(v. t.) To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
(v. t.) To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics.
(a.) Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference.
Example Sentences:
(1) This sling was constructed bu freeing the insertion of the pubococcygeus and the ileococcygeus muscles from the coccyx.
(2) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
(3) A sperm whale myoglobin gene containing multiple unique restriction sites has been constructed in pUC 18 by sequential assembly of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide fragments.
(4) We have constructed retroviral vectors derived from the genome of avian erythroblastosis virus ES4 (AEV ES4).
(5) A total of 28 cell lines were selected for Geneticin - resistance and inoculated into the footpads of syngeneic animals following co-transfection with pSV2neo and genomic DNA, or transfection with plasmid constructs containing neo and the activated Ha-ras oncogene.
(6) The severity of injury in a gunshot wound is dependent on many factors, including the type of firearm; the velocity, mass, and construction of the bullet; and the structural properties of the tissues that are wounded.
(7) The plasmid pMucAMucB, constructed from the Haemophilus influenzae vector pDM2, and a similar plasmid, constructed from pBR322, increased the survival after UV irradiation of Escherichia coli AB1157 with the umu-36 mutation and also caused UV-induced mutation in the E. coli strain.
(8) C. parasitica mutant strains deficient in the production of endothiapepsin (eapA-) were constructed using a gene-replacement strategy.
(9) A relatively new method of estimating that date and constructing a corresponding Kaplan Meier curve is presented.
(10) Cells transfected with either the first or second construct and selected for the TK+ phenotype were then tested for TK induction after superinfection with HSV-1(F) delta 305, containing a deletion in the coding sequences of the TK gene, and viruses containing, in addition, a ts lesion in the alpha 4 regulatory protein (ts502 delta 305) or in the beta 8 major DNA-binding protein (tsHA1 delta 305).
(11) This structure could be constructed in intron 1 of tobacco rps12 gene.
(12) A method for constructing Ti plasmids bearing multiple copies of a sequence integrated in tandem is described.
(13) Models of the VMT nuclei were constructed to compare their size, shape and disposition across species.
(14) Analysis of Alu repeat polymorphism should be useful in construction of a high-resolution map and also in identifying genotypes of individuals for clinical and other purposes because the repeats are ubiquitous and the technique for their detection is simple.
(15) The secretary of state should work constructively with frontline staff and managers rather than adversarially and commit to no administrative reorganisation.” Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive, Health Foundation “It will be crucial that the next government maintains a stable and certain environment in the NHS that enables clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to continue to transform care and improve health outcomes for their local populations.
(16) During sixty-six months, 145 Kock pouches were constructed: 79 for continent cutaneous diversion (44 men, 35 women), 54 bladder replacements by men, 12 ileo-rectal diversions (10 women, 2 men).
(17) With the use of these proteins as markers, phenotypes could be constructed that distinguished unstimulated, LPS-treated, primed, and fully activated macrophages.
(18) The construction and use of a simple and inexpensive vacuum cassette for this purpose is described.
(19) A library of Zymomonas mobilis genomic DNA was constructed in the broad-host-range cosmid pLAFR1.
(20) Alternatives for the selection of substantive clinical attributes, the overall structural format into which categories are organized, and construction procedures used in developing a psychopathologic taxonomy are elaborated, as are a number of criteria for evaluating the taxonomy's utility and efficacy.
Dismantle
Definition:
(v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
(v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.
(v. t.) To disable; to render useless.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's this alliance and this record that postliberalism is trying to dismantle.
(2) The administration is also attacked for endangering America with its proposals to dismantle the prison at Guantánamo Bay.
(3) This review concentrates on an aspect of developmental cell death that has tended to be neglected, the manner in which the cells are dismantled.
(4) Decades of steady, albeit slow, progress on equality is being dismantled, as cuts to women's jobs and the benefits and services they rely on, turn back time on women's equality."
(5) The Bernabéu blockade was dismantled, by necessity, in favour of an approach far closer the sacred Real tradition.
(6) If the Coalition keeps going down the current path, its most enduring achievement will be the dismantlement of the equity-based federal funding settlement achieved under Whitlam and the dawn of a new era of evidence-less policy making.
(7) In April Egypt's interior minister, General Habib al-Adly, was described in US cables as being behind the dismantling of a Hezbollah cell in Sinai as well as "steps to disrupt the flow of Iranian-supplied arms from Sudan through Egypt to Gaza".
(8) The Anglican communion was given substance only by the British empire and next week’s meeting will be one of the final moments in the dismantling of the empire, or of the further process of forgetting that it ever mattered.
(9) When the old BBC governors – a system of governance that essentially dated back to 1922 – was dismantled in 2006 the outcry that there might be something quickly nicknamed Ofbeeb was deafening.
(10) Ms Le Pen’s party is intent on dismantling the EU , on setting up protectionist barriers, stigmatising Muslims and upending traditional western alliances.
(11) This would blow their chance to dismantle the signature policy achievement of the Obama presidency, leaving them facing the wrath of constituents and potential trouble at the ballot box.
(12) After weeks of unwashed silence he's finally dismantled his crisis-beard and returned his woollen catastrophe-hat to the BBC's Break In Case Of Homelessness box.
(13) We previously have shown that in BFA-treated rat pancreatic lobules, there is no detectable relocation of Golgi proteins to the ER and, although Golgi cisternae are rapidly dismantled, clusters of small smooth vesicles consisting of both bona fide Golgi remnants and associated vesicular carriers persist even with prolonged BFA exposure.
(14) Dismantling the reigning champions would normally serve as a statement of intent at Chelsea, though this was all too easy.
(15) The Times quoted an anonymous official familiar with the group saying its report “says we can’t dismantle these programs, but we need to change the way almost all of them operate”.
(16) The Lib Dem rebels want Clegg to go further and support dismantling the NHS's internal market through which different parts of the system commission and provide services.
(17) That does not mean disregarding or dismantling the UN guiding principles.
(18) 9.11pm BST A commander of the Free Syrian Army, a key US ally among the opposition, has echoed and magnified Idris' stated opposition to the Russian proposal for dismantling the regime's chemical weapons.
(19) Staff succeeded despite some seemingly impossible contradictions: John Cardinal O'Connor of the Archdiocese of New York, who has been opposed to the life-styles of most of the people who would use the unit (gays and IV abusers) urged the creation of the unit; St. Clare's had been bankrupt and virtually dismantled just a few years earlier; and the hospital did not have the financial resources, facilities, or AIDS patient caseload of the larger, well-known New York medical institutions.
(20) Charlie Kronick, senior energy adviser for Greenpeace, said the changes in tax relating to the dismantling of platforms meant rich oil companies were being subsidised by the under-pressure taxpayer.