computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving

In the opening paragraphs I query the validity of so-called supply-side economic strategies.

She glanced briefly at the newspaper.

She divided the cake into six pieces.

We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.

That's certainly one possibility.

To my side, my wife, who I'm presently at odds with, lies sleeping.

He has no distinct idea of how to proceed.

Critics may argue that all the foregoing characterizations are very abstract.

Nowadays parents treat their children more as equals than they used to and the child is given more freedom to make his or her own decisions in life.