Example sentences for: direct

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  • The numbers in the above sentence indicate the beginning of each phrase and subordinate clause-- (1) adverb clause: “When people who swing want to see what's happening” modifies the verb try in the main clause; (2) adjective clause: “who swing” modifies the noun people ; (3) infinitive phrase: “to see what's happening” acts as the direct object of the verb want ; (4) noun clause: “what's happening” acts as the direct objective of the infinitive “to see”; (5) gerund phrase: “attending parties given by hipsters” acts as the direct object of the verb try ; (6) participial phrase: “given by hipster” modifies the noun parties ; (7) perpositional phrase: “by hipsters” modifies the passive participle given . In subsequent sentences I shall provide numbers but leave the reader to identify the structures, which will appear in varying orders, so as to avoide cluttering the discussion with labyrinthine explanations like this one.

  • Further characterization of potential CAR cofactors, as well as the development of sensitive and direct ligand binding assays will be required to define the molecular mechanisms that account for the diverse effects of rexinoids on CAR transactivation.

  • (Though it's worth noting that John Berry, the Washington Post 's Fed-watcher and a man who often appears to have a direct line to Alan Greenspan, was wrong in his forecast of no rate hike, no shift in bias.)

  • This IV input function is a direct measure of the rate that the oral dose reaches the systemic circulation, i.e. the PA.

  • Our studies have not yet distinguished between a direct or indirect effect of Nrg1 on glucose repression at SUC2 and GAL1-GAL10.


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