Sentence examples for Protracted time from inspiring English sources

The biological basis of this link is likely to be multi-factorial including both age-associated decline in anti-oncogenic functions, such as repair of oxidative damage to DNA, timing of etiologic exposures and/or protracted time required for accumulation of a full set of oncogenic mutations [ 1, 2].

The TIPS method eliminates the need and protracted time for titering virus supernatants, and provides stable, concentrated storage of recombinant baculovirus in the form of infected cells.

Ever since my sister's death, I've been convinced that any protracted time spent with a health-care professional is a prelude to terminal illness.

The protracted "time to build" means that if property prices shoot up, only the builders who started work years ago benefit.

If we have a very protracted time when companies are strapped for cash, they may decide not to use outplacement services.

Non-specific background immunostaining may have also resulted from other factors, such as inappropriate immunohistochemical detection methods, protracted time of chromogen application, improper fixation, protracted fixation time and interval before fixation.

Only a handful of city governments of the developed and developing world have control over their metropolitan area, reflecting different institutional arrangements and the protracted time-lag required to align urban growth "on the ground" with political boundaries.

In such circumstances, we would anticipate that some of the patients experiencing protracted time-to-diagnosis (especially those with myeloma and lymphoma) are included in the group that die soon after diagnosis and in hospital.

Sitting on a sofa with a blanket over his knees, looking pale and vulnerable, he recounted his brief good times and protracted bad times with disarming honesty in a quiet, hesitant voice.

This resulted in galvanic corrosion at the substrate/coating interfaces and formation of magnesium corrosion products, which eventually led to coating spalling in the case of salt fog tests after protracted times of exposure.

No doubt Gehry believes honorably that he has considered them but his view flies in the face of the realities of maintenance during these protracted times of limited public resources and constantly advancing options for co-existing virtual interface.