(1) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(2) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The level of prescribing of opioid painkillers – Percocet in Geni’s case – has soared, and with it the incidence of addiction, and addiction’s grim best friend: fatal overdoses.
(5) Two decades after Donna Tartt soared to literary stardom with her debut The Secret History, the reclusive author is set to release her third novel this autumn.
(6) None of the major parties have proposed a stimulus package as the solution to Ireland's soaring deficit and unemployment (which has tripled since the start of the economic crisis to almost 14%).
(7) Tourism numbers have soared from 23m in 2010 to 47m last year, in a city of just 7m; the government wants 100m by 2020.
(8) "The soaring cost of air travel will ultimately be a small factor in increased rail fares, as the ONS said plane tickets pushed the inflation index higher.
(9) Soaring demand for rental property means homes are being let in record time, even though more properties are coming on to the market, according to research from lettings agent Countrywide.
(10) Neither splenectomy nor marginal resection of the liver resulted in a significant increase in postoperative mortality which, however, soared up by as much as 50% after radical surgery involving the resection of the pancreas.
(11) Yet bank bonuses soared in April as payments were delayed so the highest paid could benefit from this government's top rate tax cut.
(12) • Two new polls have provided fresh evidence that the Lib Dems are soaring.
(13) The Scottish Greens and the housing charity Shelter said the measure failed to address the more significant issues of a lack of affordable new homes and the council tax system, which greatly benefits wealthier homeowners whose property values are soaring.
(14) As public sector workers prepare for the biggest strike since the Winter of Discontent in 1979, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that workers in the worst paid jobs – such as dinner ladies, hairdressers and waiters – have seen their pay fall sharply in real terms, fanning fears about families' ability to cope with soaring food and energy bills.
(15) Pilgrims from all over the world, many weeping and clutching precious mementos or photographs of loved ones, jostle beneath its soaring domes every day.
(16) The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said today that City bonuses could soar to £6bn this year .
(17) At the same time, for many on low pay the last several years have seen the cost of living soar as their wage packet has shrunk.
(18) With sales of tablets, smartphones and gadgets predicted to soar this Christmas , many British households will soon be temples to the latest technology.
(19) Soaring SNP membership, at 103,000, would be equivalent to a UK-wide Labour or Tory party garnering 1.2 million supporters.
(20) This does not result from an initiative taken by the medical profession, but from a government plan aimed at checking the soaring costs of medical care.
Soured
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Sour
Example Sentences:
(1) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
(2) The parotid saliva of the caries-rampant group showed a significantly higher level of anodemigrating proteins, predominantly isoamylases, and a significantly lower level of cathode-migrating proteins than that of the caries-resistant group in both paraffin-stimulated and sour lemon-stimulated salivary flows.
(3) But the cocktails take centre stage and are like drinkable pieces of art – try the margarita or the pisco sour.
(4) The munching, and some data crunching, produced firm statistical findings ("The flavour cowy was correlated with age and sourness, but was not correlated to any other flavours or tastes").
(5) A shame such a landmark achievement was soured by Allam refusing to talk to the local council over a potential stadium expansion and trying to change the club’s name to Hull Tigers, which many fans vehemently oppose.
(6) Admittedly, there has been a bit of sour grapes in the English response to the success of Dempsey et al, and no doubt we will be treading those grapes into wine and drinking ourselves into oblivion if Team USA get much further – they are, as today's typically excitable NY Daily News front page informs us, now just "four wins from glory" .
(7) Kaesong, which facilitated nearly $2bn a year in cross-border trade, had been the last joint project left as relations between the two Koreas soured over the past five years.
(8) The UK remains one of the most diligent enforcers of convention rights, but it appears to have soured into one of the least appreciative national constituencies.
(9) Before the adenosine test, the perception of sourness was tested similarly with six concentrations of citric acid (1-100 mM).
(10) Sour taste stimuli (weak acids) decreased outward K+ currents and slightly reduced inward currents; bitter taste stimuli (quinine) reduced inward currents to a greater extent than outward currents.
(11) If i remember correctly, a third of the milk was turned sour, a Russian delicacy'.
(12) Instead, the different taste qualities--sweet, sour, salty, bitter--are subserved by different mechanisms.
(13) "They are taking a mixed strategy, which I would call the sweet and sour approach," Peter Beck, research fellow at Stanford University and a specialist on Korean affairs, told Reuters.
(14) On average, monosodium glutamate and seltzer, which mongrel dogs do not normally encounter in their diets, produced lower gastric acid secretion and pancreatic polypeptide release than sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and meaty tastes.
(15) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan's crumbly little almond and lemon tarts are the perfect example of its charms, to my mind – not too sweet, not too sour, just intensely, deliciously zesty.
(16) Behavior of Staphylococcus aureus strains 100-A, 196-E, 254, 473, 505, and 521 in sweet (18 to 80% milk fat) and neutralized sour cream was studied.
(17) "That was for the players and their families," said Benítez, the implication being why should he risk souring the atmosphere by simply joining in?
(18) If the maximum investment choice is not taken, and NHS performance turns sour in future years, Stevens will be able to say, “I told you so”.
(19) They worked together at Porto, Chelsea and Internazionale but the relationship has soured.
(20) Suu Kyi's relationship with the generals has reportedly turned sour again In her tireless efforts to secure cooperation from the military, Suu Kyi has repeatedly expressed her appreciation, respect and “genuine” affection for the Tatmadaw (feudal military), which her father founded under Japan’s fascist patronage in December 1942, much to the dismay of many minorities who have borne the brunt of the organisation’s ruthless policies.