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Onwards


Definition:

  • (adv.) Onward.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ben Bernanke's testimony to the Senate: from here onwards .
  • (2) When researching his book, Moore could see from Margaret Roberts's student days onwards that she was conscious of the attention being paid to her.
  • (3) Permeability measurements, published elsewhere, indicate that the epithelium is functionally 'tight' from 69 days onwards.
  • (4) In addition, there is significantly less germ cell production from the primary spermatocyte stage of spermatogenesis onwards and the total number of Sertoli cells observed is less.
  • (5) We present prediction intervals for two years from January 1990 onwards.
  • (6) In the preimplantation period, ER patterns remained unvarying on days 2-6 of gestation in both cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments; their levels in nuclear fraction were significantly higher from day 3 onwards while, total cytoplasmic ER concentrations were higher from day 4 of gestation compared with the values obtained for secretory phase tissues from normal ovulatory cycles.
  • (7) On the other hand, immunohistochemical studies with QH-1 or MB-1 antibody show, beside a capillary network in the central core of the wing bud, individual immunolabelled cells of mesenchymal character within the primarily avascular subectodermal region from the onset of vascularization onwards.
  • (8) We compared these data with data on the kinetic development of H-2b antigens on fetal hepatocytes cultured from days 15, 16, and 17 pc onwards.
  • (9) Erythropoietin (EPO) responsive cells can be detected from 7th day onwards.
  • (10) Similarly from day 140 onwards no oestradiol receptors are evident.
  • (11) A general practitioner practising from 1940 onwards on the Gruyère region describes visually his former task: permanence on call, daily journeys of 80 km for house calls, often on skis or by sleigh, surgery under most primitive conditions, serious decisions taken lonely, diphtheria-epidemics, frequent tuberculosis, penicillin as a major break-through, picturesque human encounters...A lively testimony of times gone by.
  • (12) By 7 days, notochordal uptake is markedly diminished, and no uptake of isotope occurs from 8 days onward.
  • (13) From the second post-transplant year onwards patient survival was worse in diabetic than in non-diabetic patients.
  • (14) Stem-stature ratios showed a similar pattern; and were confined within a narrow margin from 6 months onwards.
  • (15) From 8 weeks onward, as a result of the treatment, the tubular lumen of the corpus epididymides became narrowed with thickened pseudostratified epithelium and there was a reduction in the amount of spermatozoa.
  • (16) In the ileum, significant lysis of collagen in the anastomotic area, as represented by a decreased level of hydroxyproline, occurs from 12 hr postoperatively onward.
  • (17) From the fourth generation onward, neither hyperinfection nor extra-intestinal migration could be induced even by higher doses of corticosteroids.
  • (18) First, the disintegration of class voting patterns noticed by sociologists from the late 1950s onwards.
  • (19) The allegations from the 1970s onwards relate to Knowl View School in Rochdale, where the Liberal Democrat MP served as chairman of governors.
  • (20) The results indicate that the hypothalamo-pituitary in immature rats reacts in a similar way as that in adult animals from day 16-20 onwards.

Towards


Definition:

  • (prep.) In the direction of; to.
  • (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning.
  • (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
  • (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
  • (adv.) Near; at hand; in state of preparation.
  • (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The microsomal preparations from untreated Syrian golden hamster livers exhibited higher activities of N-demethylation towards the macrolide antibiotics, erythromycin and troleandomycin, than those from untreated and phenobarbital-treated rats.
  • (2) In X-irradiated litters, almost invariably, the incidence of anophthalmia was higher in exencephalic than in nonexencephalic embryos and the ratio of these incidences (relative risk) decreased toward 1 with increasing dose.
  • (3) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (4) Enhanced sensitivity to ITDs should translate to better-defined azimuthal receptive fields, and therefore may be a step toward achieving an optimal representation of azimuth within the auditory pathway.
  • (5) Postpartum management is directed toward decreasing vasospasm and central nervous system irritability and maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance.
  • (6) Another important factor, however, seems to be that patients, their families, doctors and employers estimate capacity of performance on account of the specific illness, thus calling for intensified efforts toward rehabilitation.
  • (7) Normal and tumor cell cultures exhibited increased sensitivity toward TNF in the presence of mifepristone.
  • (8) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
  • (9) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
  • (10) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
  • (11) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
  • (12) The Pakistan government, led as usual by a general, was anxious to project the army's role as bringers of order to a country that was sliding quickly towards civil war.
  • (13) This paper presents findings from a survey on knowledge of and attitudes and practices towards AIDS among currently married Zimbabwean men conducted between April and June 1988.
  • (14) Local minima of hand speed evident within segments of continuous motion were associated with turn toward the target.
  • (15) Moreover, it allows the clinician to be alert towards findings which could be missed when not carefully searched for and which may be useful to raise or strengthen the suspicion of this disease.
  • (16) An N-acetylation polymorphism is described that is expressed toward arylamine carcinogens in tumor target organs of an inbred rat model.
  • (17) Expansion of the cell sheet following attachment, and the fusion of epiblasts advancing toward each other, does not require the presence of mineralocorticoid.
  • (18) It was then determined whether reducing the PA wedge pressure during exercise with prazosin (9 patients) or dobutamine (6 patients) reduced ventilatory levels toward normal.
  • (19) The toluene group were more approving in their attitudes towards taking other drugs.
  • (20) The inhibition by DCMU of palmitoylcarnitine oxidation by isolated liver mitochondria was used to calculate a flux control coefficient of the respiratory chain towards gluconeogenesis.

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