Example sentences of "[prep] contrast to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to fatty acids , the total bile acid concentration was hardly influenced by the different diets . |
| 2 | In summary , the α-truncated RNA polymerases are unable to protect the final upstream helical turn of the promoter from DNAaseI cleavage in contrast to wild-type enzyme and this prompted us to suspect that the mutant enzymes had lost important contacts with the phosphates near the -40 region . |
| 3 | However , at lac UV5 , the upstream region of the promoter is not recognized by the truncated polymerases in contrast to wild-type enzyme ; the DNAaseI protection of the truncated polymerases stops at position -45.5 on the lower strand and at position -41.5 on the upper strand ( the same upstream border was found for the gal 9A16C and malT p1 promoters ) whereas wild-type enzyme protects eight phosphate linkages further upstream . |
| 4 | In contrast to existing laws on co-operatives , the resolution stipulated that a licence application to set up a business must be answered by the local council within 14 days , and could be refused only if the proposed business activity contravened regulations ( sectors closed to small businesses included sale or production of medicines , weapons , precious metals and stones , and pornography ) . |
| 5 | In contrast to neighbouring Cuxton , where a most important Palaeolithic site was discovered in 1962 , the prehistory of Hailing as known at present can only be shown to date from Neolithic , or New Stone Age , times . |
| 6 | It is tempting to point , as a common feature of enterprises such as these , to the fact that they are ‘ single-function ’ entities ( in contrast to central government and agencies of horizontal devolution which may be thought of as multi-function ) . |
| 7 | Physics was perceived as exciting , progressive and fundamental , in contrast to other disciplines which were perceived as routine , static and lacking substance . |
| 8 | If the pulsar is a rejuvenated old neutron star , the large magnetic field suggests that there has been little or no decay from its original value , lending support to work suggesting the field decay may not occur , in contrast to other evidence . |
| 9 | This is in contrast to other groups who showed more limited effects on the immune system of the transgenic animals ( 67,68 ) . |
| 10 | In contrast to other proposals , the WARM study comes down against kerbside collection schemes , arguing instead for an intensive network of recycling banks : one for every 400 households for plastics , metals and glass , one for every 2,000 for newspapers and textiles . |
| 11 | Perhaps because of the long-standing provision of special clinics , the large majority of cases of sexually transmitted disease are seen in such clinics , in contrast to other countries , where less than 20 per cent of cases are seen in hospitals . |
| 12 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 13 | In contrast to other commodities , metal futures contracts remain open at their original prices until their respective prompt dates . |
| 14 | In contrast to other schools of Judaism , they seem to have subscribed to some form of reincarnation . |
| 15 | The experiments will principally involve questioning children about stories whose interpretation depends upon understanding the different logical implications which ‘ mental state verbs ’ ( eg think , believe , know ) have in contrast to other kinds of verb ( eg walk towards , stand next to ) . |
| 16 | In contrast to other trichostrongyles hypobiosis occurs at the L3 stage although their role in outbreaks of disease has not been established . |
| 17 | And in contrast to other Disney architects , he gets right down to the specification of interiors , controlling the design of carpets , fabrics , furniture , accessories and even restaurant tableware . |
| 18 | Moore might well have presented his claim that good , in contrast to horse and various other universals , is simple , as the statement that it is a quality , for there is a sense in which all the universals most naturally called qualities are simple in contrast to other universals , such as forms ( e.g. shapes ) or structures ( e.g.the way in which an army is organized ) . |
| 19 | Yet , in contrast to official policy , Contact staff allowed users to come and go as they pleased in the centres . |
| 20 | It is still often known as Norfolk reed ; and in contrast to ordinary straw thatch , which has a lifetime of thirty years at most , a well-laid thatch of Norfolk reed may last as long as eighty years . |
| 21 | For instance , although he borrows the concept of mood from linguistics , he recognizes from the outset that , in contrast to ordinary language , narrative only knows the indicative mood ( there is no imperative or subjunctive forms of narrative ) , and that if his use of the term is to have any value at all it must be ‘ stretched ’ and given a metaphorical function . |
| 22 | The Sopade reports also centred on the implications of the speech for war or peace , but , in contrast to internal reports , asserted that it had substantially increased the fears in Germany of war in the near future . |
| 23 | Where instruction was given selectively , government departments tended to take into account the general status or work activities of users , in contrast to private industry/commerce where regular , personal usage and time available were more important factors . |
| 24 | Also , these procedures , in contrast to gynaecological laparoscopy , are performed in the reverse Trendelenberg position , which would compound any venous stasis already present . |
| 25 | There are two important aspects of this definition , in contrast to external audit . |
| 26 | In contrast to modern man , prehistoric man , ‘ homo erectus ’ , was a hunter-gatherer , walking through necessity , and running to pursue and capture his prey . |
| 27 | Oliver Rackham has shown how complex traditional woodland management was , in contrast to modern forestry , in that a self-generating system was employed so that the resources of wood and timber were infinitely renewable and two types of ‘ crop ’ were taken . |
| 28 | In contrast to general victim compensation schemes which do not require that any individual be identified as the perpetrator of the offence for which the victim is claiming , ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ provisions allow the victim to recover from the earnings of the particular person who was responsible for the damage suffered . |
| 29 | When presented with an unfamiliar colour term in contrast to familiar ones , children assumed that the unfamiliar term picked out a tray of an unfamiliar colour ( Carey and Bartlett , 1978 ) . |
| 30 | In contrast to contemporary society which denied social misfits and those deemed ‘ irreligious ’ their civil rights and spiritual privileges , such people are especially welcomed into the Reign of God . |