(1) The mother-of-three began her career in the theatre before joining the literary agency Anthony Shiel Associates.
(2) Shiels said the preponderance of pigeons, seagulls and kookaburras in Australia sometimes obscured the fraught conditions facing native birdlife.
(3) Things had seemed much brighter when Dean Shiels produced a neat lofted finish to put the hosts in front after 14 minutes, but the inability to add a legitimate second was paid for in full when Daniel Da Mota scored a late – and heavily-deflected – equaliser via Ryan McGivern's shoulder.
(4) (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Leslie Alexander Shiels, JP, DL.
(5) Michael Shiels, from Taronga Zoo’s bird department, is stationed in Chilton, in regional Victoria, where 38 birds will be released on Saturday.
(6) Since white settlement, about 80% of the country’s ironbark forests, their habitats, have been removed,” Shiels said.
(7) In addition to Heaton, other members of the panel are Patrick Mears (chair), a senior tax partner at law firm Allen and Overy; Michael Hardwick, a consultant at law firm Linklaters; Brian Jackson, vice-president for group tax at Burberry group plc and previously tax partner at KPMG ; Sue Laing, a partner at law firm Boodle Hatfield; Gary Shiels, a business consultant; and Bob Wheatcroft, a partner in accountancy firm Armstrong Watson.
(8) Ross began her career in the theatre before joining the literary agency Anthony Shiel Associates.
(9) The moor, she said, is pitted by unmarked archaeological treasures vital to the community's heritage - old grazing huts called shielings and uncounted prehistoric sites, which the council and developers have ignored.
(10) The Jacobite Express used in the Harry Potter films chugs between Mallaig and Fort William twice a day, charging across the Glenfinnan Viaduct with its spectacular view down Loch Shiel.
(11) During acute phase induction in rats, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) mRNA is modified by a reduction in poly(A) tail size (Shiels, B.R., Northemann, W., Gehring, M.R., and Fey, G.H.
Shield
Definition:
(n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
(n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
(n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
(n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
(n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
(n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
(n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
(n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
(n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
(n.) To ward off; to keep off or out.
(n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Example Sentences:
(1) 11 patients with a postoperative classification of stage D had additional external beam radiation to the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes with shielding of the implanted prostatic region.
(2) An effective gonadal shield should reduce the gonadal dose to a level low enough to preserve spermatogenesis in most patients.
(3) Scott was born in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, the youngest of the three sons of Colonel Francis Percy Scott, who served in the Royal Engineers, and his wife, Elizabeth.
(4) Fred had to be substituted to shield him from the crowd’s disdain.
(5) Was the Dalkon Shield so harmful in the nulliparous woman?
(6) Physicians need to prescribe the lowest possible dose of hormones in these women and counsel them to shield their face from sunlight.
(7) Moulton said his colleagues were preparing to table an offer next week that will shield 50% of the council's staff from a pay cut.
(8) Adult males acclimated to an LD 14:10 photoperiod were distributed in five experimental groups: intact controls (NO), sham-pinealectomized (S), sham-pinealectomized with black plastic shielding of the pineal region, pinealectomized (PX), and pinealectomized with the operated region shielded.
(9) In order to evaluate long-term as well as short-term effects, blood loss was measured at postinsertion levels of 6, 12, and 18 months in 72 women wearing the Lippes loop, in 73 wearing the Dalkon shield, and in 82 with TCu 300.
(10) Using the outer 2 mm of the skin-fold, and shielding the rest of the hand with a lead plate, cutaneous blood flow rate could be monitored separately.
(11) Shielded marrow self renewal capacity, a measurement reflecting primitive hematopoietic stem cell function, remained depressed and did not recover with time.
(12) We believe the shield makes the patient more comfortable and decreases the likelihood of dislodgement of the adhesive.
(13) He lost contact with his father, a lorry driver, for several years, but says that his mother - aided by his uncle - made it her mission to shield him from the crime and disorder around them.
(14) The lead shield encloses only the testes, allowing its use with nearly any radiation field that does not include the testes.
(15) "Let us arm ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness," Malala said.
(16) I’m not satisfied until I collect everything' … EFL Cup Europa League International Champions Cup Community Shield Which competition was Ian Rush talking about when he said: 'This is why cup finals are so special, because anyone can beat anyone.
(17) Nemanja Matic, more normally such a man-mountain of a midfield shield, is diminished and was beaten too easily in the air by James Morrison for the home side’s second.
(18) The results indicate that collagen shields can slowly release cyclosporin A and increase the penetration time for the drug.
(19) Shields accepted that the Irish appeared more inclined to send up their grim fiscal situation than go out and riot.
(20) Some Coalition MPs raised concerns earlier this year that transparency could expose wealthy business owners to security risks, including kidnapping , and the government prepared legislation to shield private Australian companies.