Sentence examples for on a stiff from inspiring English sources

Collagen gels have been used as culture substrates for many years because they provide a 3D environment in which cells can grow in a more natural spatial and physical environment than they would on a stiff monolayer substrate (Kim et al, 2004; Brown and Phillips, 2007).

Instead of old-fashioned sunflowers, which produce one supersize head on a stiff ungainly stalk, look for modern branching types that produce multiple flowers.

Whenever a plane takes off, the basic data about the flight — the type of plane, the radar I.D. number, the requested altitude, the destination — are printed out on a stiff piece of paper, perhaps one and a half by six and a half inches, known as a flight strip.

Whenever a plane takes off, the basic data about the flight the type of plane, the radar I.D. number, the requested altitude, the destination are printed out on a stiff piece of paper, perhaps one and a half by six and a half inches, known as a flight strip.

At smaller or greater magnitudes of the modulus of elasticity, the discrepancy between the magnitudes of the bending moments and lateral displacements increase due to adopting different clay stiffness in Abaqus/Cae and LPILE which is always based on a stiff clay definition for the soil.

Disconsolate boos were carried towards the VIPs in the new pavilion on a stiff breeze.

Bob Guccione had "the house" on a stiff-upper-lip street on the Upper East Side that was home to department-store heirs and doctors and lawyers.

The amplitudes and partly the phases (which yield the dispersion curves of the soil profile) of the complex transfer functions are given for some elementary layered soils, such as a soft layer on a stiffer half-space, a stiff layer on a softer half-space, and continuous variation of stiffness and damping.

The second-generation Soul rides on a stiffer chassis, and is powered by a 1.6-litre, four-cylinder engine producing 130 horsepower, or a 2-litre engine good for 164hp.

It's sharp enough around here, but nobody is despondent and I still think two miles is the right trip on a stiffer track". Six-year-old Southfield Stone was also beaten when odds-on at Taunton last time out.

With the budget on a stiffer guideline, the filmmakers were forced to cut scenes from "Kinetic", an episode that was caught in the push for more budget-friendly scripts.