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Oases


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Oasis

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
  • (2) The general findings do not appear to support the existence of active foci of transmission, but analysis of the data for certain oases and localities leads to a quite different assessment of the epidemiological situation.
  • (3) From now on, important efforts of Prevention and Control for vectors and malaria must be developed with large intensity in Saharan oases and in Maghreb.
  • (4) We note the importance of mitigating the effects of desertification, land degradation and drought, including by preserving and developing oases, restoring degraded lands, improving soil quality and improving water management, in order to contribute to sustainable development and poverty eradication.
  • (5) From his fictional response to his old school you can discern in embryo his emerging portrait of an incestuous, inward-looking British establishment whose institutional oases – All Souls and Balliol, the Foreign Office, MCC, Parliament, Clubland and the Circus – are just different versions of the sixth form Junior Common Room.
  • (6) The first comparative results indicate significantly greater instability in the case of gamma alcoholics in the chronic stage than in the oase of gamma alcoholics in the critical stage and alpha alcoholics and epsilon alcoholics.
  • (7) A mammalian enzyme that generates 2'-5' phosphodiester bonds is (2'-5')oligoadenylate synthetase [(2'-5')OASE].
  • (8) By means of a aerohydrodynamic model a hint was received to the probable existence of such a language in western Atlas or in one of the Mauretanian oases.
  • (9) Type I and II interferons (IFNs) stimulate the expression of the 202 and 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase (OASE) genes in L929, NIH 3T3 and LM-TK- fibroblastic cell lines.
  • (10) Over-exploitation of river systems and oases has exacerbated the problem.
  • (11) (i) We show that a (2'-5')OASE activity is associated with 60S spliceosomes in an ATP- and RNA-dependent manner and that it can be indirectly immunoprecipitated by anti-Sm antibodies.
  • (12) There are special springs near the mine, real oases of life in a very arid area.
  • (13) In an obvious reference to Palestinians, Jihad Makdissi, the Syrian foreign ministry spokesman, wrote on Facebook that "guests" in Syria "have to respect the rules of hospitality" or "depart to the oases of democracy in Arab countries".
  • (14) You have to get off the highway to see the real Baja, across the spine of mountains and along old mule trails that go back to the conquistadors, linking oases, old ranches and Spanish missions from the 1700s.
  • (15) (iii) HeLa cell nuclear extracts immunodepleted of (2'-5')OASE activity were also deficient in splicing activity.
  • (16) We analyzed (573) anopheline mosquitoes of A. sergenti (463), A. pharoensis (81) and A. multicolor (29) collected from Siwa-oases and Faiyum Governorate (two known active malaria foci in Egypt), for detection of P. falciparum and P. vivax sporozoites.
  • (17) In oases epizootic process assumes a two-phase course, with accumulation by the middle of the season L. major species pathogenic for human beings.
  • (18) But these oases are never far away from wide-scale chaos: bad urban planning from the Mao era means that huge roads cut across the fabric of the city, so the sound of cars is a constant in the capital.
  • (19) The chromosomes of individuals from Nigeria and from the southwest of the Arabian peninsula have the haplotype - - - - + + - + previously found in west African, Jamaican, and U.S. American blacks, whereas those from the eastern oases of Saudi Arabia and from the west and the east coast of India showed a different haplotype not found in Africa (+ + - + + + + -).
  • (20) He said Labor’s history of achievements were “rare oases in a desert of non-functionality”.

Oasis


Definition:

  • (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 133 Hatfield Street, +27 21 462 1430, nineflowers.com The Fritz Hotel Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Fritz is a charming, slightly-faded retreat in a quiet residential street – an oasis of calm yet still in the heart of the city, with the bars and restaurants of Kloof Street five minutes’ walk away.
  • (2) We stayed at the Secret Garden Tulum Hotel (doubles from £63) which offers a green oasis at reasonable prices.
  • (3) Photograph: KHIZR KHAN This sombre, serene oasis overlooking the Potomac river might also prove the graveyard of Donald Trump’s ambitions for the US presidency.
  • (4) "We're not really here," read John Reid's T-shirt, quoting a City song from the difficult years, as he stood in a daze in Albert Square listening to Oasis blast out from the speakers.
  • (5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest WDBJ7’s station manager pays tribute to Adam Ward and Alison Parker WDBJ itself is an oasis in a down economy.
  • (6) The government needs to change tack and admit that its obsession with structural changes to schools has failed.” Ofsted chief criticises independent schools' lack of help for state schools Read more Wilshaw’s letter was based on the results of inspections of the management and operations of seven academy chains running 220 schools across the country: AET, E-Act, Wakefield City Academies, Oasis, CfBT, The Education Fellowship and the most recent, School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA).
  • (7) Mark Coyle, who co-produced Definitely Maybe, said that Gallagher’s second solo LP reminds him “in some respects of the spirit” of Oasis’s 1994 debut.
  • (8) The OASI eligibility provisions include a retirement test (or earnings test), and in 1979 aged beneficiaries who are under age 72 give up $1 in current benefits for each $2 of annual earnings above $4,500.
  • (9) The image of the militants stalking the ruins of the ancient oasis, a hub of the Silk Road, has been a propaganda coup highlighting the impotence of the international community.
  • (10) The Trustees note that the combined assets of the OASI and DI programs will be sufficient to pay OASDI benefits on time well into the next century based on all four sets of economic and demographic assumptions.
  • (11) It said 12 had been killed and 10 injured in the shooting, understood to have taken place at the Bahariya oasis around 4pm on Sunday, local time.
  • (12) In the cities of Oasis and Riverside, Calif., tadpole shrimp significantly reduced the abundance of immature mosquitoes (Cx.
  • (13) The relationship between drying (moisture content) of soil and tadpole shrimp hatch was determined in studies conducted in mesocosms at the University of California Aquatic and Vector Control Research facilities at Riverside and at Oasis in the Coachella Valley of southern California.
  • (14) The burrows of R. opimus were the main shelters and breeding places of the sandflies, but infection was not transmitted equally in all burrows.It was known that the distribution of sandflies within the burrows was influenced by the humidity in the different parts of the burrow and a survey showed that the highest rate of infection of gerbils occurred in the burrows in those areas with the highest subsoil moisture content.Studies of the prevalence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis among people in the settlements of the Murghab oasis showed that the years with the highest infection rate were also years with slightly higher rainfall and lower air temperatures in this area.
  • (15) Writing in the Observer , Rogers, whose architectural partnership designed the Millennium Dome and the National Assembly of Wales, states that the “brilliant garden bridge will enhance our public realm and reconnect the city, strengthening London’s renaissance, celebrating the river, creating an oasis of calm and beauty, and opening up new perspectives on London”.
  • (16) Restaurant Bar de la Marine (28 rue Achard) is a little oasis of comfort amid the rubble of the past and the concrete of the future.
  • (17) Celebrity use Celebrities who have admitted taking ecstasy include Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, who claimed that taking drugs is 'like having a cup of tea', boyband star Brian Harvey and Blur's Damon Albarn.
  • (18) And, Jinkyo-En which was a desolate waste has come to an oasis in life for the Hansenites.
  • (19) The Trustees note that the assets of the OASI and DI Trust Funds, on a combined basis, will be sufficient to permit the timely payment of OASDI benefits for many years into the future, on the basis of all four sets of assumptions shown in the report.
  • (20) Therefore, hatch rates at Oasis were not associated with the length of the drying period (G = 35, P greater than 0.05).

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