Example sentences of "study [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The findings from the sentence completion study seem to support this argument , in that performance was better on item ( 1 ) than on item ( 2 ) , and performance on item ( 2 ) was better than on ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) . |
| 2 | Ideally , the authors might before beginning the study have gained informed consent from the personnel departments of all the hospitals likely to be approached . |
| 3 | Although the actual rates produced by studies appear to differ two trends seem to be consistent : the lack of an association between depression prevalence and age and an excess prevalence among women compared with men . |
| 4 | As in this simple mental experiment of the narrative ending , most experiments in literary studies involve taking related versions of a text and seeing what effects on a reader the differences between them have . |
| 5 | But previous studies have demonstrated increased root respiration rates and faster root turnover associated with higher soil temperature , and we believe that higher soil temperatures at the southern forest act in part to accelerate maintenance costs and mortality rates throughout the entire system of fine , absorbing roots . |
| 6 | More recent studies have demonstrated similar relationships in other groups of vertebrates including lizards , birds , carnivores and primates . |
| 7 | More recently , a variety of studies have demonstrated statistical relationships between the degree of polygyny and the development of sexual dimorphism , though the relationship is not always a close one ( Ralls , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | Recent studies have expressed cautious optimism both for screening and for the use of adjuvant therapy , yet closer examination raises as many doubts as hopes . |
| 9 | Other studies have analysed cursive words on a letter-by-letter basis ( Frishkopf and Harmon , 1961 ; Harmon 1962a ) where segmentation was based on an estimate of letter width , and letters identified by reference to stored features such as cusps , closures , retrograde strokes and so on . |
| 10 | Studies have showed that tecnazene appears to act as a narcotic on fish , causing disorientation and lethargy . |
| 11 | Other later short-term studies have confirmed these findings ( Tamborlane , 1979 ; Dunn et al , 198 1 ) , and deterioration of glycaemic control has also been shown to elevate lipid and lipoprotein levels ( Sosenko et al , 1980 ; Lopes-Virella et al , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Several studies have recorded socioeconomic differences in the uptake of various forms of health care by individuals using data from the general household survey and the third national morbidity survey . |
| 13 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 14 | These studies have indicated that health , for the lay population , seems to have three distinct dimensions : the absence of disease , as a functional concept ( i.e. the ability to cope with daily activities ) and health as a positive notion embracing ideas about fitness and general well-being . |
| 15 | However , preliminary studies have indicated considerable potential in an arrangement termed Radio-assisted Practice ( RAP ) , in which supervising tutor communicates with student teacher during actual teaching by means of a miniaturised radio link . |
| 16 | Previous studies have indicated some immunocrossreactivity between the 240K ROS protein and the α -subunit of red blood cell spectrin and brain fodrin . |
| 17 | This means that because it was an explanatory one , his theory of religion has retained an interest long after later more empiricist studies have lost scientific interest . |
| 18 | ’ Some studies have made unfavourable comparisons between the going concern qualification 's predictive ability and failure prediction models based on financial ratios or other publicly available information . |
| 19 | The most recent studies suggest that more than a third of employers discriminate against black applicants for jobs , and that levels of discrimination are the same for Asian and Afro-Caribbean applicants , for men and women , and vary little between job categories , although previous studies have documented higher levels of racial discrimination in relation to unskilled manual jobs ( Brown and Gay , 1985 ; Smith , 1977 ) . |
| 20 | Epidemiological studies have implicated dietary fat of animal origin as an important aetiological factor in the development of colorectal cancer which may be related to altered faecal bile acids . |
| 21 | Several studies have compared endoscopic sclerotherapy with transection of the oesophagus ; these involved urgent or emergency treatment with relatively short follow up periods . |
| 22 | Detailed anatomical studies have revealed nervous connections that were not previously suspected . |
| 23 | Mineralogical studies have revealed rich sources of jadeite in the valley of the Montagua river which flows through southern Guatemala to the Gulf of Honduras . |
| 24 | Although its effect on the circulation of wild polioviruses has not been established , the incorporation of a single supplemental dose of IPV into vaccination regimens could substantially reduce the number of paralyses in countries where immunisation coverage with 3 or more doses of OPV is high ( 90% ) , but where immunogenicity studies have revealed large gaps in immunity to poliovirus types 1 and 3 . |
| 25 | The slope studies have revealed abundant evidence of sediment instability on the continental slope north and west of Scotland . |
| 26 | All these studies have revealed considerable variability in the sensitivity of InsP 3 -induced release , which gives rise to the phenomenon of ‘ quantal calcium release ’ . |
| 27 | Other studies have related antral carcinomas with lower social class , whereas tumours of the cardia have been associated with higher social class and with those of Caucasian origin . |
| 28 | Despite the consistency of the socioeconomic differences in sickness absence no studies have examined possible explanations for them . |
| 29 | Preliminary studies have led Japanese scientists to estimate that their Yamato Mountains finds represent several hundred discrete meteorites . |
| 30 | Several studies have addressed possible relationships between macrovascular disease and serum lipids and lipoproteins but , whatever the contribution serum lipids make to macrovascular disease , many other interrelating factors have to be considered . |