(p. p.) Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
(n.) One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
(2) Comparison with 194 age and sex matched subjects, without STD, were chosen as controls.
(3) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(4) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
(5) The court heard that Hall confronted one girl in the staff quarters of a hotel within minutes of her being chosen to appear as a cheerleader on his BBC show It's a Knockout.
(6) Provided that adequate reflection is given and the appropriate moment chosen, it is well tolerated and provides all the necessary information.
(7) Tests were chosen to assess various aspects of monocyte function that give some insight into the host defense status and the degree of "activation" of the monocyte.
(8) After the emperor's death, they are named after an era chosen for them; thus Hirohito is known exclusively in Japan as Showa Emperor.
(9) The following examinations could be proposed: in high risk cases determined before pregnancy, a chorionic villus sampling should be done between the 9th and 11th weeks of gestation; in low risk cases such as advanced maternal age, a first trimester chorionic villus sampling or a second trimester amniocentesis could be chosen; in the case of Down's syndrome, warning signs, for example ultrasonographic or biological parameters, a second trimester placental biopsy to relieve the parents' anxiety; in high risk cases such as ultrasonographic malformations, late placental biopsy or cordocentesis.
(10) A control group of 20 patients undergoing the identical cardiac operations (13 coronary artery bypass grafting procedures [CABG], 4 valve replacements [including 1 reoperative procedure], and 3 combined valve replacements and CABG) by the same surgeon within a one-year period was chosen for comparison of chest tube outputs.
(11) An epidemiological survey carried out in 460 public and private institutions chosen at random country-wide in France made it possible to study injuries whose treatment had necessitated an anaesthetic.
(12) At cut-off levels chosen to yield the same false positive rate the quantitative DBA method detected 93% of smokers, close to that of 98% detected with the cotinine RIA.
(13) So Fifa left that group out and went ahead with the draw – according to legend, plucking names from the Jules Rimet trophy itself – and, after Belgium were chosen but decided not to participate, Wales came out next.
(14) ICR 12, one of a panel of rat monoclonal antibodies recognizing the external domain of the human c-erb B2 proto-oncogene product, (Styles, 1990) was chosen as a candidate for radiolabeling with 124I for positron emission tomography of selected patients with breast cancer.
(15) Referents (n = 1165) were chosen from subjects who had no such leave, whatever the medical reason, and were matched to cases by the incidence density sampling method.
(16) This assay system was chosen because it provides eukaryotic DNA as the target and is capable of detecting a range of mutational events.
(17) The schedule was chosen as being one capable of inducing 5-FU radiosensitization (RS).
(18) From these initial recipients, 92 eventually underwent transplantation, and 11 recipient-donor pairs, in which each donor's Pi type contained a band not in the recipient's Pi type, were chosen for the study.
(19) But remember that you have chosen one of the toughest, most competitive industries around!
(20) Three measures of chronicity were chosen: hospital stays longer than 60 days, discharges to long-term care, and three or more admissions per year.
Eligible
Definition:
(a.) That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
(a.) Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.
Example Sentences:
(1) Instead, the White House opted for a low-key approach, publishing a blogpost profiling Trinace Edwards, a brain-tumour victim who recently discovered she was eligible for Medicaid coverage.
(2) Anything not eligible is simply ignored or assumed to be someone else’s responsibility.
(3) Between January 1979 and April 1983, 113 children undergoing their first relapse of acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) at any site were registered in Pediatric Oncology Group study 7834; 98 were eligible and evaluable.
(4) The results indicate that the legislated increase in the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits beginning in the 21st century will have relatively small effects on the ages of retirement and benefit acceptance.
(5) Twenty-five of the 29 eligible doctoral programs in nursing participated in the study; results are based on the responses of 326 faculty, 659 students, and 296 alumni.
(6) Only subjects 65 years of age or older were eligible for inclusion.
(7) The SAA is also the only entity eligible to apply for these funds.
(8) Students from low-income backgrounds will be eligible to apply for top-up grants up to a further £3,250, dependant on household income (ie the full £3,250 grant will be available up to a household income of £25,000 and a partial grant up to a household income of £60,000).
(9) It was based on 12 publications selected out of 993 eligible.
(10) Of 103 eligible children, the quality of recovery was assessed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) at 6 months after injury in 92 patients (86% of series) and at 1 year in 82 patients (73% of series).
(11) Approximately 40 per cent of women eligible for prenatal diagnosis did not receive any information from the referring body prior to counselling at our centre.
(12) Nancy Davis was a middle-ranking film actor in her 20s when she received her initial introduction to Reagan, having already told a friend that he was top of her list of Hollywood’s eligible bachelors.
(13) A questionnaire was administered to parents who volunteered their children for a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of a drug to treat asthma and to a control group of parents whose children were eligible for the trial but had refused the invitation.
(14) Two interview surveys were conducted with AFDC and HR (general assistance) Medicaid eligibles, the first under the fee-for-service system servicing the Medicaid population, and the second 18 months after the introduction of a mandatory, prepaid managed care system for Medicaid beneficiaries.
(15) Others who were at the sharp end, including doctors, nurses and even newspaper war correspondents, may also be eligible.
(16) The white paper will also force councils to define more precisely eligibility criteria for social care and provide the elderly with information about services in the local area.
(17) Eligible subjects include early PD patients (illness duration less than 5 years and in stages I and II), aged 30 to 79, who are not taking or requiring any anti-PD medications.
(18) Out of 582 eligible women contacted from the age-sex register, 252 (43%) attended the clinic.
(19) In 2013, he told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl that the Texas senator might not be eligible to be president.
(20) The five eligible patients initially treated with placebo had progressive CFU increases; when three were switched to clarithromycin plus the four drugs, their CFU declined.