation or greeting card will depend on the color scheme utilized, any text added (and the font used), and how busy or refined the look of the card is.

Whether you opt for whimsical or refined, the card is sure to strike a chord with the person who receives it.

Portfolios allow you to carry, store and display your artworks in a refined manner.

You have a much larger selection than brick-and-mortar stores, so getting the right crossword dictionary is more refined.

The Refined Feline offers some truly unique and beautiful furniture pieces that will make your kitty feel she is part of interior decorating's haute couture.

Slightly sweet, slightly bitter and without some of the more common ingredients found in vodka martinis of a lesser quality, this perfect vodka martini will appeal to your more refined sensibilities.

Since strawberry syrup, frozen strawberries and even fresh strawberries contain a measure of sugar, very little refined sugar is needed in your recipe.

Rustic outdoor dining tables may run the gamut from rugged to refined, all depending on the tastes of the individual.

Whether you love the really rugged look of rough rustic or the more refined style generally called rustic elegance, log furnishings convey feelings of country charm, warmth and ambiance.

A country living room that has cottage style furniture would also incorporate a lot of wood furniture, however, the wood would have more of a refined finish.

Most types of paper can be recycled, and recycling technology has been refined in recent years so that mixed paper and staples do not present as much of a challenge.

There are several sources for oil including shale, tar sands and the liquid petroleum that is refined into several types of fuel.

Once refined into a liquid, natural gas is the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels, but resources are more limited.

A refined European influence can also be felt in the region due to a sizeable number of immigrants from countries like Switzerland and Norway.

This wooden bed frame might be made from rustic logs or refined, polished timbers.

The colors are muted and cozy, emphasizing in a classic and refined elegance.

Regardless of what decorating style you use, a bedroom should look comfortable and simple, refined and exquisite.

Look for subtle touches, like covered buttons on pillows, refined fabrics, one-of-a-kind upholstered antiques re-covered in a modern fabric.

A loom wicker is spun in tight strands to give it a more refined appearance.

Even a small number will add a touch of refined elegance and sophistication to your living space.

For instance, in the summer, bowls filled with limes, apples and green grapes plus small glasses filled with short ferns create a classic white and green theme that is unfussy but refined.

Handcrafting makeup is a very laborious process, that involves the knowledge of mixing oils, vitamins and minerals to create a refined product.

Lightly scented as Daltroff's favorite flower, Rose is refined like all of Caron's powders.

And with the thinly refined components of the powder, you can achieve this persona without weighing down your skin and clogging your pores.

It suggests femininity, but in a more refined, elegant manner than a salacious red or a girlish pink.

The minerals are refined to a dust-like substance, and the products contain broad spectrum sun protection and are free of irritants like dye, oil, talc, alcohol and perfume.

Sized just right for holding a modest selection of beauty products and accessories, these tables are as functional as they are refined.

Perfect for someone who wants something unfussy and understated; this set still manages to come across as refined and attractive.

There are many different ways to apply eye shadow, so again, experiment to see what looks best with your dress and gives you the refined air you are trying for.

Further lessons and refined instruction can be purchased from the company and are shipped via CD.

If you are interested in using a natural option in place of white refined sugar, you may want to consider honey, agave syrup, or fructose as viable options.

Reduce your intake of refined sugar and caffeine.

Both proteins are refined, dried, and used in various baked goods and products.

When you eat a diet comprised of processed foods, refined flours, high sugar items, and low fiber elements, you encourage a shift in your body's pH.

The liquor is mixed with cocoa butter, sugar, and other ingredients, and the resulting blend is refined and becomes chocolate.

If you're planning a beach wedding, the latter style is perfect - but if your tastes happen to run the more refined route, you'll still find options galore.

Heart shaped cakes distinguish themselves from traditional round cakes with their striking appearance, but they can be every bit as elegant and refined.

With a multi-level design and traditional white frosting, a castle cake will look every bit as refined as a more conventional round cake.

Pale orange looks best with very refined decorations, like pearl accents or white fondant flowers.

One is that it has a very simple and refined understated elegance.

Jacket dresses are versatile, classy and give even tiny tots a refined look.

Crew and Ralph Lauren often offer these refined looks in toddlers' jackets.

Boys' sweater vests represent one of the most classic and refined looks for young males.

Unlike many mainstream cruise lines, Celebrity Cruises offers a more refined experience that still incorporates dozens of activities and amenities for a spectacular vacation experience.

While Celebrity prides itself on being a bit more refined and less rambunctious than other mainstream lines, there is no lack of onboard activities.

There are few organized activities aboard these vessels because they cater to a more refined, experienced crowd.

Uniworld European river cruises are extremely popular among passengers with refined tastes.

Nowadays, due to so many advancements made in the field of pet nutrition, Purina has refined its formulas to meet the specific needs of dogs at any age or activity level.

This division of the dog food giant offers two main formulas that are each further refined to meet the different nutritional needs of dogs at every stage of development.

Dogs with a sweet tooth will enjoy these mildly sweet biscuits made with natural honey, which is a healthier choice than using refined sugar.

The original connotations of these terms persist-nakedness tends to suggest a raw, natural state, while nudity suggests a state of undress refined by culture into an aesthetic state.

Europe, such as the Lescovez Quince (from the town of that name, where it has grown for generations), an apple-shaped fruit of immense size and refined flavor, said to be the best of all for marmalade, yielding a clear jelly of rich color.

P. arvernense, with deep blue flowers, is of refined habit, and well suited to the rock-garden.

It is scarcely refined enough in leaf for the flower garden, but is effective near the rougher approaches of a hardy fernery, in open glades near woodland walks, or in any like position.

The flowers are smaller, fuller, and more refined, with broader and blunter petals.

Architects and contractors can estimate the cost of a home more accurately than most laymen because of a variety of refined tools at their disposal.

As the floor plan for the home becomes more refined, the accuracy of the construction estimate also increases.

If you want to maximize a small space, or give a cozy powder room a more refined look, try these ideas for remodeling small bathrooms.

If the jewelry you seek doesn't show up under this search, then enter a specific religion for a more refined search.

Worn with jeans and a long sleeve knit top, however, it lends an otherwise casual outfit a refined edge.

Try a pair of comfortable slip-on shoes for a more refined - yet not too dressy - look.

Breads and other grains can sometimes be heavily refined.

Whether your tastes run a more refined, elegant route or you like to kick back in your most comfy duds, chances are you can make a leather jacket work for you.

Go for whole grains (brown rice, 100 percent whole-wheat bread, whole-wheat pasta, quinoa, couscous) instead of refined ones (white rice, white bread, pasta).

Longer layers will give you an overall softer look and allow you to explore several different styles, so that you can be sassy and carefree or mold the hair into a more textured and refined look for an elegant evening out.

From there, his appearance and personality were further refined.

Nintendo really spent some time polishing this game to a refined finish.

An Alsatian Tokay leans towards a more opulent, honeyed, softly perfumed version that can be dense with minerals, creaminess, and a refined structure.

One would expect with a big jammy wine based upon the blend, but the result is more refined and not over-the-top.

Many times, different producers in Cognac will not only barrel age the sprit for a prolonged period of time, but many will also bottle age them as well for a more refined and complex product at the end.

The Greeks had already refined the wine making process, but the ancient Italians made even more improvements.

This wine is both refined and expressive with aromas of black raspberry, cherry, wild game and mocha.

Wine critics have very refined and experienced palates, and often detect nuances in wine that the average wine drinker would not.

The color casing is quite soft, providing an elegant, refined appearance.

The test can be refined further for antibodies specific to given disease agents.

The amount of refined sugar in children's diets-typically accounting for 14 percent of calorie intake by adolescence-is another cause for concern.

Children with braces should eat raw fruits and vegetables and avoid soft, processed, and refined foods that attract bacteria, as well as hard or sticky foods, including gum, caramels, peanuts, ice chips, and popcorn.

Sweets, especially if sweetened with refined sugars, should be reduced or avoided altogether.

A diet high in fats and processed foods made with refined flours and sugars can actually suppress the immune system.

Families or individuals who regularly consume a high-fat diet consisting of animal products, fast foods, and refined foods may also benefit from being tested for abnormal cholesterol levels.

Processed (packaged foods) and refined foods (white flour products, white rice) and refined sugars (white sugar, brown sugar, molasses, and products made with them) should be avoided in all diets.

With pharmacological advances and the development of synthetic drugs, which act in specific ways on brain chemicals, a more refined set of antianxiety drugs became available.

Such a diet also limits or eliminates refined foods.

A diet high in refined foods, prepared foods, sugars, and fats will not provide sufficient quantities of essential minerals.

In the United States, it is relatively easy to provide a balanced diet with essential nutrients if a wide variety of whole foods are prepared for family meals and snacks, while avoiding refined and prepared foods high in fats and sugars.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, developed, refined, and systematically evaluated in Norway in the mid-1980s, is the best-known initiative designed to reduce bullying among elementary, middle, and junior high school children.

The techniques have been refined since that time.

Since elevated levels of insulin may be associated with increased myopia; a diet low in those foods that increase insulin secretion, such as refined carbohydrates, may help decrease myopia.