Sentence examples for rat at a from inspiring English sources

In Mr. Kurutz's line of work it helps to be a natural pack rat at a momentous time like this, said Kevin Starr, the state librarian.

A man having his chip stolen by a large cocky rat at a Wetherspoons in Trowbridge calls the whole chain to account.

The computer monitor (30×25 cm, Titanium; luminance 21 cd/m2; Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA) was placed parallel to the midline of the rat at a distance of 30 cm [28], [29].

For the intranasal administration, 25 40 µL of the nasal formulations (concentration: 7.5 mg/mL for in situ gelling mucoadhesive microemulsion and nimodipine suspension and 6.4 mg/mL for reported nimodipine microemulsion) was administered via a polyethylene 10 tube attached to a microlitre syringe inserted 1 cm into each nostril of rat at a dose of 2 mg/kg.

For the stress procedures, air stress was performed by using compressed air which traveled through Tygon tubing (1/4 × 1/16 inch) connected to a Pasteur pipette and the air was directed into the face of the rat at a pressure of 10 psi for 30 seconds.

A 6-cm segment of colon was removed from each rat at a point 3cm from the distal end of the colon and placed in a solution containing HBSS with 20mM EDTA and 10% DMSO and transferred to −80°C for storage.

A motor deficit index (MDI) was calculated for each rat at an interval of 24 h.

Three to five basal reaction times for each rat at an interval of 5 min were taken to confirm normal behavior of the animal.

An uncle gave him a.22-caliber rifle, perfect for shooting rats at a nearby railroad dump.

Grease would work better than spit, he said, except that when it heated up it drew new rats at a run.

"A lot of these e-book consumers aren't behaving like lab rats at a feeder bar," the analyst said.