(v.) Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.
Example Sentences:
(1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
(2) Since fingernail creatinine (Ncr) reflects serum creatinine (Scr) at the time of nail formation, it has been suggested that Ncr level might represent that of Scr around 4 months previously.
(3) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
(4) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
(5) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(6) Since the start of this week, markets have been more cautious, with bond yields in Spain reaching their highest levels in four months on Tuesday amid concern about the scale of the austerity measures being imposed by the government and fears that the country might need a bailout.
(7) Blood pressure control was marginally improved during the study and it is thought possible that better patient compliance might explain this.
(8) The differences might be due to an arrest of "specialization" in the regional expression of the different MHC isoforms.
(9) It contains 10,000 apartments so far, in blocks that might appear Soviet but for shades of blue, green and yellow.
(10) Administration of furosemide might result, on occasion, in a false positive test for pheochromocytoma.
(11) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
(12) DPI 201-106 (DPI) as a positive inotropic drug might be useful in treating dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
(13) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(14) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
(15) She was not aware that it was an assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents.” If at least one of the women thought the killing was part of an elaborate prank, it might explain the “LOL” message emblazoned in large letters one of the killers t-shirts.
(16) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
(17) These findings suggest that aerosolization of ATP into the cystic fibrosis-affected bronchial tree might be hazardous in terms of enhancement of parenchymal damage, which would result from neutrophil elastase release, and in terms of impaired respiratory lung function.
(18) It is widely seen as a counter to China’s economic might in Asia, and the world’s second largest economy is notably absent from the list of signatories.
(19) Mechanisms by which a defect in the synthesis of dolichol-oligosaccharides might alter the degree of beta-1,6 branching in N-linked carbohydrates are discussed.
(20) But what they take for a witticism might very well be true; most of Ellis's novels tell more or less the same story, about the same alienated ennui, and maybe they really are nothing more than the fictionalised diaries of an unremarkably unhappy man.
Night
Definition:
(n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
(n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
(n.) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
(n.) The period after the close of life; death.
(n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
Example Sentences:
(1) Seventy patients were randomised to Fm 40 mg at night and Rn placebo and 62 to Rn 300 mg at night and Fm placebo.
(2) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(3) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
(4) The night before, he was addressing the students at the Oxford Union , in the English he learned during four years as a student in America.
(5) I felt a much stronger connection with the kids on my home block, who I rode bikes with nightly.
(6) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
(7) This was carried out on the healthy subjects for a total of 12 nights without medication (control nights asleep), a total of 12 nights following 40 mg of flucortolone the previous morning, and a total of 6 nights with similar blood sampling when sleep was prevented (control nights awake).
(8) The amount of water, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins, and enzymes were higher during the day (up to three fold, p always less than 0.05), while equal amounts of amino acids were excreted in the day and the night period.
(9) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
(10) Assessments were made daily by patients, using visual analogue scales, of their pain levels at rest, at night and on activity, and of the limitation of their activity.
(11) The findings reported here suggest that if women nurse exclusively for the 1st half year, maintaining night nursing after introducing supplements is important.
(12) "I hope that he has the sleepless nights I have had for the past five weeks because my son sustained horrific injuries."
(13) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
(14) One radio critic described Jacobs' late night Sunday show as a "tidying-up time, a time for wistfulness, melancholy, a recognition that there were once great things and great feelings in this world.
(15) Alternatively, try the Hawaii Fish O nights, every Friday from 26 July until the end of August, featuring a one-hour paddleboard lesson, followed by a fish-and-chip supper looking out over the waves you've just battled (£16.75).
(16) The subjects underwent a lumbar puncture and three nights of polysomnography.
(17) At 9.30am, ITV was at 69.2p, up 1.7% on last night's closing price.
(18) 12pm, Channel 4 press office: "I refer you to the statement put out last night."
(19) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(20) All 17 candidates are going to be participating in debate night and I think that’s a wonderful opportunity Reince Priebus Republican party officials have defended the decision to limit participation, pointing out that the chasing pack will get a chance to debate separately before the main event.