Typically, a test is conducted by taking a sample.
4. Forestrip: Remove a stream of milk from each teat before taking a sample.
A spokeswoman for the slaughterhouse said yesterday that the federal inspectors had discussed taking a sample but decided against it.
A nurse taking a sample of blood from me asked me what I did for a living.
Investigators then tracked down the woman's mother, surreptitiously taking a sample of her DNA.
"In some cases taking a sample damages something that is really pristine," Ms. Nagy said.
Still, taking a sample of people who will vote on Election Day is far more difficult than it sounds.
He recommends having the species confirmed by taking a sample to a local Cornell Cooperative Extension Office.
Isolagen, which has offices in the UK, has developed the technique of taking a sample of an adult's skin, cultivating it, and injecting collagen and elastin back.
Ultimately, detectives succeeded by taking a sample of his saliva from the lid of a coffee cup from which Mr. Kee had drunk in his jail cell.
These include taking a sample of fluid from the joint to look for crystal deposits or a blood test.
