Example sentences of "initial state [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is important , because it shows that the initial state of the part of the universe that we inhabit did not have to be chosen with great care . |
| 2 | Decide arbitrarily whether the initial state of the system is F ( foggy ) or C ( clear ) . |
| 3 | The simulation model will also require data concerning the initial state of the system , that is , the amounts of water present in the various stores ( shown in Figure 6.9 ) . |
| 4 | The discussion was somewhat academic , however , as we were far from a complete knowledge of the laws of science , and we did n't know how the initial state of the universe was determined . |
| 5 | It would be only natural to suppose that this order should apply not only to the laws , but also to the conditions at the boundary of space-time that specify the initial state of the universe . |
| 6 | Under chaotic boundary conditions , the probability of finding any particular region of space in any given configuration just after the big bang is the same , in some sense , as the probability of finding it in any other configuration : the initial state of the universe is chosen purely randomly . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if the initial state of the universe had to be chosen extremely carefully to lead to something like what we see around us , the universe would be unlikely to contain any region in which life would appear . |
| 8 | This means that the initial state of the universe would have to have had exactly the same temperature everywhere in order to account for the fact that the microwave background has the same temperature in every direction we look . |
| 9 | This means that the initial state of the universe must have been very carefully chosen indeed if the hot big bang model was correct right back to the beginning of time . |
| 10 | In the classical theory of general relativity , there are many different possible curved space-times , each corresponding to a different initial state of the universe . |
| 11 | If Euclidean space-time stretches back to infinite imaginary time , or else starts at a singularity in imaginary time , we have the same problem as in the classical theory of specifying the initial state of the universe : God may know how the universe began , but we can not give any particular reason for thinking it began one way rather than another . |
| 12 | This means , in turn , that the initial state of the learner must be as a possessor of vast battalions of hypotheses which are selected out as the child bumps up against the physical world and the human conceptual system . |
| 13 | Hot bands differ from fundamentals only in that the initial state of the transition is a vibrationally excited state , and not the vibrational ground state of the molecule . |