Sentences with phrase «large numbers of dead»

Of these, 222 were described as «unusual», either because the frogs had strange lesions, or there were large numbers of dead animals in one area.

«One of the least understood aspects of this process is how the excess milk and large numbers of dead cells are removed from the mammary gland without substantial activation of the immune system,» says Matthew Naylor, a cancer biologist at the University of Sydney in Australia.

• The State Emergency Operations Center has received reports that several farms were impacted by the flood waters causing a large number of dead livestock and potential hazardous waste material due to those deaths.

The single largest number of dead zone reports came from the Hudson Valley (970) led by 597 dead zones in Sullivan County, according to the non-scientific study.

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A large number of illiterate and semi-educated — and some of the educated — Muslims are also great believers in prayers for the souls of dead ancestors.

The giant wave had caught only a very small number of large mammals, like wild boars, and not a single elephant or leopard was found dead.

These shadowy figures — some of which are as large as the Milky Way but with just one - thousandth the number of stars — could be dead ends in galactic evolution.

An unusually large number of birds were found starving and dead in the sea.

Over the past year the Frog Mortality Project, which was set up in May 1992 to look into the large number of reported frog deaths, was notified of more than 300 cases of dead adult frogs by members of the public.

You will often find that successful candida treatment can cause in many cases, but certainly not all cases, the rapid death of large numbers of yeast organisms, during which time great amounts of toxins are released from the dead candida microorganisms.

Delving into the complex and timely issue of illegal immigration to the United States from South America, and the large number of missing - presumed - dead immigrants who never make it either home or away, this film takes an interesting approach in combining investigative documentary and dramatic retelling.

The impetus for my capstone was the College Board's 2010 report The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color, which revealed that a disturbingly large number of young men of color (defined here as African - American, Hispanic / Latino, and Southeast Asian) end up unemployed, incarcerated, or dead at an early age.

(Paragraph four of the essay) The U.S. and UK forces managed to topple the government and capture the key cities of a large nation in only 21 days, taking minimal losses while also trying to avoid large civilian deaths and even high numbers of dead Iraqi military forces.

However, the Bionic does come preloaded with a large number of annoyingly undeleteable apps and games, some welcomed and others dead weight.

Why is it that it is only in recent years that large numbers of investors have begun to wonder if Buy - and - Hold is dead?

As well as some familiar names such as Troy Baker, Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson, a large number of Telltale's celebrated alumni have returned, such as Dave Fennoy, best known as Lee from The Walking Dead, and Erin Yveytte, who played Snow White in The Wolf Among Us.

After 25 years of close to a trillion dollars of treasure being expended, thousands of avoidable deaths from hypothermia related health problems amongst the elderly, the destruction of entire industries and large parts of some national economies, science, very expensive science at that has been sent down an innumerable number of dead end paths and rabbit holes in pursuit of the unpredictable non existent global warming and it's totally failed predictions of catastrophes always still to come but which never do.

In recent years ever larger numbers of deciduous trees can be found fully foliated with stone dead leaves, even in the middle of winter.

In Winton, famous for being one of the hottest spots in Queensland and also the place where Australia's unofficial anthem «Waltzing Matilda» was penned, a «large number» of parrots, kangaroos and emus have recently been found dead in the parched landscape, said Tom Upton, chief executive of Winton Shire Council.

The dead fish are primarily adult spot, with some juvenile croakers... Large winter kills of spot have been documented at least twice before, the MDE spokeswoman said, with about 15 million dying in early 1976 and a smaller number in 1980.»

Officials reported this was the largest school shooting since [recent date], in which [number of dead] people were gunned down in [town].