As a practical measure, primary explosives are sufficiently sensitive that they can be reliably initiated with a blow from a hammer ; however, PETN can also usually be initiated in this manner, so this is only a very broad guideline.

Marx himself took care to indicate that he was only proposing a guideline to historical research ( Leitfaden or Auffassung ), and was not providing any substantive " theory of history " or " grand philosophy of history ", let alone a " master-key to history ".

Not only his social and economic views guided the country's socio-economic course for a long time, his use of the imagery, ' a yam between two boulders ' in Nepal's geopolitical context, formed the principal guideline of the country's foreign policy for future centuries.

The Rede is only a guideline which the individual must interpret to fit each particular situation and unlike most religions, which actions " do harm " ( and which do not ) are not discussed in the Rede.

New Objectivity saw an utter rejection of the preceding impressionist and expressionist movements, and Hartlaub curated his exhibition under the guideline: only those, "... who have remained true or have returned to a positive, palpable reality ," in order to reveal the truth of the times ," would be included.

Since then, the party has gradually approach postulates Maoists, considering only China and Albania People like communist countries, and that the other had kicked a guideline and not more revolutionary revisionist.

The Conference is the only league in the world to have this appendix, which is not as such a rule, but only a guideline to be used at the League's discretion.

Maryland is the only state in the union that has a specific guideline not only on how to display the flag but on what the flagpole should look like as well.

It should be noted that the limit is only a guideline.

Under the principle and guideline on the work of ideological propaganda and agitation put by the country's ruling party, the Workers ' Party of Korea, the agency generally reports only good news about the country that is intended to encourage its people and project a positive image abroad.

The American Psychological Association has issued a guideline that only those who hold a Ph. D. or Psy. D.

The method is very quick and simple, but does not produce reliable estimates and could be used only as a rough guideline.

The American Psychological Association has issued a guideline that only those who hold a Ph. D. or Psy. D.

As a signatory to the European Patent Convention ( EPC ), the UK follows the Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of the EPC, which requires member states to draw a balance between interpreting patent claims with strict literalism ( with the description and drawings only helping resolve ambiguity ) and regarding the claims as a mere guideline only.

However, the recent 2011 UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ( NICE ) guideline on the management of primary hypertension in adults ( CG127 ) recommend calcium channel blockers ( CCBs ) as first line agents in hypertension and advise that thiazide-like diuretics should only be used first line if CCBs are not suitable or if the patient has edema or has a high risk of developing heart failure.

The capsize ratio is only a guideline, since there are many factors involved in vessel stability.

The TLV is a recommendation by ACGIH, with only a guideline status.

Unfortunately, any such list is only a rough guideline since amounts will vary depending on fruit / vegetable variety and where grown ; in fact, organic foods have been shown to contain more salicylate than conventional produce because the plant is more likely to be under attack from pests, and salicylate is produced by the plant as protection.

The second limitation relates to the prioritizing guideline the derived ranking has a small empirical basis as it relies on the involvement of 21 process modelers only.

In 1994, French authorities designed regulations that limit the use of sur lie to only wines that comply with a set guideline.

According to the text of the statute, the " power to review a sentence for reasonableness arises only when the sentencing court has departed from the applicable guideline range.

It was the only thing in his life for which he felt guilt.

His looting of the orderly room had taken only a minute or two and the vicinity was still clear of guerrillas.

It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.

The fire had gone down, and the man was only a shadow against the trees.

There was only one place where Jake Carwood's description had gone badly awry: the peace and quiet.

It was the only thing about her that was the least bit hard to remember.

under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.

only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.

On a shelf in the office behind the counter was a small radio dialed permanently on a station which broadcast only vulgar commercials and cheap popular music.

Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

The river was only a few blocks away but an unbroken line of piers prevented me from seeing it.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

This desire, I went on, growing voluble as my conviction was aroused, had mounted at such a rate recently that I now found its realization necessary not only to my physical but also to my spiritual wellbeing.

The only reason we brought you was to get Miller out.

The only thing which would have attracted attention was that two wore the uniform of prison guards, three the striped suits of convicts.

He had belonged to this land and, perhaps, had desecrated it -- and this was the only material symbol that remained of him.

There was only one place where the mountain might receive her -- that unnamed, unnameable pool harbored in its secret bosom.

Now, he could only play the last card in what was probably the world's coldest deck.

He was only vaguely aware of the sluicing rain.

He paused only long enough to ascertain that Jess's buckskin was still missing and that his own gray was all right, then climbed through a back window and dropped to the ground outside.

There was no lock on the door, only an iron hook which he unfastened.

Again he stood in the darkness listening, but there was only the scrape of a shod hoof on a plank floor.