But the analogy is imperfect.

Instead, an imperfect answer produced heightened vulnerability.

The problem was that the imitation was imperfect.

China prefers an imperfect status quo to such alternatives.

Evil is therefore only an imperfect understanding of the world.

And yet there is still hope in this imperfect world.

Such is the nature of the imperfect reliability of psychiatric diagnosis.

And so these folks had, very simply, the courage to be imperfect.

They acknowledged early on that they were using imperfect and untested tools.

And slightly to one side.

Similar. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

Obama is only slightly better.

Such a strategy would be less simple than merely holding highly imperfect elections.

They have always been imperfect, and today their flaws are visible in new ways.

In the imperfect world of politics, this middle ground would be a positive outcome.

These developments ushered in the slow, imperfect return of an unbalanced multi polar system.

Indonesia s new democracy may be imperfect, but has thrived despite its initial poor prospects.

But a best case scenario provides a poor policy framework in our imperfect world.

Obviously, the path to democracy is long and imperfect and different for every nation.

An imperfect war is limited as to places, persons, and things. Lawrence's Wheaton, 518).

Other countries adopted slightly different models.

You're actually doing slightly worse not significantly, but slightly worse. You don't want to be a lithium patient this time.

Imperfect information and difficulties in monitoring firms pose significant obstacles to idealized risk sharing instruments.

This effort, she knew, requires a willingness to achieve one s goals in stages, however imperfect.

Economics, in other words, must start from the premise of imperfect rather than perfect knowledge.

Other key financial indicators had slightly deteriorated.

This system favours slightly the larger parties.

Other key financial indicators had slightly deteriorated.

Number two, it's imperfect it's not very glamorous, and it doesn't suddenly start and suddenly end.

While markets are imperfect, regulators are not only human but bureaucratic and subject to political influence.

Eventually exposed, their perfidy demonstrated the NPT s imperfect ability to deter, catch, and reverse nuclear cheats.

Russia s legal system is imperfect, and even serious violations of corporate governance are difficult to punish.

Tom often drives slightly over the speed limit.

Tom often drives slightly over the speed limit.

Barclays stock price rose slightly on the news.

The fifth source of optimism is slightly paradoxical.

They also have, on average, slightly lower intelligence.

The number of displaced persons has slightly decreased.

However, the numbers dropped slightly in 1998 1999.

I vividly remember the slightly ludicrous, slightly risqué, and somewhat distressing predicament in which Western diplomats in Prague found themselves during the Cold War.

The slightly better outcome in 2004 was the result of new obligations being somewhat lower than expected and payments to Member States slightly higher.

The contract between government and governed imperfect in rich countries is often altogether absent in poor countries.

And, in an imperfect world, part of each government s job is to protect its citizens from enemies.

They also sustained, against all odds, a democracy that, however imperfect and dysfunctional, is nonetheless amazingly vibrant.

And the more innovative the undertaking the more imperfect is any advance understanding of its potential outcome.