Example sentences of "change in [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Calculations on the effect of percentage changes in total ozone column on percentage changes in UV-B radiation , using the absorption and scattering properties of ozone and other atmospheric constituents , have indicated an average amplification or magnification factor between 1.5 and 3.0 — depending upon latitude and season .
2 Although some companies may only choose to disclose the ‘ good ’ information , a requirement to disclose significant changes in key balance sheet figures may lead to expected industry disclosure norms — it would be difficult for any company not to follow an accepted industry reporting practice .
3 The following discussion locates the campaigning activities of these two groups in the context of changes in official pensions policy , and focuses on the crucial role of the trade unions in the process of policy-making .
4 Some of these lenses appear to have selective absorption at certain wavelengths , and there can be distinct changes in perceived CL colour when such lenses are interchanged during viewing of a single sample .
5 Figure 1 shows the individual changes in urinary albumin excretion with time and treatment .
6 The predominant role of intraglomerular capillary pressure reduction is supported by the correlation between changes in urinary albumin excretion and in filtration fraction , but filtration fraction did not vary , a finding consistent with previous reports .
7 They called for four changes in modern house design : sloping paths in the landscaping rather than steps , lower concrete thresholds , wider doors to let wheelchairs through , and a downstairs lavatory .
8 Almost 60 per cent of the annual fertility rate change in the upturn and in the downturn of the US baby boom were due to tempo changes rather than changes in final family size ( Ryder 1980 ) .
9 Finally , to discriminate the effect on gall bladder pressure of changes in systemic glood pressure induced by the NO synthase inhibitors , the vasopressor agent phenylephrine ( 10 µg/kg/min , Roig Farma ) was infused intravenously into anaesthetised guinea pigs and changes in both systemic and intralumina gall bladder pressure were measured .
10 THE LONGHORN cattle breed is about to move centre stage again , thanks to the move towards more extensive beef cattle ‘ ranching ’ throughout northern Europe after changes in European Community farm policy .
11 The industry could also be hit by changes in European Commission pollution legislation , she said .
12 The failure to account for pyloric loss and duodenogastric reflux means that any true change in gastric secretion could be masked by changes in transpyloric fluid flux ; the effect of swallowed saliva is at present impossible to correct for .
13 Whereas changes in real manufacturing output are measured directly in the national income accounts , changes in government output are measured almost exclusively by reference to changes in government employment .
14 The UK Tax and Price Index was introduced in 1979 and aims to measure changes in real spending power which depend both on what is happening to retail prices and on what is happening to after-tax incomes .
15 Broadly he identified two categories of reform : those relating to people ( designed to produce changes in civil service culture ) , and those relating to institutions ( designed to clarify arrangements for resource management ) .
16 His disclosure in a Commons written reply comes after changes in civil defence policy after the ending of the Cold War .
17 Second and subsequent nights in the laboratory show no progressive changes in young adult volunteer subjects .
18 The novel attribution of left BA 40 to the phonological store on the basis of changes in cerebral blood flow supports previous anatomo-clinical correlation studies in brain-damaged patients .
19 To recap so far , as Figure 10.3 summarizes , pecking at the bitter bead sets off a cascade of biochemical processes in two specific regions of the chick brain ; these begin with transient changes in cerebral blood flow and energy use and involve brief increases in transmitter-receptor interactions , which alter the properties of the synaptic membranes such as to increase the efficacy of communication between pre- and postsynaptic side .
20 HOFFERT AND COVEY REPLY — Lindzen challenges our derivation of global climate sensitivity by suggesting that large climate changes could have resulted from changes in poleward heat flow and/or the seasonal and latitudinal distribution of sunlight , that is , by moving heat from one location to another .
21 This does not mean that changes in poleward heat flow cause significant warming , however ,
22 There are at least three reasons why changes in profitability might be associated with changes in private sector investment :
23 The initial reaction had been an assumption that shares would fall on the back of the changes in Advanced Corporation Tax and tax credits on dividends which , to put it simplistically , will suck £1 billion out of Britain 's pension funds , the largest providers of equity for industry .
24 This project , which is being carried out by David Winchester , is exploring the ways in which recent changes in central government expenditure planning and financial controls have affected the structure , process , and outcome of national collective bargaining in local authorities .
25 Infusion of caerulein has also been reported to cause divergent changes in pancreatic enzyme synthesis under certain conditions , as has intraduodenal administration of oleic acid .
26 In a separate series of experiments , the progression of the changes in pancreatic blood flow was determined in rats anesthetised with ether at 60 minute intervals twice before and five times during a five hour infusion of caerulein ( 10 µg/kg/h ) .
27 Because the single electron in a dithiadiazole radical , , causes S-S bond weakening ( it is in a π*; molecular orbital that is antibonding with respect to the S-S bond ) , changes in this bond distance are useful in indicating the extent of ligand to metal electron flow .
28 He added : ‘ There is no reason , barring unexpected changes in crude oil pricing and dollar/pound exchange rates , why Premier should not continue to prosper in 1993 and subsequently . ’
29 The meeting did start the healing process , and it gave the US an insight into the thinking behind the changes in British Defence policy towards which Macmillan was working .
30 Similar changes in British planning law to safeguard such shops would be a most welcome development .
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