(1) Levothyroxine therapy lowered the monoiodotyrosine and diiodotyrosine levels, ameliorated all her endocrinopathies, started her periods, and shrank the goiter.
(2) It therefore seems inevitable that the region will have fallen back into a new recession in the third quarter And here's a summary of the data, showing that only two countries expanded: Ireland: 51.8 (2-month high) The Netherlands: 50.7 (13-month high) Germany: 47.4 (6-month high) Italy: 45.7 (6-month high) Austria: 45.1 (39-month low) Spain: 44.5 (6 month low) France: 42.7 (41-month low) Greece: 42.2 (4-month high) 9.07am BST EUROZONE RECESSION ALL BUT CERTAIN The eurozone's manufacturing sector shrank again in September, making a double-dip recession all but certain.
(3) The Greek consumer prices index shrank by 2.9% in November, showing deflation accelerated after October's reading of minus 2.0%.
(4) All revisions indicated that the devascularized necrotic segment shrank to form a minute fibrous tissue residue, anastomosis was patent and continence was retained for colo-proctoanastomosis.
(5) In experiment one, 144 zygotes shrank to 32-36% of their initial volume in 1.0 M SPBS within 30 min.
(6) His brief grew and then shrank with his appointment as the BBC's "teen tsar" overseeing BBC Switch, axed as part of director general Mark Thompson's strategy review last year.
(7) MR cells shrank about 23% when all chloride was removed from the outside (mucosal) bathing solution.
(8) The sharp fall is partly due to the extra bank holiday in June (for the Diamond Jubilee), so could be a one-off... ...and as the data isn't as bad as feared, it might suggest that the original estimate that the UK shrank by 0.7% in the last quarter will be revised a little higher.
(9) As the programme got going most of the problems shrank in size whilst the problem of changing their practice routines to meet certain guidelines for quality of care imposed by the programme grew.
(10) Spain's economy shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter, putting it back into recession and with a long downturn in prospect as the government cuts spending in an attempt to wrestle down its budget deficit.
(11) Greece is expected to raise as much as €6bn this week to address its borrowing needs – including a much-discussed €3.2bn bond which matures later this month ( this FT piece has more details ) Updated at 10.45am BST 10.02am BST ITALIAN RECESSION CONTINUES Just in: Italian GDP shrank by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2012.
(12) Although the extracellular space (ECS) shrank by approximately 50% during anoxia, the possibility that the increase in K+o and decrease in K+i were mainly caused by shrinkage of the ECS and swelling of intraneuronal space was excluded to a great degree because the changes in K+i and K+o during anoxia were relatively very large.
(13) Light cells shrank when NMG+ replaced Na+, supporting predictions of a Na(+)-dependent volume control system.
(14) RIF-1 tumors shrank to approximately half the volume at the start of therapy after only 3 days of treatment; mammary tumors took longer to respond, not reaching half the starting volume until after 11 days of treatment.
(15) But in April 2014, his show was taken off the air as the opportunities for criticism of authorities shrank.
(16) Tours was transformed, he says, when its high-speed service shrank the journey from Paris to just over an hour in 1989.
(17) Official figures will reveal on Thursday whether the economy shrank for a second successive quarter, from January to March, marking a triple-dip recession – unprecedented in living memory.
(18) The new data show that during the recent downturn the economy shrank by 6.0%, rather than the 7.2% previously estimated.
(19) The Japanese economy shrank by 1.3% in the last three months of 2010, and there are fears that its recovery could be knocked off course.
(20) Economists were most alarmed by data from France, where manufacturing activity shrank at the fastest rate in almost three years.
Shun
Definition:
(v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although there are some circumstances in which it is sensible to privatise, there are many good reasons why wholesale privatisation should be shunned .
(2) They shun cost-benefit analysis but soak up aid money, saying Haiti's state is incompetent and corrupt.
(3) "I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia."
(4) Four months after she was artificially inseminated after shunning the attentions of her prospective mate, Yang Guang, Tian Tian appears to have lost her appetite and is showing signs of moodiness and "nesting" behaviour.
(5) Some male relatives shunned him, believing it shameful or that he might have been a willing participant.
(6) Jin said China would probably support economic measures but would shun security-related action such as signing up to the Proliferation Security Initiative.
(7) A study released in August by the nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund came to the rather interesting conclusion that if the so-called invincibles shun the new law, it will be because the plans cost more than they think they can afford and not because they feel that they are above needing healthcare coverage.
(8) Famously ascetic, teetotal and vegetarian, he meditates, practises yoga and shuns the trappings of office.
(9) Scotland remains the only country not to teach its own children its history, and the built heritage has been neglected, bulldozed or shunned by politicians fearing anything that might be construed as “too nationalistic”.
(10) They include: the impending introduction of free school meals for all infant pupils in England; the addition of cooking skills to the school curriculum; and last year's voluntary agreement on a clearer food-labelling scheme , although a number of major food producers have shunned it.
(11) He’ll face competition from Manchester City though with Pep Guardiola shunning a wealth of Barcelona and Bayern Munich stars and identifying the England man as his top transfer target during a meeting with City’s top brass in, er, Amsterdam.
(12) But it is also to do with a work culture that shuns initiative and rewards indolence.
(13) He shuns parliament, he rarely gives interviews, even to friendly media, and he runs away from reporters.
(14) Once raped, they are stigmatised or shunned by their own families and villages.
(15) Some progressives are still shunning the event, with reports both of white women feeling excluded by talk of race relations, and minority women citing privileged whites acknowledging too little, too late their struggle against chronic class and race discrimination.
(16) Kicking a tuft of grass and pretending not to notice they had shunned him.
(17) These can be done by refusing to pay tax, shunning all government functions as it will be an illegal government, and any meetings called by any minister and president, and – where possible – they must engage in simultaneous public demonstrations to express their anger and frustration."
(18) Choosing to help their neighbours to their own detriment over time is pretty refreshing to see.” For all that, some residents in low-income communities feel shunned by more affluent towns close by.
(19) It was widely assumed the Germany international would move on in January after being shunned by Mourinho at the start of the season but, as the manager now accepts, the player is the one in control.
(20) As we know, millions of voters shunned the heavy handed warnings from Downing Street and its remain campaign about the risk to 3m EU-linked jobs, tax rises and savage spending cuts.