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The Dominican Congress added what it called explanatory articles to the law by which it approved the convention but made no change therein.    From Wordnik.com.  [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference

RL is seriously lacking in explanatory mouse-overs.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm in a giving mood] Reference

Note 69: Bergman dismisses this "so-called 'feminist' literature" as lacking in explanatory power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference

He caught her curious and speculative eyes fixed on his hands, and, being in explanatory mood, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Convulsion followed convulsion, till they closed in death, without her being able to utter a word explanatory of the fatal scene.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bride of Lammermoor] Reference

There's actually a category now called explanatory journalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crashing the Gates: The De-WASPing of America's Power Elite] Reference

Each of these features is self-explanatory, which is why I'm going to let the screenshots do most of the talking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0]

These points motivate a kind of explanatory primacy to physical properties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalous Monism] Reference

Francis' 'explanatory' prayer provides further insights into Francis' spiritual maturity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make God your all!] Reference

I still wish the Ludium II attendees had put together some kind of explanatory statement with their one-liners.    From Wordnik.com.  [SWI's Declaration of Virtual World Policy] Reference

These are made in the tone of being explanatory which is fine, but one should also have the precise numerical validity expressed as well.    From Wordnik.com.  ["But They are Very, Very Wrong" « Climate Audit] Reference

Twiddel and his friend Robert Welsh make a kind of explanatory entry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lunatic at Large] Reference

Instructions sank to the secondary place of being 'explanatory' to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.] Reference

There is in the above sketch something so extraordinary as to require further 'explanatory' details.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonnets XVII and XVIII] Reference

Yet, both intelligent design and evolution are best characterized as explanatory models on mans’ origins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why the new Darwin Debate is Good News | PopPolitics.com] Reference

He notes NPR's This American Life as running one of the most successful pieces of "explanatory" journalism, called.    From Wordnik.com.  [J-Source - Articles] Reference

Convincing students to use annotations, such as explanatory footnotes, is a challenge in both print and online editions of texts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Salt-Box] Reference

And Album Tacos, which is pretty self-explanatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guns N’ Roses in concert controversy shocker; Randy Johnson, rock photog; Arcade Fire takes you back home] Reference

The title of his new book is pretty self-explanatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novel captures Cardiff on Match Day] Reference

"He thought the statement should be more apologetic than explanatory.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Education Of Al Gore] Reference

The play gets too explanatory, obscure, pedantic, confusing, or just plain boring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lauren Gunderson: Eureka! Science Belongs On Stage] Reference

Whores were a self-explanatory metaphor for cheating politicians and corporate shills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles Thomson: Animals, Whores & Dialogue: The Resurrection of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson] Reference

We have failed looking at the brain itself to get the explanatory insight that we want.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deepak Chopra: Interview with Alva Noe, Ph.D.] Reference

Stress-resistant people also tend to share what experts call an optimistic "explanatory style.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Stress-Busters: What Works] Reference

Stallard Road Farm will sell herbs and meats, and Borekg Turkish Food's focus is self-explanatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market Roundup: Aug. 5-11] Reference

It triggers the metal detectors at airports and I must carry an explanatory note to avoid being detained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting For My Life--For The Second Time] Reference

And it is a clinic in print portraiture, where fine details are the brushwork of a grand explanatory vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [Story pick: The deconstruction of Adrian Fenty] Reference

Ms. Ellegood begins her explanatory text with a quote from Walter Benjamin: "a remembered event is infinite.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Banality of Fake Profundity] Reference

Evolution not only is a gradual process as a matter of fact; it has to be gradual if it is to do any explanatory work.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Angry Evolutionist] Reference

A statement actually may detract from artwork that is self-explanatory or that is ambiguous by being overly directive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Grant: Are "Artists' Statements" Really Necessary?] Reference

Nevertheless, the headline inflation rate forced Mr. King to write his third explanatory letter to the government this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.K. Inflation Nudges Lower] Reference

We let the kids wander around for awhile, taking in the amazing sights and sounds, reading the explanatory text next to the exhibits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pscooter and Pskipper Get Psychedelic in Pseattle] Reference

An explanatory note on the Bavarian Parliament Web site after authorities banned state-school teachers from wearing religious headscarves.    From Wordnik.com.  [PERSPECTIVES] Reference