Sentence examples for obtained a sample from inspiring English sources

Using a stratified, multistage, probability proportionate to size sampling approach, the survey obtained a sample of 17.05 million individuals, amounting to 1.31% of the population in China.

The state's Department of Corrections said it obtained a sample from Mr. Ellis while he was in prison in 2001.

He obtained a sample, made a piston with it and installed it in the engine of a friend's Austin Mini.

Ramsay obtained a sample of the uranium-bearing mineral cleveite, and, upon investigating the gas produced by heating the sample, he found that a unique bright yellow line in its spectrum matched that of the D3 line observed in the spectrum of the Sun; the new element of helium was thus conclusively identified.

We obtained a sample of shrimp from one of these outbreak ponds and it gave a positive result for the presence of IMNV using a standard commercial detection kit.

We obtained a sample of approximately 7,300 households.

Washington has been eager to obtain a sample of the strain ever since.

They are given lollipops in order to obtain a sample of their DNA.

What could we learn without directly obtaining a sample of life?

American officials tried to obtain a sample from Russia through a scientific exchange program to see whether the Russians had really created such a hybrid.

On March 4, the four senior physics majors used a remote-controlled balloon and Rube Goldberg ingenuity to obtain a sample of the pumpkin.