How To Use Positive In A Sentence

He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
A lot of the foods that we connect with African-Americans, whether totemically, whether positively or negatively, are indeed and in fact foods from the continent. NPR Topics: News
It was also a noteworthy echo of a speech Sarkozy himself made last December, when he called for a "positive laicity" and suggested that the state could ultimately grant subsidies to religious groups. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_. Working Murder
Stocks spent most of the day in positive territory, buoyed in part by the University of Michigan's report showing consumer confidence rose in March to 95.8 from 94.4 in February.

HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
Nineteen people have submitted stool samples that tested positive for diarrhea-causing agents: Campylobacter (14), norovirus (3), salmonella (1) and Giardia (1).
We can also see this in the contrapositive: having more than one sexual partner is by definition nonmonogamous. S-e-x. « Love | Peace | Ohana
The percentages of aneuploid bone marrow leukocytes were higher than those of aneuploid sperm for the two upper THH dose groups and for the positive control group.
Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.
Party conferences, like American party conventions, have increasingly become stage-managed for the televised projection of the positive party image and strong leadership.
In the case of darker parts of the internet, the algorithms produce a destructive positive feedback effect. Times, Sunday Times
It was a good, cordial, positive meeting. Times, Sunday Times
Her hand trembled slightly, and then it began to positively shake.
An antisynthetase antibody, when positive, may help confirm the presence of an inflammatory myopathy.
The arrowheads demarcate the two antibody positive bands with estimated M r of 43 and 45K.
And still major leaguers blew it last season, triggering a more stringent form of testing by exceeding the five-percent threshold of positive results.
But she says it had a positive effect by turning her into a fitness freak. The Sun
It should be recognized that superelectrophilic reactions frequently proceed with only "electrophilic assistance" (solvation, association) by the superacids without forming distinct dipositive intermediates. George A. Olah - Autobiography
We have a positive current account balance. Times, Sunday Times
Nevertheless, teachers may improve their effectiveness by increasing the frequency of positive responses while reducing the negative.
Alan Clements also gave the idea a positive reception.
Do the positives of including a player with match-winning ability outweigh the potential negatives? Times, Sunday Times
But why is conscious experience emphatically positive?
In the case of nouns, the singular with the postpositive definite article and the indefinite plural are given in parenthesis. Fritiofs Saga
Have positive work attitude and be willing and able to work diligently without supervision.
I do not pretend to be omniscient, but am positive about this fact.
Cefotaximes has an especially favorable balance of activity againstgram - positive cocci, gram - negative aerobes, and someanaerobic organisms.
Gutierrez, who was recently ranked as the ninth best prospect in the Rangers system by Baseball America, tested positive for the amphetamine adderall, which is used to treated Attention Deficit Disorder. Texas Rangers
I can't decide whether this is a positive or a negative development, or indeed a permanent change.
They were focally positive for gastrin, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide but tested negative for glucagon, serotonin, insulin, and inhibin.
But the scientists have carried out tests which appear to discount the possibility that they are ‘false positives’.
From the Rushmorean cover portrait of Bush (which over the headline 'An American Revolutionary' was such a brazen and transparent effort to recall George Washington that it was embarrassing) to the 'Why We Fight' black-and-white portraiture of the aggrieved president sitting somberly at the bedside of the war-wounded, this issue is positively hysterical in its iconolatry. "What kind of a maniac puts eagles in a Christmas tree?": James Wolcott
On the plus side, it has less than 1% positive cocci. The Sun
On reflection, however, I feel this would be unlikely, because I cannot be alone in considering his regular waspish observations positive endorsement of a production.
Acupuncture treatment of patients was associated with decreased pain levels and fewer positive tender points as measured by dolorimetry.
Is "silage" a positive adjective when describing a beer's aroma? Madison Beer Review Presents Beer Talk Today
Data collection and analysis Positive and negative likelihood ratios (LR) and diagnostic odds ratios (DOR) were calculated.
All reading times were converted to words read per minute, then transformed to base 10 logarithms for the analyses because they were positively skewed.
Having small, achievable goals creates a positive feedback loop that nurtures your resolve.
Having a more positive approach to making choices builds your confidence - and dejunks your clutter.
Under Pragmatic(al) she read; meddlesome, positive, dictatorial (she snorted, irritably). BEHINDLINGS
As Els has pointed out, doing what he is currently doing has no minuses and many positives for all concerned.
While we can credit him for some degree of intellectual honesty in confronting the hypocrisies and irrationalities that govern so much of public life, religious and non-religious, Christopher Hitchens, in the end, could not offer a vision of true humanness because he dwelled in the cynical faculties of the mind without being adequately informed by the positive wisdom of the heart. Kabir Helminski: Christopher Hitchens is "Not Great"
The fact that erythrocyte size correlates positively with genome size in mammals, even though their mature red blood cells are enucleated, strongly supports this hypothesis.
Is an employee identification system used for positive identification and access control?
Before going on stage, I breathe deeply and think positive thoughts.
Some positive news surfaced yesterday: Mexican scientists said the contagiousness of the swine flu is no greater than that of the seasonal flu that circulates every year.
Figure and space, positive and negative, are thus seamlessly interfused.
Those who have positive results for serological test for syphilis should submit medical treatment certificate.
Broad beans are positively bursting with health and promise a bumper crop any minute now.
Our first protein target was cytochrome c because it contains a positively charged surface made up of several lysine and arginine residues.
And as you can see, I'm positively radiating contentment…
Unlike in other areas of life, in warfare disengagement can be seen as a positive outcome of the application of technology.
This conceptualization resonates with such postpositive movements in psychology as social constructionism, postmodern thought, and discursive psychology.
Environmental pollution gives great cause for concern, but, on the positive side , people are beginning to try and find solutions.
Like the trial court, we, too, find the case of California Medical, supra, 79 Cal.App.4th 542 applicable and dispositive to the issue raised on appeal.
Try swapping any negative thoughts for positive ones. The Sun
Things will happen. You can't stop them from happening, but you can control your reaction from making things worse. React positively. Live happily. RVM
I am not a fortune teller, but a true clairvoyant, I will help you to find your direction in a way that will leave you empowered and positive.
My position on euthanasia is actually derived from the ancient Greek one; that is, I am generally in favour of allowing it, as long as the person being euthanized is in perfectly sound mental condition, not non compos mentis, and has positively re-affirmed his decision at least three times over the period of at least a suspended period of time to allow for reconsideration (say 15 or 30 days). Matthew Yglesias » Bishops and Abortion
We're definitely moving in a positive direction, but each time we make a leap to a new level of functionality, things get more complicated and fractured and difficult for a while.
One way to show sincerity is to make your positive reinforcement as specific as possible. Christianity Today
I thought we started positively and we were knocking it about but then we started to over-elaborate.
How about trumpeting what you think makes your product good in a positive way?
In fact no positive identification of him is ever made.
Trading is strong and the election result is a positive. Times, Sunday Times
The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.
This difficult-to-treat strain, called neurosyphilis, can cause blindness and stroke, and a CDC researcher said that it's spreading among this cohort because, although they're already HIV-positive, they are not using condoms. Gabriel Rotello: Deadly Error Alert: Andrew Sullivan's Latest AIDS Fantasy
Feed on a healthy diet of positive, encouraging, hopeful thoughts.
I hope you'll be more positive in every way.
Basically, most things that we can tax in this way have clearly defined negative externalities (you know, 1: 1,000,000 kids go retarded for each barrel of toxic sludge, so you slap a cost on that and pass it on to the guy who makes the sludge), and a clearly definite positive internality. Matthew Yglesias » The Case for Booze Taxes
The franchise needs continuity to ensure that positive public perception isn't forfeited unnecessarily through the dissipation or reduction of essential experience.
Head turned in competingly fabulous directions, I find myself feeling positively kleptomaniac. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Increase the number of positive responses to your requests and reduce volunteer burnout and discontentment by assigning a specific term length to each position or task.
During training you can spend time working on your techniques and I am positive that it has helped my game.
If you start with one small, positive thing and repeat it during the course of your day, you will begin to move into a more positive situation: positive thoughts, feelings, opportunities and people will start showing up in your life. With practice, you will find that over time, you will change your outlook and choose to be happy, irregardless of the events around you.
He just had to walk into any room and the whole ambiance changed for the positive.
I attended with some positive anticipation, because the Poulenc Concerto, along with the Camille Saint-Sa'ns Symphony No. 3 avec orgue (with organ), have always seemed highly imaginative examples of gifted composers managing to craft beautiful and meaningful, even reflective statements for the mighty and potentially overpowering instrument. Undefined
But it has one positive side-effect. Times, Sunday Times
That would give you potentials for the complete reaction that are positive for reduction of Cu²⁺ to Cu (s), but not for reduction of Cu²⁺ to Cu⁺. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
Local legend recalls that the day he came around with his samples was bad enough but the day the orders arrived at the factory was positively dangerous.
Thus sign; the membership demand curve is negatively sloped for and positively sloped for, as shown in Fig. 1.
Democracy shows an independent positive association with health, which remains after adjustment for a country's wealth, its level of inequality, and the size of its public sector.
Social parasites and criminals are strangers to positive beliefs. Their religion is: to do anything to serve their needs. Dr T.P.Chia
The only positive aspect that has emerged from the meeting is the fact that more objective members have started questioning the sudden conversion of Zuma into a friend of the workers and the masses.
The booth had positive outgoing air pressure so that outside smells couldn't get inside and affect the testers.
John Cuming of Delta said there were positive indications as reflected in the short term inflow of foreign capital and the stability of the rand. ANC Daily News Briefing
Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour continued with meetings with Keighley Together, a group set up to underline the positive images of the town, and the Braithwaite People's Association.
A positive yield curve represents the normal condition of the capital markets.
In order to be successful on the field, everyone needs to generate positive energy and emotion.
Ralston argues not only that theism has a positive biological function for human culture and survival, but also that there is good reason to regard it as true.
Adopt a positive approach and stay away from negative and destructive people.
Mr. Husain articulates a clear, unambivalent and positive assessment of the likely effects of globalization and liberalization on poverty.
Numerous virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria and viruses have been shown to be under positive selection.
Why should it be this emotional scale (as opposed to joy vs. pain, or pride vs. envy) whose expressions are subject to positive-to-negative inversion?
We like to think that we are making a positive contribution to society.
The doctor will check to see if your child has the IgM antibody to hepatitis A (anti-HAV) positive, or will try to figure out if your child had contact with someone who has a confirmed diagnosis of hepatitis A virus infection. Hepatitis A
The doctor told the nurse to call him if there was a positive change for the worse.
While Barnett believes in being positive during his broadcasts, the Warriors have certainly tested that philosophy.
Specifically, several studies have demonstrated that participants will confidently infer a strong causal link between two events after observing only a single positive instance of a cause and effect co-occurring.
I agree that the piece is positive, though I think “glowingly positive” is an overstatement. The Volokh Conspiracy » CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case
Restless feelings are transformed into positive action and both work and fitness plans are involved. The Sun
She's got a really positive attitude to life.
Another possible origin of positive feedback is the finite internal impedance of the bias supply.
According to research findings in a study carried out into public perceptions of the NDP, the region is the most positively disposed to the NDP with 86 per cent support.
The result is a sector ready to take a positive view of risk and to embrace opportunity. Times, Sunday Times
The positive vibrations of group prayers, he said, helps develop emotional integrity and strengthens relationships.
I'm positive the Bishop will not appoint another Anglo-Catholic. GOODBYE CURATE
Harvey Sacks has suggested to me that, in the case of directions, a small repayment is automatically involved, namely, the imputation, which could be positive, that the asked person looks like“a native of these parts.” Behavior in Public Places
We didn't have that kind of clarion message that Ronald Reagan had, a clear distinct and a positive agenda. CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Polls Show Gore and Bush Maintaining Iowa Leads; Bradley Sinking and McCain Rising in New Hampshire - January 23, 2000
That nail polish was a positive match, and she's got some explaining to do.
Some road companies would ban through traffic justifying it on the basis of increased property values while others would positively welcome it, pocketing the extra income from road tolls.
Finally, that evening, both drivers were called to account but both continued to deny having ever seen it, and, after the passage of time, neither could be positively identified as the recipient.
It also made the patients more insulin sensitive and increased their glucose tolerance -- both positive changes. PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome
Now, since the current always runs from the positive to the negative pole, and makes its whole circuit in that direction, it will be readily seen that, from the place on the patient where the positive pole is applied, inward as far as to the central point, the direction of the current may properly be said to be _inward_; and that, from the central point to the place of the negative electrode, where the current comes out, its direction may be said to be _outward_. A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication
It is more constructive, I think, while recognizing the persistent fallacy of an atomized human "individual," self-constructed, essentialized, pre-social, that we allow for the possibility of positive social change. Archive 2009-10-01
The charge of the ion is hence changed from negative to positive, and the ion is repelled from the terminal and accelerated towards the exit of the tube which is earthed. Accelerators and Nobel Laureates
Histologically, the tumor was composed of two distinct components - an epithelioid component with granular cytoplasm that stained for synaptophysin, melan-A, calretinin, and vimentin compatible with adrenocortical differentiation, and a pleomorphic to spindled component that was positive for desmin and myogenin, compatible with rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Firms have an incentive to enter if the existing firms are earning positive economic profits. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
The positive virtues are those of many a New England area: clear air, swimmable sea, home-grown tomatoes.
As one researcher writes in a study on moods and menstruation in college students, 'negative behavior exhibited premenstrually is perceived as evidence for the prevailing negative stereotype of female emotional behavior while positive behavior is ignored as something for which biology is irrelevant.' PMS
While this may sound self - evident or commonsensical to readers of this journal, it is the case that the idea of human beings as a positive influence on the world has increasingly been displaced in modern times.
I worry about the ways that the sex positive label isolates the awards. About.com Sexuality
Whenever negativity makes us drip, inspiration creates a flip from negative to positive. RVM
On development, the negative and subsequent positive reveal a composite image of the dancer performing in the street.
Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.
Gold futures turned positive Wednesday, bucking the second day of sliding commodities, as it reassumed its safe-haven identity amid turmoil in Europe. Gold Swoons, Then Rises on Risk Worries
The first question that occurs to the enlightened enquirer, when he learns that the functions of the brain have been positively determined by experiment, is whether the cranioscopy of Gall and Spurzheim was successful in locating the cerebral functions, and how nearly their inferences from development correspond with the revelations of experiment. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9
This discipline looks at the positives of marriage and committed cohabitation, at what binds people together. Times, Sunday Times
Though he was positively influenced by the role of the State in France and Germany, he sometimes expressed his repugnance at what he found to be an excess of State intervention in these countries.
Even under the weight of negative male definitions of female bodily processes, there remain hints of its positive aspects for women.
The driver, taken by ambulance, arrived in the emergency room obtunded, diaphoretic, with his mouth clenched, and with a positive cough reflex.
This, however, would not be positive so much as negative reinforcement, ie it was nice when the pressure stopped.
Positive images of sexually active fat women are absent from both mainstream and alternative media.
I hope you will consider the use and practice of non-violence in a more creative and positive way, rather than dismiss it as mere idealism.
The proportion of children passing Ordinary and Advanced level examinations is positively correlated with social class.
The correlation is expected to be positive if the factor abundance proposition holds in its generalized form. Competing in a Global Economy
Hopefully the positive forecast Peter holds for the future will prevail.
Buoyed, very likely, by Ron Charles's positive review a week or so back click the title below to be linked to the page on the Web. BOOK WORLD - February 27, 2011
No symptom is listed unless it began with fungal exposure, was concurrent with positive nasal and environmental fungal cultures, and resolved with fungal removal.
A case is presented of a seropositive patient whose chest radiographs showed a diffuse interstitial pattern.
An atmosphere of trust encourages people to look at themselves in a positive way - which is obviously the most effective way of preventing misbehavior.
I would photograph the growths and have an arborist or nurseryman positively identify the growth.
We propose an effective algorithm for automatic key segment extraction based on the analysis of positive and negative samples of key segment extracted manually from a training database.
And you know also the contrapositive, that your being at place X entails that you are not then in a tank on Alpha Centauri.
Carlotta was a "prod"; it was only because she came at the end of the alphabet that she was left out, but thanks to Betty's fly-away fashion of running off to speak to some junior ushers, and then calling the Blunderbuss, whose mother wanted to see her a minute, nobody could find out positively who it was that had been "flunked out" of 19 --. Betty Wales Senior
Aadhar is a city-based self-help that supports HIV positive people. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
When you talk to a large audience in a positive way, some critics don't dig that.
In junior high, Carroll was positive she was eight feet tall in Lilliput.
• Involvi growth ng in the process and changes that is never ending and self - initiated Increasing one's positive self-image and overcom - ing stigma Commitment means to duty or pledge to some thing or someone, and can refer to: • ersonal commitment, interaction dominated by obligations. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
During discharge, electrons flow from the negative electrode to the positive via this ‘external load’, thereby doing electrical work.
A positive correlation was observed between the gastric juice ammonium and severity of gastritis.
The cool thing about naziism is — yes, nazis have at least one positive — is that anyone who falls for that ideology, however briefly and despite any following retractions, can be written of as a buffoon en toto and forever. The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies
This applies to the association or correlation he sought to establish between the theolog - ical stage and militarism, between metaphysical modes of thought and “defensive” warfare and between the growth of positive science and the phase of industrial - ism and the cessation of war. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Scientifically, it has been shown to be bacteriostatic against gram positive bacteria; it can even be administered internally in cases of poisoning to decrease the absorption of the harmful substance. Multani facepack to beautify Taj Mahal once again
Although felt extremely happy when I heard that, I could not give a big positive yes at the moment he asked.
Studies have shown that administration of thalidomide improves weight gain in both HIV-positive and HIV-negative tuberculosis patients.
Happily, the expansions and recombinations of American businesses over the century chronicled here have had far more positive results than this author would lead us to believe.
These devices need two external ceramic capacitors to produce stable, efficient positive voltages.
The good news is, however, that using integrative negotiation and peer mediation procedures to process academic material has the additional benefit of positively affecting human relations.
But why do we have to limit our measurements to the immediate scale of revenue and cost, think long run as the positive effect will go on for quite nonending period. BusinessWeek.com --
You can't necessarily set the positive agenda that we want across the board, but you can stop a lot of bad things from happening, and that's a step forward," said Colin Hanna, president of tea party support group Let Freedom Ring. Tea Party Winners Take Ambitious Promises To Washington
All one can say that is positive about this awful, stupid, imbecile dullard of a PM is that one day, soon he'll be gone and thank god for that.
Both sets of students were overall very positive and hoped that we would offer another such project.
On the positive side, our buyers are sticking with the programme, and have appointed a new surveyor.
Have you got any positive proof that she took the money?
During the six-hour surprise road check, more than 100 drivers of cars, trucks and busses tested positive for illegal drugs.
This is an extremely positive action on the part of the sales company and our consignors in an effort to accommodate buyers.
Polyelectrolyte multilayers are gel-like films of alternating layers of positively and negatively charged molecules.
Counterconditioning: Conditioning intended to replace a negative response to a stimulus with a positive response.
Their positive common memory strengthens their communal resolve, and they begin to pray for Sethe.
Antisera against KLH induced positive CHR but not positive COP. The results of reciprocal inhibition experiment indicated that there is a partial cross antigenicity between KLH and SEA.
Only within a conjugal union could women be chaste and virtuous, and nurture a positive influence on children and men.
We have had very positive feedback so far and they do seem to think it is valuable and worthwhile.
Police have positively identified the bulk of a mob of 274 cattle, allegedly stolen from properties and saleyards in Victoria and New South Wales.
Smoothly steering between R&B and Eurodance, she's breathily seductive on Motivation – by contrast, guest Lil Wayne is positively anaemic – while I'm Dat Chick updates the jumpy minimalism of Destiny's Child's No, No, No. Kelly Rowland: Here I Am – review
Unfortunately the minuses of the disc so outweigh the scant positives.
The Aggies have been far less competitive than they were last year and are scrambling to salvage something positive out of this season.
He was expected to make a very positive contribution to the 1996 Games organisation.
In fact since I've been a father that kind of thing has become so unfamiliar to me that a trip to the salon is a positively intoxicating experience.
I suggest we start to look for the positive in this planned wind farm.
As the film unfolds, Coppola subtly shifts the perspective to show the plate glass windows as barriers and Tokyo's apparent absurdities are gradually revealed as a positive and regenerative force.
Once the cause of your allergy has been ascertained and a positive skin test obtained, then a specific vaccine can be created to desensitise you against the allergen that is triggering your symptoms.
But if 90% of what he does is positive, which it is, then that seems like a tractable problem to me.
Stare Decisis has some positive features, like providing for constant interpretions of law across different cases, but also negative ones, like allowing a body of judge-made rules to supplant the original constitution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Legislating Miranda Rights for Terrorism Cases?
You can see how life looks to other people and this has a positive effect on close relationships and working partnerships. The Sun
Influences may change over time, and interaction between them is negative and positive.
Successful motivation depends on emphasising positive tangible benefits.
One of her positive convictions was, that you ought not to give them any thing they _ought_ to provide for themselves, such as food or clothing or shelter. The Vicar's Daughter
Add to this theme positive appraisals as a manager through the internal appraisal system and you have a strong candidate.
Patients with blood cultures positive for coagulase-negative staphylococci or other common skin contaminants were not classified as bacteremic.
Complementing this negative case against the claims of traditional political-military history to be of overriding importance, Herder also has positive reasons for focusing instead on the “innerness” of human life in history. Johann Gottfried von Herder
Blue and red colors in this map indicate negatively and positively correlated regions, respectively, whereas yellow refers to regions with uncorrelated fluctuations.
The indirect solutions for ecological appropriation have a more familiar land reform ring but are not without positive environmental implications.
French artist and inventor of the daguerreotype process for obtaining positive photographic prints.
To love yourself is to keep a healthy body, a positive mind, and a worthwhile goal in life. Dr T.P.Chia
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the allure of affordable-luxury businesses such as day spas and beauty salons is positively irresistible.

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