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

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1 Experiments involve a spurious association between the novel food and the illness which is usually induced chemically or by X-rays .
2 Albrink demonstrated a similar association in a subsequent study , with 82 per cent of diabetics greater than 50 years of age with clinically apparent atherosclerosis having triglyceride levels greater than 1.7 mmol/l compared to 50 per cent of those without atherosclerosis ( Albrink , 1974 ) .
3 Fozard et al found a weak association between colon cancer and distant dysplasia .
4 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 .
5 We found a strong association between gestational age and most respiratory symptoms , especially wheezing most days .
6 Similarly our study found a strong association between dyspepsia and colonisation by Helicobacter pylori in patients taking NSAIDs .
7 In another case-control study Daling et al found a significant association between anal intercourse and anal cancer among men but not among women .
8 In accordance with Wyatt et al we found a significant association between the extent of gastric metaplasia and microscopic signs of duodenitis .
9 The earliest study reported a significant association of a particular RFLP haplotype of the COL1A2 locus and alcoholic cirrhosis .
10 Barker et al also failed to find a significant association between birth weight and wheeze .
11 Several studies have reported a positive association with ischaemic heart disease , but after correction for the effect of cholesterol serum triglyceride does not appear to be an independent risk factor ( Hulley et al , 1980 ) .
12 Folk music has a long association with classical music , why not include that ?
13 The company has a long association with Ford , and recently introduced the 1400 cc Rover powered K-Series of cars .
14 Sport had always been a part of village life and Halling has a long association with all forms of sport .
15 She has a long association with the scouting movement and is president of the East Middlesbrough scout executive .
16 Editor , — M M Gould and colleagues report an inverse association between albuminuria and height in a survey of 423 European men aged 40–75 in north London , and they speculate about possible influences in early life .
17 Prior to the meetings an agreement had been signed in Moscow on Oct. 5 by Camdessus and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev establishing a special association between the Fund and the Soviet Union .
18 Time series of vital statistics from a statistically developed country , indeed , show a consistent association between the order of birth and infant mortality , though the nature of the relationship may change during a mortality transition .
19 Townsend noted a preconceived association between retirement , ill health and death within the wider community which may have had older cultural roots .
20 The EC plan envisaged a free association of sovereign states co-operating on trade , fiscal and security matters , with a council of ministers , an executive commission and a court of appeal .
21 Thus , if a blind hole is to be created then an attribute must be defined which will provide a unique association between the hole and block .
22 When alkaline phosphatase was included in the analysis instead of bilirubin , only mean corpusculor volume and hypoalbuminaemia showed a significant association with laminin .
23 None of the remaining baseline variables showed a significant association with mortality after adjustment for comorbidity and hematocrit .
24 She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle .
25 Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing .
26 Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist !
27 Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site .
28 The ozone pollution problem may have had a long association with southern California but it has now become a very serious problem in the Texas Gulf coast , the north-east corridor , and other heavily populated regions ( figure 8.11 ) .
29 Paul Crossley has had a unique association with Tippett 's music , commissioning the Third Sonata and giving the first performances of No. 3 and 4 .
30 Previous studies by others have shown a close association between high levels of pre-S1 or pre-S2 in serum with hepatitis B virus-DNA in serum , in keeping with the observation that pre-S1 and pre-S2 are the essential components of complete virion .
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