(1) A follower of FR Leavis by intellectual affiliation, he had little time for "theory".
(2) Influx and efflux of 45Ca++ ions in Xenopus leavis isolated full-grown oocytes were measured.
(3) Annan had little difficulty in pointing to the contradictions and inadequacies of Leavis's arguments and denouncing him as callous and dismissive.
(4) Perhaps Michael Winner should have made a film about the Goncourt Brothers casting FR Leavis, his fellow member of Downing College, Cambridge, as Flaubert.
(5) In 1948, the cantankerous but influential scholar FR Leavis crowned Austen mother of his great tradition of the English novel.
(6) 116, 269-272; Wang, C.-L. A., Aquaron, R. R., Leavis, P. C., and Gergely, J.
(7) One of his best known and most successful plays, The Common Pursuit (1984) - revived this year in London - took its title from Leavis's famous book.
(8) In an analogous study on the binary complex of TnC and TnI [Leszyk, J., Collins, J. H., Leavis, P. C., & Tao, T. (1987) Biochemistry 26, 7042-7047], we previously showed that Cys-98 of TnC was cross-linked mainly to CN4, the "inhibitory region", of TnI.
(9) Aeromonas hydrophila caused severe disease in a group of 50 Xenopus leavis three weeks after being transferred from their laboratory conditions.
(10) Outside his office was another of Leavis's hates, Jeremy Bentham, whose clothed skeleton occupies a box.
(11) The amino acid sequence showed marked homology with the reported partial sequence of Xenopus leavis ribosomal protein L32, but not significant homology with Escherichia coli ribosomal proteins that bind to tRNA.
(12) It was here (as well as over CP Snow's ideas of the two cultures, the scientist and the humanist) that he came into conflict with FR Leavis (and his wife, QD Leavis).
(13) Translation of the same RNA in Xenopus leavis oocytes revealed a lectin polypeptide which was about 2 kDa smaller than the in vitro synthesized precursor, suggesting that the oocyte system had removed a 2-kDa signal peptide.
(14) This became a classic antagonism, with Leavis denouncing Annan as a key member of the establishment and ridiculing him because he supposedly thought of a university as an industrial plant, for ever humming away in ceaseless training of the hapless young.
(15) He once wrote, "all public controversy is dispiriting; controversy with Dr Leavis is degrading".
(16) From the Convent of Our Lady of Sion school, Notting Hill, west London, Bernardine went to Newnham College, Cambridge, where her lecturers in English included CS Lewis , EM Forster and FR Leavis .
(17) Sir Walter Scott was another new passion, and the poem "Diehard" is about him, a kind of essay-poem, describing Scott himself in amusing and touching episodes and digressions, and also paying tribute to him as a novelist in a challenge to critics such as Leavis ("Who now reads Anne of Geierstein?
(18) Our earlier kinetic studies [Wang, C.-L. A., Leavis, P. C. & Gergely, J.
(19) In Cambridge, Leavis and others had attacked him for being at the centre of the supposed Bloomsbury-King's cult (King's had been described as Bloomsbury-on-Cam) and now Annan was within a few hundred yards of Bloomsbury Square and his new college occupied many houses where the Bloomsbury set used to live in Gordon Square, and where Maynard Keynes's widow was still to be seen walking her dog in the mornings.
(20) Previously, we showed that Cys-98 of TnC can be cross-linked via BP-Mal to TnI residues 103-110 (Leszyk, J., Collins, J.H., Leavis, P.C., and Tao, T. (1987) Biochemistry 26, 7042-7047).
Levy
Definition:
(n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
(n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
(n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
(n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
(v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
(v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
(v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
(v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
(v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
(v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Example Sentences:
(1) The industry will pay a levy of £180m a year, or the equivalent of £10.50 a year on all household insurance policies.
(2) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
(3) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
(4) Only appropriations bills and the deficit levy on high income earners are certain to pass.
(5) The chancellor has stated that such levies will also be introduced in France and Germany.
(6) The sanctions that could be levied in the aftermath of the Geneva meeting were expected to focus on Putin's close associates, including oligarchs who control much of Russia's wealth, as well as businesses and other entities they control.
(7) The Treasury was adamant last night that this would not be the impact at an industry level and produced figures that showed, for instance, in 2014-15, the corporation tax costs being £0.4bn, compared with a bank levy yield of £2.4bn.
(8) He echoed what Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss, said earlier in the day when he challenged designers to rethink their design processes.
(9) The £180m a year scheme is to be paid for by a £10.50 levy on all home insurance, from homeowners who are not at elevated risk of flooding as well as those who are.
(10) Asked if the government security agencies would be inspecting the site, Levy said: “Yes, of course.
(11) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
(12) Daniel Levy, the chairman, was, according to sources, incandescent and there is the firm belief at Tottenham that Chelsea did not truly want Willian.
(13) Levies exist in many European countries and Canada, and Ofcom highlighted them as one of four main ideas in its PSB review earlier this year.
(14) The chancellor, while prepared to listen to the banking industry, is determined to push through regulatory changes, such as the new bank levy.
(15) Miliband says he does not want union levy payers disenfranchised from the Labour party elections, but is happy to look at how the relationship could be reformed.
(16) The soft drinks industry levy was confirmed in the Queen’s speech, with the formal consultation expected to start soon.
(17) I can’t think of any reason to justify a 1.5% levy on businesses for childcare purposes.” The Australian Industry Group also called for a clarification that the levy was not going to be redirected.
(18) The penalties levied on Barclays are part of an international investigation involving a number of banks – including RBS and Lloyds Banking Group – into interest rates known as the London interbank offered rate (Libor) and the Euro interbank offered rate (Euribor).
(19) This year the total bonus pool since the 2008 crash will break through the £80bn barrier – around three and a half times the amount banks have paid in Corporation tax and the bank levy (pdf) .
(20) He added: "The levy has been designed to encourage less risky funding and complements the wider agenda to improve regulatory standards and enhance financial stability.