Sentence examples for been a selection for from inspiring English sources

When Jeffrey Eugenides came to the Guardian book club to discuss his novel Middlesex, there was admiration of the fact that such a sophisticated book, layered with literary allusions, should also have been a selection for the Oprah Winfrey book club.

This may indicate that there has been a selection for longer exons within the allowed maximum ORF length of 600 bases for optimizing the frequency of suitable exon lengths.

However, the results did not necessarily reflect the de novo spacer-acquisition process because there may have been a selection for specific spacers post-acquisition.

Since there could have been a selection for their propensity to grow in culture, they lack interaction with stroma and may have acquired additional mutations in culture[ 17].

It is intriguing to note that with the duplication of the melanopsin genes and diversification in expression there has also been a selection for variants in the region of carboxy tail that is necessary for melanopsin deactivation.

This observation supports the idea that over evolutionary time there may have been a selection for genes with male-specific functions to reside on the X chromosome and in particular those regulated by FruM.

Here is a selection for the first debate, which is on domestic issues.

The result was a selection for faster-running grazers and small burrowing animals.

Knowing that the seriously ill were killed, she tried to keep patients out of the infirmary when there was a "selection" for gassing.

Here's a selection, for those who like that kind of thing: "It is the only sport that goes forwards and backwards" (Keith Olbermann).

Later I specialised as a test pilot and a fighter pilot and in 2008 there was a selection for European space engineers – scientists, medics or test pilots could apply.