Example sentences for: distortion

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  • According to the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas, to harm someone this way is a mortal sin--even if the allegations are true--since "defamation is not a distortion of the truth but the destruction of a reputation."

  • The standard to insist on is that the sins be of omission, not distortion.

  • All crystallographically characterized metallo-β-lactamases have a flexible amino acid chain that extends over the active site [ 37 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 ] . Previous NMR studies on CcrA have shown that this loop "clamps down" on substrate or inhibitor upon binding, and there is speculation that the distortion of substrate upon clamping down of the loop may drive catalysis [ 50 ] . The crystal structure of L1 showed that there is a large loop that extends over the active site, and modeling studies have predicted that two residues, Ile164 and Phe158, make significant contacts with large, hydrophobic substituents at the 2' or 6' positions on penicillins, cephalosporins, or carbapenems [ 37 ] . To test this prediction, Ile 164 and Phe158 were changed from large, hydrophobic residues to alanines to afford the I164A and F158A mutants.

  • And although any capital tax distorts capital allocation, isn't encouraging long-term investing a distortion that recent events in the global economy suggest might not be such a bad thing?

  • There is so much she's not allowed to experience, much less express--her native intelligence, her creative energy, her increasing unhappiness--so much that can emerge only in distortion.


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