What's the difference between belgian and spa?

Belgian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Belgium.
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Belgium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The influential Belgian scientist Quetelet demonstrated a remarkable scotoma towards the phenomenon.
  • (2) Belgian reports suggest Hadfi was from Neder-over-Heembeek, in north Brussels, and became quickly radicalised last year.
  • (3) Six Holstein (light-muscled type) and six Belgian Blue bulls (double-muscled type) were fed a finishing diet.
  • (4) He is said to have gone to Syria in spring this year, according to Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws .
  • (5) According to a registration protocol, these time factors, together with other variables and outcome were recorded in 3083 CA cases, treated by the NICU teams of 7 major Belgian hospitals.
  • (6) At that point I was grabbed by the Belgian secret service and slammed against the glass.
  • (7) Two “Belgian journalists” had been in the Panjshir valley of northern Afghanistan for weeks, supposedly waiting to interview Ahmad Shah Massoud, the so-called Lion of the Panjshir, leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, an al-Qaida adversary.
  • (8) Within the frame of a Belgian multicentre study of zuclopenthixol acetate and haloperidol, a group of French-speaking psychiatrists added the AMDP scales to the basic protocol.
  • (9) The company claims that its privacy policy does not break Belgian data protection laws, according to reports .
  • (10) He has won the Belgian title and two Portuguese championships.
  • (11) The recently bailed-out Belgian-French bank Dexia had a capital ratio well above regulatory limits but a leverage ratio more than 60 times its equity base.
  • (12) (The title’s spelling, with an initial K, serves to distinguish the pre-colonial civilization, which stretched as far as contemporary Angola, from the Belgian colony and current republics.)
  • (13) One of the other attackers in the car is believed to have been Brahim Abdeslam, a Belgian jihadi who blew himself up on Paris’s Boulevard Voltaire.
  • (14) I can tell you that’s what people live for as well.” It feels like a new age for Belgian football.
  • (15) At the other end, they at least got two goals against a Belgian team that has only conceded one goal in World Cup qualification, but the penalty had a big element of fortune about it, and there'll be concerns about Jozy Altidore yet again failing to score in a Klinsmann team.
  • (16) This time, a relatively unknown Belgian group has pledged to “expel the Islamists” and police warn that extreme-right activists are believed to be converging on Molenbeek from around Europe, even though police banned the scheduled protest and any counter protests in the city as soon as it was announced, largely in reaction to the unrest last week.
  • (17) He took a few touches and then tried to batter a shot past Mignolet at his near post but the Belgian stayed strong and managed to divert it over the bar!
  • (18) Corner to USA though... 1.33am BST 20 mins More tempo in the American play now, but Belgium intercept again, and Mirallas torments them down the Belgian right flank before hitting a low cross in that's hoofed safely clear.
  • (19) A total of 2,765 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in more than 60 Belgian laboratories from blood or normally sterile body fluids between 1 November 1980 and 31 December 1988 were serotyped.
  • (20) Belgian special forces arrested four people in the capital’s Place du Grand Sablonon Saturday afternoon, while the Brussels Metro system is expected to be shut down until Sunday afternoon at the earliest.

Spa


Definition:

  • (n.) A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The influence of calcium ions on the electrophoretic properties of phospholipid stabilized emulsions containing various quantities of the sodium salts of oleic acid (SO), phosphatidic acid (SPA), phosphatidylinositol (SPI), and phosphatidylserine (SPS) was examined.
  • (2) But the amount of time spent above SPA has differed substantially between men and women due to women both living longer, and reaching state pension age earlier.
  • (3) An expanded version of this paper, containing full experimental details of the semisynthesis and characterization of [GlyA1-3H]insulin, has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50129 (30 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem.
  • (4) The vagally induced pyloric contraction was resistant to atropine but sensitive to SPA and hexamethonium, indicating involvement of SP in the activation of preganglionic neurons as well.
  • (5) In addition to the aforementioned, we also seek to compare radioactivity values of different spas during the same season as well as of an individual spa at different seasons of the year.
  • (6) Two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits, seven serum plate agglutination (SPA) antigens, and the hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test for antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) were compared for sensitivity and specificity using known MG-positive and MG-negative sera from leghorn chickens.
  • (7) The cell hydrophobicity of SPA-defective mutants was higher than that of the parent strain.
  • (8) Also, a changed linker region in SpA beta gal resulted in a more soluble protein.
  • (9) Southern blot hybridization showed that the in vitro-constructed mutation was present in the chromosomal spa locus.
  • (10) By utilizing the SPA to select out the optimal method of sperm preparation, the fertilization and pregnancy outcome can be improved.
  • (11) The Fellowship combines the academic rigour of an MBA with the reflective and ideological framework of a wellness retreat in Bali; without the sun and spa treatments, but with the added element of the formidable Dame Mary Marsh, a great example of a woman leading as a former headteacher, charity chief executive, NED and leadership development campaigner.
  • (12) It is concluded that the increased rate of SPA and formation of PGI2-sensitive platelet aggregates in vitro in whole blood of MI patients are secondary to myocardial necrosis.
  • (13) These data suggest that the SPA cannot independently define male fertility status and should be used in conjunction with the standard semen analysis and clinical evaluation of the couple to assess male fertility potential.
  • (14) These data indicate the antinociception from PAG stimulation is not equally distributed throughout the body, and that the intensity of the noxious stimulus influences the threshold for SPA.
  • (15) Single photon absorptionsdensitometry (SPA), DPA (dual photon absorptiometry), DEXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) and QCT (quantitative computertomography, peripher and central) are todays measurement techniques.
  • (16) Charged £500 for a night at a spa with his family in between moving houses.
  • (17) A good correlation between the HOS test and the sperm penetration assay (SPA) in fertile and normal semen samples was initially found, but subsequently, no significant correlation was demonstrated with fertile and infertile patients.
  • (18) Eighteen monoclonal antibodies selected for varied reactivity with both native and denatured SPA proteins could be classified into eight different types based on western blot analysis of the CNBr fragments.
  • (19) The coefficient of variation for repeat measurements by DEXA was 1.2% and by SPA 1.6%.
  • (20) The groundwork for spa facilities intended for the treatment of children was performed by Dr. Carl von Mettenheimer in Schwerin with the foundation of a "Verein für die Errichtung von Kinderheilstätten an deutschen Seeküsten" ("Association for the Establishment of Pediatric Sanatoria on German Coasts").

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