Certain alleles could have predisposed people to a tonal-language structure.
This experience and his basic radical puritanism may have predisposed him to become a charter member of the Commons awkward squad, aptly describing himself as bloody-minded.
The psychological effect of the Muslim conquest may also have predisposed the people to accept the powerful teachings of the poets.
He had a reputation for debauchery and a taste for the exotic, which would surely have predisposed him to a new drug, but the truth was that he rarely, if indeed ever, indulged.
Any general account of monarchy required then, and requires today, an inquiry as to what circumstances have predisposed societies to adopt monarchy and what have led them to reject it.
These are entrenched organizations that have strategically cultivated tremendous political capital (read: they make steep political and charitable contributions) that have predisposed regulators and lawmakers.
Tear deficiency and evaporative dry eye may have predisposed him to poor wound healing, in addition to the postoperative use of topical NSAIDs.
The multiple and overlapping risk factors of pulmonary edema and thyroid storm were considered to have predisposed the patient to rapidly progressive pulmonary edema.
Of these, nine reported having received the seasonal flu vaccine, but seven had underlying medical conditions that could have predisposed them to severe disease from influenza.
In our case, rapid degradation of the PLC screws in the osseous tunnel in the absence of any attempted bone integration may have predisposed to the fracture by a similar mechanism.
"It may well have been the case that adaptations that permitted her to live more efficiently on the ground compromised her ability to move safely in the trees and may have predisposed her kind to more falls," Kappelman says.
