Example sentences of "a [adj] association [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Both in theory and in practice we endeavour to have a representative Association in each Division , and on them — and them only — lies the responsibility of selecting their candidate .
2 THE Teams of Our Lady have received official recognition as a private association of the faithful from Rome .
3 Mineralisation shows a spatial association with underlying granites in the Lake District and the Isle of Man , and with volcanics in North Wales , but in Central Wales and most of the Southern Uplands there is no indication of magmatic involvement .
4 In a study comparing patients after myocardial infarction with controls , we have explored a possible association between coronary heart disease and a variation found in the gene encoding angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE ) .
5 Researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Centre in New York have discovered a strong association between the condition and the use of roll-on deodorant .
6 ( See TGAT Report , appendix F. ) And a strong association between social background and educational attainment is one of the best-demonstrated findings of educational research .
7 They also provide some support for the thesis proposed by earlier studies of temporary workers ( particularly Meager , 1985 ) , where it has been argued that there is a strong association between growing organisations and users of temporary labour .
8 The National Child Development Study , which looked at the progress of every child born in Great Britain in one week of 1958 , found ‘ a strong association between social class and reading and arithmetic attainment at seven years of age .
9 In line with this , we and others have recently described anal epithelial abnormalities in a substantial proportion of homosexual men with immunosuppression induced by HIV and have documented a strong association between these abnormalities and the presence of human papillomavirus .
10 In Sweden the steepest increase was also observed in the most densely populated cities , indicating a strong association between certain urban lifestyle factors and anal cancer .
11 In 1989 Mattila et al reported the results of a case-control study in which they found a strong association between dental disease and acute myocardial infarction .
12 We found a strong association between gestational age and most respiratory symptoms , especially wheezing most days .
13 This accentuated the contrast between Labour and Conservative voters , with manual socio-economic groups , public service workers , and council house tenants most likely to vote Labour , and a strong association between white-collar owner occupation and Conservative allegiance ( Johnston et al. , 1988 ) .
14 Similarly our study found a strong association between dyspepsia and colonisation by Helicobacter pylori in patients taking NSAIDs .
15 The study also shows a strong association between duodenal ulcers , active duodenitis , gastric metaplasia , and H pylori related gastritis regardless of NSAID intake .
16 There was also a strong association between active duodenitis and H pylori positive gastritis , which in turn highlights the potential benefits of eradicating H pylori in minimising duodenal damage in NSAID patients .
17 High rates of depression among mothers of young children and a strong association between maternal depression and disturbance in the children have been found by Richman ( 1978 ) and Crook and Wolkind ( 1983 ) .
18 Maternal complications occurring in reputable hospitals in the United States during the 1960s revealed a strong association of childbearing patterns with complications of pregnancy and delivery .
19 The blue saddlecloth evidently had a strong association with pain ; which indicated the reason for her earlier unsuccessful training .
20 Suicide is an area with a strong association with alcohol misuse .
21 If physical science has such a strong association with masculinity , then the position of the arts , English in particular , is surely more ambivalent .
22 In most species that move , however , the sexes form a definite association for breeding .
23 On Dec. 16 China established a non-governmental Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ( ARATS ) to promote exchanges and co-operation between China and Taiwan .
24 Fozard et al found a weak association between colon cancer and distant dysplasia .
25 I 've got here a copy of a letter by Peter spokesperson for care , a more misnamed organisation you could n't wish to come across , a combined association of residential establishments .
26 He also had a working association with the civil engineer Robert Sabine , one of the pioneers of transatlantic telegraphy .
27 Saxton , a doyen of British headhunting , is Chairman of the Executive Recruitment Association , formed in 1985 to link together a variety of search firms ; as yet , it would appear that few of the largest are interested , but this body could form a foundation for a professional association of headhunting in Britain .
28 The collective voice of solicitors is expressed through the Law Society , which combines the functions of a governing body and a professional association for practitioners in England and Wales .
29 Although such correlations do not amount to conclusive evidence of a causal relationship between opioid use and social deprivation , they do indicate a stable association between variations in the two phenomena over time .
30 PROPOSALS by the BBC to make a drama-documentary about the Orkney child abuse affair have been criticised by a British Association of Social Workers chief .
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