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1 On the other hand , in a short-term study using the artificial pancreas , normalisation of blood glucose for 48 hours led to a significant fall in β-thromboglobulin levels ( Voisin et al , 1983 ) .
2 The rise in American self-esteem that followed Reagan 's more aggressive foreign policies led to a greater acceptance of the ‘ revisionist ’ view of the war .
3 Berle offered the American objections to international control , insisting that the British proposals amounted to a 50–50 division of traffic on the North Atlantic route .
4 At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community .
5 Dr Linebaugh has discovered that around 40 per cent of those hanged at Tyburn in the middle years of the eighteenth century had completed apprenticeships and a further 20 per cent had at least begun one ( see pp. 230 – 1 ) Even in London , the greatest centre of artisan manufacture , not all apprenticeships led to a skilled trade — the unfortunate climbing chimney boys for example — but it would seem reasonable to suggest that around half of the working men of the capital were to some degree skilled , in the sense of selling specialised labour .
6 In contrast , mergers led to a significant increase in industrial concentration and monopoly power in the UK .
7 Disputes under them are to be referred to arbitration , where contracts made on a particular exchange are in issue , and otherwise to the English courts .
8 Stopes 's fundamental conception of the role of the clinics led to a heated political debate during the inter-war years as the issue was fought within political parties and in parliament .
9 Decreasing COHb values led to a slight increase of SpO , as would be expected by the formula SpO= ( OHb+0.9COHb ) /total Hb100% , according to Tremper and Barker .
10 She looked like a hell cat , sloe eyes glittering , teeth bared in a terrifying rictus grin , body rigid with loathing .
11 Dead rats , floating in the brown swill of beer with teeth bared in a last deathly snarl .
12 Her teeth bared in a tight smile .
13 On an SE/30 — a 68030 machine with a maths coprocessor — myoglobin ( 2658 atoms ) approached the upper limit for interactive manipulation and a monochrome drawing on the screen required about 20 sec ( wireframe ) , 1–3/4 min ( ball and stick ) and three min ( shaded space-filling ) ; the times tripled on a smaller SE system .
14 Although not a new phenomenon abroad , occurrences of listeria were relatively rare in Britain until 1989 when the number of cases rose to an estimated 800 , one third of which were pregnant women .
15 Provision was patchy , and professional attitudes ranged from a sensitive understanding of the issues to the blandly ignorant .
16 The manor did not disappear when the Middle Ages drew to a close , nor when the Tudors made the parish the administrative unit that was responsible for maintaining the poor and the highways and for petty law and order .
17 The catalogue raisonné is destined to become one of the finest projects devoted to a modern artist and will be the invaluable source of reference for scholarship and the trade alike .
18 Such was the rapid rate of expansion that ensued that the workforce in Britain 's mines rose from a mere 50,000 at the beginning of the nineteenth century to over 1 million on the eve of the First World War .
19 Such lack of interest in any active Turkish diplomatic relationship with the European states stemmed from a deap-seated view of the world .
20 The court heard one of the burglaries occurred at an old people 's home .
21 Bodie laughed , and Ray Doyle 's eyes twinkled with a momentary amusement .
22 Murchison acted upon the recommendation quickly and the resulting influx of recruits led to a radical change in the organisation of the Survey in Scotland .
23 ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job .
24 Brown eyes gleamed in a straight face as he shrugged .
25 At each end of the bay , the steps led to a half-glass panelled front door .
26 The division of the provinces led to a great increase in extent of the boundaries between them and the imposition of duties on goods passing through them .
27 IF there was one occasion that summed up sporting attitudes in l992 , it was Carl Lewis 's bizarre attempt to set an Olympic record for the greatest number of journalists asphyxiated at a single press conference .
28 Grammatical gender developed , therefore , when speakers passed to a higher level of reasoning in terms of general principles .
29 We seem to remember that revelations about recycling Mr Kinnock 's speeches led to an American presidential candidate withdrawing in that country 's last election .
30 The opening of East European borders led to a massive influx of those seeking work and political asylum and to the introduction in March 1990 of visa requirements for Romanians , Bulgarians and Turks [ see also p. 37969 ] .
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