Sentence examples for be prolonged by a from inspiring English sources

With information like that available for the first time, "it becomes necessary to discuss the problem — can lifetime be prolonged by a knowledge of the causes that cut it short?" The man who asked that question was Graunt's most important successor, William Farr, one of the founders of epidemiology.

One protester was quoted by The New York Times as saying that "the squalor and misery of the poorer classes" would be prolonged by a change back to horsepower, that it would retard the growth of real estate farther north, and that it could lead to a total ban on steam in Manhattan.

Due to a higher source-to-window distance and a better laser light transmission, caused by slightly changed laser plasma conditions, the life of the laser entrance window before exchange could be prolonged by a factor of five.

The circulation time of the peptide could be prolonged by a moderate increase in its size, such as, for example, by PEGylation or by constructing a dimeric peptide with increased avidity for collagen.

As CtPFA may be prolonged by a hematocrit below 25%% or platelet counts below 100,000 platelets/μL, the observed effects of mannitol on CtPFA may be due only to hematocrit or platelet lowering effects [ 31].

It was shown that a structure originally defined on a complex domain can be prolonged by an insubstantial mechanical medium (ectoplasm) in order to be defined on a canonical domain.

This suggests that since the amount of growth factor bound to the chitosan molecule through ionic interactions by combining with oppositely charged chitosan and bFGF had increased, the release period tended to be prolonged by an electrostatic effect [ 49].

The case has also been prolonged by a flurry of motions from both sides.

Saffron's grief is prolonged by a secret she feels compelled to keep.

The soprano Anja Silja, who plays the 337-year-old Elina Makropulos, whose youth has been prolonged by a life potion, is still singing at an age when most sopranos have retired, and she sounds worn and hooty at times.

The England innings had been prolonged by a further 20 overs in which they added 91 for the last four wickets and it was largely a triumph for Root, a demonstration of mature batting from a man still only 24.