(v. i.) To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
(v. i.) To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
(2) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
(3) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(4) It is concluded that during exposure to simulated microgravity early signs of osteoporosis occur in the tibial spongiosa and that changes in the spongy matter of tubular bones and vertebrae are similar and systemic.
(5) HSV I infection of the hand classically occurs in children with herpetic stomatitis and in health care workers infected during patient care delivery.
(6) Such an increase in antibody binding occurred simultaneously with an increase in the fluidity of surface lipid regions, as monitored by fluorescence depolarization of 1-(trimethylammoniophenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
(7) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
(8) Electronmicroscopical investigations have revealed that, under normal conditions, a minor vesicular transfer of intravenously injected peroxidase occurs across the endothelium in segments of arterioles, capillaries and venules, especially in arterioles with a diameter about 15-30 mu.
(9) No significant change occurred in the bacterial population of our hospital unit during the period of the study (more than 3 years).
(10) The highest rate of discontinuation occurred when method choice was denied in the presence of husband-wife agreement on method choice, and the lowest rate occurred when method choice was granted in the presence of such concurrence.
(11) The secondary leukemia that occurred in these patients could be distinguished from the secondary leukemia that occurs after treatment with alkylating agents by the following: a shorter latency period; a predominance of monocytic or myelomonocytic features; and frequent cytogenetic abnormalities involving 11q23.
(12) An inflammatory process than occurs in the airways that is characterized by an influx of eosinophils and neutrophils into the airway epithelium and bronchial fluids.
(13) A clinical and microbiologic response occurred when anticoagulation therapy with heparin was added to the treatment regimen.
(14) Infection with opportunistic organisms, either singly or in combination, is known to occur in immunocompromised patients.
(15) A commensurate rise in both smoking and adenocarcinoma has occurred in the Far East where the incidence rate (40%) is twice that of North America or Europe.
(16) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
(17) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
(18) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
(19) The concentrations of five normally occurring protease inhibitors in serum and synovial fluid were compared in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, and normal controls.
(20) A strong block to the elongation of nascent RNA transcripts by RNA polymerase II occurs in the 5' part of the mammalian c-fos proto-oncogene.
Tense
Definition:
(n.) One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.
(a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
Example Sentences:
(1) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
(2) Two officers who witnessed the shooting of unarmed 43-year-old Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati will not face criminal charges, despite seemingly corroborating a false claim that DuBose’s vehicle dragged officer Ray Tensing before he was fatally shot.
(3) Bostock, who is long thought to have had a tense relationship with chief executive Marc Bolland , is departing by "mutual consent to pursue other interests" on 1 October, when she will also leave the M&S board.
(4) After five days watching birds illegally shot down and becoming embroiled in tense stand-offs with the police and hunters, Packham was summoned to a police station and interviewed for five hours.
(5) Although excessive eye movements caused 30% of the subjects to be removed from the analysis, it was still possible after the experiment to differentiate between subjects who gradually tensed their agonist during the foreperiod and subjects who did not.
(6) Peroneal nerve traction does not result in abnormalities of the dorsalis pedis pulse, pain on passive muscle stretch or a tense anterior tibial compartment.
(7) Security North Korea has a long history of tense relations with other regional powers and the west – particularly since it began its nuclear programme.
(8) A health committee meeting in Sacramento, the state capital, on Wednesday turned into a tense showdown between lawmakers seeking to argue that the science is unequivocally on the side of universal vaccination, and activists accusing them of being in the pocket of unscrupulous big pharmaceutical companies.
(9) However its depth and tense, cystic feeling on palpation, were considered somewhat unusual.
(10) It was found, contrary to expectation, that the prevalence was 2.96% and preponderant symptoms seemed to be worrisome, tense, irritable and depressive.
(11) 7:23pm: Out trudge the players, looking tense - perhaps because of the stakes of the match, or maybe because of all the formalities Fifa make them endure before kick-off.
(12) The categories used for the auditory assessment were preutterance vocalizations, abnormal initiation, rough voice, breathy voice, tense voice, voice tremor, intraphonemic disruption and pitch break.
(13) It was very tense, they were very angry, but we tried to be respectful, while explaining that I was doing my job taking photos.
(14) While arguments will persist over the rights and wrongs of publishing, what seems certain is that the incident will inflame already tense relations between Buckingham Palace and the European media.
(15) China and the Philippines had a tense maritime standoff at a shoal west of the main Philippine island of Luzon early this year.
(16) Tense scenes followed on Sunday as a large crowd gathered in the town of Bastia, about 12 miles (19km) away, seeking to enter the Lupino district, which is home to a large North African community.
(17) Men arrested for the first time for driving while intoxicated were more tense, depressed, angry and fatigued during the month preceding their arrest than were men arrested for the second time for the same offense.
(18) The protest grew after several hundred people left a rally opposing the election of Donald Trump as president and joined with others chanting: “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Earlier this year the University of Cincinnati, which fired Tensing shortly after the incident, reached a $5.3m settlement with DuBose’s family .
(19) The scope and numbers of Anaconda are no match for the Russian exercises that go on all the time just across the border.” War game map But Zaborowski also acknowledged that the backdrop to the exercise was “tense, and accidents can happen”.
(20) Lower esophageal sphincter pressure (LESP) was measured in 10 biopsy-proved cirrhotics with esophageal varices and tense ascites before and after diuresis to evaluate of ascites might play in the development of variceal bleeding.