You can see the story-telling process at work, what I call the refining and polishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & History] Reference

The infrastructure for oil refining is already in place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Wild ...] Reference

Pemex is way behind demand in refining capacity for unleaded gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gasoline price in Mexico] Reference

There just isn't an obvious purpose for them in refining rocks on the Moon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Changing Course - AGAIN? - NASA Watch] Reference

Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) to acquire its 50-percent stake in German refining firm Ruhr.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

He will spend his life in refining away his own happiness: but do not let him refine away yours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference

Statistical and financial analysis tools have been helpful in refining my decision making process at work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona State University] Reference

Personally, I think what is on the table is a mess ... and they certainly have a alot of garbage to throw out in refining this.    From Wordnik.com.  [More work to do on health care] Reference

"This is a better performance from Shell, achieved despite continued difficult industry conditions in refining and natural gas markets.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Shell Profits Rise 6.5% On Higher Oil Price] Reference

Backyard refining is looking better all the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference

This final step is what we would call refining the persuasive scenarios.    From Wordnik.com.  [GrokDotCom] Reference

It’s been helpful in refining my opinions and decision on how to proceed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reveal Those Review Copies, Bloggers » Comics Worth Reading] Reference

It was the first and only time that coordination catalysis had been used in refining.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yves Chauvin - Autobiography] Reference

The refining stocks rely heavily on a number that is referred to as the refining margin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investopedia.com Headlines] Reference

KwMap. com is a complex keyword refining tool, aiming to help you discover new keywords.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Way of Searching – Keyword Map « Lorelle on WordPress] Reference

This word refining need not awake in the mind thoughts of an elaborate manufactory with apparatus and numerous workmen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysterious Island] Reference

Much is disintegrating but we are experiencing also an odd kind of refining process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saul Bellow - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Is Obama planning to say exactly what they are anytime soon, or is he still "refining" them?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bernard-Henri Lévy says why Barack Obama will be President.] Reference

By narrowing or "refining" a collection through deaccession, a museum can perform a valuable function.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Art Museum Puts Its Collection on the Block] Reference

Meanwhile, the downstream sector, which includes activities such as refining and retailing, is in the dumps.    From Wordnik.com.  [BP on More of an Even Keel] Reference

Lagging investment in production and refining, meaning the big oil companies are not putting enough into their R&D.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2008] Reference

Any work outside the region has been strictly limited to necessary oil-producing projects, such as refining and shipping.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King Versus The Radicals] Reference

What kind of refining capacities do you want to set up?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference

The practice of "refining" is the great food crime of the age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vitality Supreme] Reference

Arianna was calling him out for 'refining' on Iraq Sunday on This Week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude] Reference

Officials said they were "refining" the proposals after heeding concerns.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

This is called "refining" the grain; or in shop parlance "closing" the grain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel] Reference

The government keeps "refining" the number, usually in such a way that the number gets lower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

It's also pushing innovation in "sleepy industries" such as refining and wastewater treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

The hydrogen can then be used in other industrial processes, such as refining and plastics manufacturing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Is one of a handful of bands that we've constantly referred to as refining and exploring classic rock traditions in a new way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aquarium Drunkard: Music Blog] Reference

"refining" plans "for the alliance to resolutely respond to further North Korean aggression.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Bezurk also doesn't require you to click on page after page of "refining" questions -- "Do you require a vegetarian menu?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plane and Simple] Reference

Yet on May 3, when the record was slated to go on sale, Wonder was still refining it.    From Wordnik.com.  [SIGNED. SEALED. DELIVERED?] Reference

A cautious Harvard Law School grad with a scholarly zeal for refining legal doctrine, he denies anything personal in this fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Feds' Case Against Bill Gates] Reference