Sentence examples for taking a specimen from inspiring English sources

In a hand-bound book, Mr. Andersson explained, taking a specimen from his shelf, those bands correspond to strings beneath the leather, cords that hold the book together.

Most of the geosynthetics being used for civil engineering are used as tensile members, and they are subject to an assessment of their tensile strength by taking a specimen of wide width.

In other situations, the isolation may reflect colonisation, but given that colonisation itself is associated with substantial risk of subsequent infection[7] [9] and that there has been a clinical indication for taking a specimen (as opposed to a screen of an otherwise healthy appearing individual), its inclusion in a surveillance measure may be justified.

There’s a wickedly funny scene symbolising this invasion of the genteel body when a quack-doctor examining Lady Montague "takes a specimen of her bowels with a long-handled silver spoon normally used to serve truffles".

In one case, it took a specimen nearly 4.5 hours to give birth to 11 young.

Where other techniques not involving killing of a bird are feasible, to take a specimen is viewed by some as simply unethical.

In 1951, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital took a specimen for culture from a cervical tumor that belonged to Henrietta Lacks, a then 31-year-old African-American woman, without informing her that he was doing so, or asking her consent, as is now required.

They could say that my loved one has died and we will not let you take a specimen.

"You know, most Batswana, they expect to get results after you've collected a specimen, But now with research, if you take a specimen, you are not going to give any results.

During an influenza pandemic, as a part of surveillance, every PCP is required to report a suspected pandemic influenza case to a local public health center, and take a specimen from suspected cases and transfer it to a local laboratory for PCR testing.

The Prometheus Model takes a specimen-oriented rather than a taxon-oriented approach.