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Wain


Definition:

  • (n.) A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon.
  • (n.) A chariot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) By using these data and the known structure of the combining site of protein MOPC 315 [Dwek, Wain-Hobson, Dower, Gettins, Sutton, Perkins & Givol (1977), Nature (London) 266, 31-37] the mode of binding of Tnp derivatives is deduced by ring-current calculations.
  • (2) At Christmas I went to department stores in Buchanan Street and bought inexpensive ornaments and prints, again not understanding – or not understanding well enough – that seeing more of me was worth any number of smoked glass decanters or pictures by the Impressionists (an unusually dreary example of which replaced FD Millet's Between Two Fires in the frame above the fireplace, until my parents, suffering it in silence for long enough, papered it over with Constable's The Hay Wain).
  • (3) As well as The Hay Wain in the National Gallery there is The Valley Farm in the Tate collection .
  • (4) The samples studied were derived from the same man for whom a detailed analysis of the tat gene was previously described (A. Meyerhans, R. Cheynier, J. Albert, M. Seth, S. Kwok, J. Sninsky, L. Morfeldt-Manson, B. Asjö, and S. Wain-Hobson, Cell 58:901-910, 1989).
  • (5) A method of modifying a Cape-Waine Anaesthetic Ventilator is described in detail showing what parts need to be replaced or removed.
  • (6) She might have stitched the whole thing in front of her hissing gas fire, with her brass ornaments twinkling in the background, Corrie playing on the telly and The Hay Wain over the fireplace.” Perry flirts with John Major territory – “cricket on the village green” makes an appearance among Perry’s aggregation of words and phrases that seem to him to express Britishness – but it is too sly to fall for the whole warm beer and cycling spinsters schtick.
  • (7) Adenomyosis wained in the aged hybrids, apparently due to declining ovarian function.
  • (8) Hillsborough disaster: six people, including David Duckenfield, charged Read more Norman Bettison – inspector Bettison’s role included writing most of the force’s account of the disaster in the Wain report to Lord Justice Taylor.
  • (9) "Shropshire council has acknowledged that the 2,600 figure is both arbitrary and inexact," said John Waine from Hoooh.
  • (10) In protein XRPC 25 a positively charged residue was located at the entrance to the site, similarly positioned to that reported for protein MOPC 315 [Sutton, Gettins, Givol, Marsh, Wain-Hobson, Willan & Dwek (1977) Biochem.J.165, 177-197].
  • (11) The contacts expected between epsilon-2,4-dinitrophenyl-L-lysine and the site on MOPC 315 IgA, on the basis of a recent model for this site [Dwek, Wain-Hobson, Dower, Gettins, Sutton, Perkins & Givol (1977) Nature (London) 266, 31--37] were not detected.
  • (12) By using a series of Dnp-spin-labelled haptens, the dimensions of the binding sites of the three myeloma proteins were compared by the method described for protein MOPC 315 [Sutton, Gettins, Givol, Marsh, Wain-Hobson, Willan & Dwek (1977) Biochem.
  • (13) On one of many evenings at Orton's home, Waine also recalls Williams's fury when the playwright revealed that he had spiked Williams's food with hashish.
  • (14) Simon Wain-Hobson , a virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, said that scientists working on the controversial virus studies should be less defensive.
  • (15) Known as the Babes in the Woods, Waine and Dennis became friends with Williams after Waine, an Oxford undergraduate, sent him an amusing fan letter.
  • (16) While Williams was clearly attracted to Waine, the friendship remained platonic.
  • (17) Willy Lott’s House from the Stour (The Valley Farm) is the same cottage seen from a different angle in Constable’s most famous painting, the slightly later The Hay Wain .
  • (18) Waine and Dennis helped Stevens to unravel the background to many unexplored sections of the diaries, which Williams started keeping in 1942 and famously finished with a final dark entry on 14 April 1988, the night of his death, with the words "Oh – what's the bloody point?"
  • (19) "Tom Waine and Clive Dennis feature frequently in the published extracts, but they're never fully identified," Stevens said.
  • (20) Some experts argue that fat is the wrong target and that salt, sugar and refined carbohydrates should be tackled instead, but Dr Colin Waine, former chairman of the National Obesity Forum, welcomed the move.

Win


Definition:

  • (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
  • (a.) To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
  • (a.) To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
  • (a.) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
  • (a.) To extract, as ore or coal.
  • (v. i.) To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He was the first to win as a captain and a manager.
  • (2) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
  • (3) Johnson and Campion are optimistic that marriage equality will win out, and soon.
  • (4) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
  • (5) As James said in Friday’s announcement, his goal was to win championships, and in Miami he was able to reach the NBA Finals every year.
  • (6) We are deeply saddened," said Nyan Win, a spokesman of National League for Democracy.
  • (7) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
  • (8) No one expected us to win either of these byelections, but we can’t ignore how disappointing these results are,” he said, referring also to last week’s Richmond Park byelection.
  • (9) If Del Bosque really want to win this World Cup thingymebob, then he has got to tell Iker Casillas that the jig is up, correct?
  • (10) Perhaps there were some other generations in Portuguese football with more talent, but they didn’t win.
  • (11) The review will now be delayed for five years, leaving the next election to be fought on the existing constituency boundaries, and seriously damaging David Cameron's chances of winning an overall majority in 2015.
  • (12) Everyone is expecting them to win and I think that’s a double-edged sword.
  • (13) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
  • (14) Winning and losing were predicted to be more significant in determining cardiovascular responses for Type A's than for Type B's.
  • (15) The result will be yet another humiliating hammering for Labour in a seat it could never win, but hey, never mind.
  • (16) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
  • (17) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.
  • (18) With their 43-8 win , the Seahawks did more than just produce one of the most dominant performances in Super Bowl history, they gave the city of Seattle its first major professional sports win in 35 years .
  • (19) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
  • (20) The only lesson I’ll learn from this is don’t win in the third round.

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