Sentence examples for retaining a number from inspiring English sources
Hence, we reasoned that a better understanding of the biological processes involved in FDG uptake could be glimpsed by studying a representative sample of diverse human metastatic tumors, accounting thus for a greater tumor heterogeneity but retaining a number of common processes underlying the biology of FDG uptake beyond glycolysis.
They exhibit remarkable morphological stability over their long evolutionary history, retaining a number of ancestral arthropod traits, and are often cited as examples of "living fossils".
In contrast to other tertiary plastids, and most secondary plastids, the endosymbiont of dinotoms is distinctly less reduced, retaining a number of cellular features, such as their nucleus and mitochondria and others, in addition to their plastid.
The northwestern part of the Des Moines lobe retains a number of lakes, used mainly for recreation.
Terra Firma retained a number of financial and industry experts and advisers to assist its evaluation of the potential acquisition.
They retain a number of their culture's customs, and older members still speak a dialect probably derived from the ancient Pomeranian language.
In the Aegean, he retained a number of islands, but, in spite of honours granted him, he refused to become embroiled in the wars of the Greek states.
At the same time, she retained a number of Sandinistas in the government and attempted to reconcile the country's various political factions.
However, hydrogen vehicles retain a number of important advantages: they can be rapidly refuelled in just a couple of minutes and have a range of many hundreds of kilometres.
Thomaston, immediately southwest, retains a number of elegant old homes that attest to its colonial mercantile past, including Montpelier, a reconstruction of General Henry Knox's mansion that is maintained as a state memorial museum.
Although opponents of the Mubārak regime were included in the new cabinet, protesters were angered that Mubārak allies retained a number of key portfolios, including defense, interior, justice, and foreign affairs, and that Shafiq, a Mubārak appointee, remained prime minister.
