However, sulfoxides are more stable than the corresponding selenoxides, and elimination is usually carried out as a distinct operation.

There are two distinct operations at the White Buildings.

Soviet wartime population policy consisted of two distinct operations: deportation and evacuation.

The two steps may be carried out as distinct experimental operations if the initially formed enolate is protected after β-addition.

No merger took place, and the companies retain separate and distinct operations.

Only two distinct operations are needed for restoring balance: "skew" and "split".

The number of distinct operations in a system that map a set into itself is the set's degree of symmetry (Rahn 1980, 90).

Three distinct operations were required: transportation, protection and resupply.

While many of these labels are distinct operations, they share a common musical ethic.

Ford has run virtually distinct operations that create and sell different cars and trucks in different markets.