(n.) A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that the Nao+-Mgi2+ exchange system has an absolute requirement for ATP and that it is more probable that ATP is supplying energy for transport rather than activating transport by protein phosphorylation or simply by binding.
(2) Will Iain Duncan Smith confirm the facts in today's NAO report.
(3) Ko+ less than Nao+ less than Lio+ less than Mgo2+ reduce furosemide-resistant Rb+ inward leakage relative to cholineo+.
(4) On Tuesday the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report on financial management at the BBC saying the corporation should do more to streamline internal financial reporting, and monitor more closely whether its spending decisions were aligned with its strategic and editorial objectives.
(5) "The BBC's internal financial reporting and planning processes are slow and resource intensive," the NAO said.
(6) We want to build 1m more English homes by 2020, says government Read more “If it is to oversee the new programme effectively, then this must specifically include tracking sale proceeds and progress with the actual construction of new homes, and oversee the programme in a way that gives parliament and the taxpayer much greater assurance over the value for money achieved from all disposals.” A statement from the DCLG did not address the main criticisms contained within the PAC report, and repeated figures that had been disputed by the NAO.
(7) Under constant voltage clamp (-80 mV) inward currents were measured after the addition of Nao+ to 0-Na+ 0-Ca2+ saline and outward currents were measured after the addition of Cao2+ to 0-Na+ 0-Ca2+ saline.
(8) The public accounts committee, which receives reports from the NAO, has heavily criticised the corporation and the BBC Trust, which have resisted full disclosure .
(9) Housing is a key issue and this does not give me any confidence that the department has a grip on its own figures.” Jeremy Blackburn, head of policy at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said: “The NAO report has shown what was suspected by many.
(10) Thompson concludes that the evidence given to the NAO and the PAC on 10 July was "inadequate, and in some important instances, very misleading testimony".
(11) The pre-briefing we’re seeing, tinkering with schedules, now going on about pay, it’s very, very threatening to an institution that’s loved, [even one] that needs to reform.” Jeremy Hunt was the last culture minister to try to increase NAO oversight at the BBC, in 2010.
(12) The NAO says the new patient records have been implemented in a tiny minority of trusts while other IT systems, such as the digitisation of x-ray images, have been achieved.
(13) However, the timing was “primarily driven by the desire to sell prior to the 2015 general election”, said the NAO.
(14) The NAO said the decision helped save around £1.5bn in future interest payments and ensured these bondholders contributed to the costs of nationalisation.
(15) Enrichment of erythrocytes with cholesteryl hemisuccinate caused a marked reduction in Li leak but did not change kinetic and thermodynamic properties of Lii-Nao countertransport of either normotensive persons or patients with essential hypertension.
(16) Recovery from a Ca2+ load caused by reversal of the Na+ gradient could be induced by removal of Cao2+ in the continuing absence of Nao+, indicating the importance of a Na(+)-independent [Ca2+]i-lowering system.
(17) The BBC said that the Broadcasting House redevelopment, in addition to its two other major capital projects included in today's NAO report, came at a time of "profound and unprecedented transformation".
(18) Nao inhibited ouabain binding in the absence of Ki or Ko, so Nao and Ko also act at different sites.
(19) The NAO also discovered instances in which departing managers were given large payoffs even after they had found work elsewhere, and examples of staff who were offered consultancy roles at the time of their departure.
(20) TV coverage of Wimbledon in 2008 was £700,000 above the BBC's approved budget of £3.5m, although the NAO emphasised that four out of the other five came in at or below budget.
Temple
Definition:
(n.) A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
(n.) The space, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.
(n.) One of the side bars of a pair of spectacles, jointed to the bows, and passing one on either side of the head to hold the spectacles in place.
(n.) A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
(n.) The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
(n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
(n.) Fig.: Any place in which the divine presence specially resides.
(v. t.) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.
Example Sentences:
(1) He had been shot once in the right temple, once in the right side of his chest, once in the back and once in the hip.
(2) We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.” However, there is still some slight ambiguity about whether the deal is for Winter 2015 only.
(3) Part of the initial work has involved London Underground strengthening the structure of Temple tube station by the Thames so the north end of the bridge could sit on top of it.
(4) Two cases involving deadly bullet shots to the head are reported (entry wounds at the right temple, shots fired at absolutely close range, 7.65 or 9 mm caliber).
(5) In his passport photograph, applied for in June 2008, Brown has grown a beard and his temples have gone grey.
(6) With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas , many British households will soon be temples to the latest technology.
(7) At a press conference held outside the temple on Sunday, Oak Creek police chief John Edwards said the "heroic actions" of the two officers "stopped this from being worse than it could have been", noting that many people had gathered for worship at the time of the attack.
(8) He has served as the director of Temple University's family practice review course, as a longstanding consultant to the Residency Assistance Program, and in various capacities on the boards of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the STFM Foundation.
(9) Nine cases identified as acinic cell adenocarcinoma of minor salivary glands from the files of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the Department of Pathology, Temple University School of Dentistry were studied to determine the clinical and histomorphologic parameters of this lesion.
(10) Page, an army veteran whose record was marred by drunkenness and a failure to report for duty, walked into the temple just before 10.30am and opened fire with a 9mm pistol.
(11) The sunflowers are the brainchild of Kouyuu Abe, a Zen monk who owns a temple just outside Fukushima city and is committed to the "fight against radiation".
(12) I can state in no uncertain terms and on behalf of the government of Israel that my country is not seeking to change the status quo regarding the Temple Mount.
(13) The Snowman and the Snowdog Game Channel 4 commissioned this endless-runner game in the style of Temple Run for its Snowman sequel.
(14) This is the temple complex of the Ness of Brodgar, and its size, complexity and sophistication have left archaeologists desperately struggling to find superlatives to describe the wonders they found there.
(15) The fear that Israel was planning to alter the status of the holy place Arabs call Al-Haram Al-Sharif and the Jews the Temple Mount set off the violence.
(16) Earlier this month, the church opened its latest temple in the UK, inside a former cinema in Leicester.
(17) It’s a great tragedy.” All Yazidi celebrations, such as weddings and the party-like annual pilgrimage to their sacred temple, Lalish, have been put on hold.
(18) The trip is a contrast in streetscapes: the former is best known for the Rainbow Bridge and the space-age headquarters of Fuji TV, the latter a wonderfully disorderly collection of narrow streets, old buildings and Sensoji Temple , instantly recognisable by the huge akachochin red lantern marking its entrance.
(19) It has been twinned with London’s St Pancras Old church – close to the St Pancras Eurostar terminal – since 2007 • 5 rue de Belzunce, paroissesvp.fr Secrets Temple Ganesh Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy At the north end of the Gare du Nord, just past the elevated metro line, is a colourful Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ganesh.
(20) I too was attracted to the paintings of De Chirico and Delvaux, with their dreamplaces – empty, melancholy cities, abandoned temples, broken statues, shadows, exaggerated perspectives.