1.3% of brain tumour patients had a parent with nervous system cancer; SIRs were 2.4 and 1.88 for diagnostic ages < 5 and < 15 years, respectively.
Cameron, though "magnificently uncompromising about her art," had once toyed with other arts, less suited to her talent, and even, Woolf informs us, "finished enough of a novel to make Sir Henry Taylor very nervous lest he should be called upon to read the whole of it".
SIR for sibling nervous system cancer from childhood brain tumour probands was 3.55 up to age 61.
Table 2-wrap> shows SIRs for offspring nervous system cancer by parental country of origin.
Sir Menzies protested that everyone gets nervous before such events.
Multi-Oscar nominated director Sir Alan Parker has said he is nervous about being given the Bafta Fellowship award ahead of this Sunday's award ceremony.
"Probably when she took her top off, sir," the general said with a nervous chuckle.
Maybe this was why Sir Simon's between-numbers patter seemed so nervous and contrived.
If you have stage fright, do what Sir Richard Burton used to do: When he was nervous, he clenched his toes.
People asked, when I worked with Paul McCartney on his last album, 'Are you nervous?' You're not only nervous because you're working with Sir Paul McCartney, one of the greatest songwriters ever – there's also the ghost of Sir George".
And I have to tell you, I have been nervous about this interview because what I feel like saying is, sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies.
