If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.    From LearnThat.org.  [Bob Conklin]

A perceived difference in temperature.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

A great way for me to learn to relax has been my study of what I call the perceived rate of exertion PRE.    From Wordnik.com.  [ChiRunning] Reference

Edwin perceived it, and yawning, complained of drowsiness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference

The pulsar is then perceived from the earth as a radio beacon!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Release: The 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics] Reference

It's all too clear that oppression, real or perceived, is out there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Done Deal?] Reference

Build long-term perceived value around your product while lowering buyer anxiety.    From Wordnik.com.  [FutureNow's GrokDotCom / Marketing Optimization Blog] Reference

In the US middle class as I know it only means a certain perceived level of living.    From Wordnik.com.  [Page 3] Reference

In France in particular ... the way women are perceived is not that once y ou re past 40, you re past IT.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tribeca Film: Kristin Scott Thomas: Leaving] Reference

She has backed down from taking credit for certain perceived successes during her husband's administration (NAFTA).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pro-Clinton protestors make their way to Washington] Reference

Close to Home: Things to Know and Things to Do (Elizabeth P. Lawlor) has doubled in perceived value since our relocation.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the nightstand (under the pillow, in the knapsack, etc.)] Reference

You may have some older readers who won't touch a YA once they hit a certain perceived age b/c they want to be seen as adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defining YA Fiction] Reference

In short, the only way to really eliminate conflict of interest, whether real or perceived, is to rely on a group of enthusiasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wine Advocate Writers Spark Ethics Debate - Wall Street Journal | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference

How a transitioning person feels on the inside may not be how they are perceived from the outside (by themselves as well as by others).    From Wordnik.com.  [Deep in their root, all flowers keep the light] Reference

A temptation perceived is half conquered, for our greatest danger lies from snakes under the green grass; and he said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference

And what's "perceived" - as though this perception is not reality - about millions of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Thinker] Reference

SOCRATES: Of things learned and perceived, that is?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theaetetus] Reference

That's called perceived exertion and is a valid way of determining exercise intensity.    From Wordnik.com.  [detnews.com - Nation-World] Reference

They're called perceived high-value items because they really aren't worth as much as people assume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derrick Crowe: Who's the Huckster for This High-Interest War?] Reference

They're called perceived high value items because they really aren't worth as much as people assume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake] Reference

On the other hand, EABL's director of corporate affairs Ken Kariuki termed the perceived rivalry as an illusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

Or in the U.S. it becomes a case of recycling, opponents spinning out new old? devils to label a perceived evil.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sunday Salon: How German is It? « Exile on Ninth Street] Reference

This work conceptualizes the idea of perceived comfort and contentment which are relative expressions used in our day to day lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Financial News] Reference

Basically, I wanted to ask you about President Bush's role in the so - called perceived recession that we're going through right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: What Will Become of Tax Cuts?; What Will Aid Economic Recovery?; Has the Bush Administration Declared War on the Environment? - March 25, 2001] Reference

They are clearly getting a good deal, but there are other risks involved, namely the perceived risk of partnering with the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [StreetInsider.com News Articles] Reference

Any power taken away from the owners means that localities have an incentive to be more intransigent, to dare to call a perceived bluff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

The deal has been backed by U.S. officials working behind closed doors with eleven other countries to break a perceived impasse at the IWC.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Progress Report] Reference

Or are there some other "perceived" problems which have prompted the trend?.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'Perceived' Problems Part of Reason for National Move to Paper Ballots Says USA TODAY] Reference

Or are there some other 'perceived' problems which have prompted the trend?.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: 'Perceived' Problems Part of Reason for National Move to Paper Ballots Says USA TODAY] Reference

'I did not come here about some "perceived" threat to the future,' she whispered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stone of Tears]

Obama needs to hit McCain on his 'perceived' strength just as the GOP is doing him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference

The notion that it is "perceived" voter hostility toward journalists is just funny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hullabaloo] Reference

You've got to know what you're getting into .... any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference

And it is just so disgraceful to split Americans, to divide Americans for any kind of perceived political gain.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2005] Reference

This extraordinary opportunity allowed students -- perhaps future leaders -- to assess a 'perceived' enemy firsthand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Omid Memarian: Bollinger, Ahmadinejad and Freedom of Speech!] Reference

He wants to make himself "perceived" as all things to all people which of course is the sign of a fraud and a charlatan.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Look at the idiots that are popularly "perceived" as nonpartisan: clods and lackeys like Lieberman, Powell, and Arlen Specter!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama: Bush Administration "Placed Itself And Its Ideology Above The Law"] Reference

There may be some modern snobbery tangled up in it too, as horse-riding is perceived note that word 'perceived' as an upper-class activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Horses in seventh-century England] Reference