Sentences with phrase «to feed upon»

This health is maintained through an endless cycle of birth and death with creatures feeding upon other creatures.

Both groups also took a drug that slows the digestion of starch, allowing it to reach the large intestine, where microbes feed upon it.

He will still feed upon the sensibilities of thought that issue from its nurturing matrix.

The more the family turns in upon itself, the more its problems feed upon themselves and grow.

It is currently unknown what the new species feeds upon, but naming the species and bringing it to attention is the first step in learning more about it.

In turn, there were fewer bees and other insects that feed upon weeds or their flowers or seeds.

Just as the housing boom fed upon itself, so too, will its collapse.

Another question I had is if he does take a decent nap, sometimes when I'll feed him upon waking, he'll be yawning right after waking up!

Less clear, but probable bands were also seen for a few of the ticks fed upon treated monkeys IH11, IK14 and IH22 (Fig 4 and Table 2).

Owing a deadpan debt to Chopper, this mortifying movie centres around Daniel Henshall's smiling, patrician psychopath, a narcissistic maniac with delusions of avenging angel grandeur, who feeds upon family insecurities to fuel his insatiable death wish.

Set 2 is tissues from mice inoculated with midgut contents of ticks fed upon monkeys and those mice were then also subjected to xenodiagnosis (xeno / scid / xeno).

However, after the second round of xenodiagnosis (~ 12 months p.i.), the spirochetes found in XT fed upon treated animals were more frequent and were identified within in vivo heart tissue culture and in necropsy sections at a burden indistinguishable from untreated animals.

While it has been concluded that non-cultivable B. burgdorferi is not infectious [16], we previously demonstrated transmission of B. burgdorferi DNA by ticks that fed upon antibiotic - treated mice to naïve mice, as well as transmission of B. burgdorferi DNA by transplantation of B. burgdorferi DNA - positive heart base and tibiotarsus tissue allografts from treated mice into recipient mice, with dissemination of the DNA in the recipient mice [14].

The ultimate silver price in a hyperinflationary scenario is unpredictable since hyperinflationary forces feed upon themselves and destroy purchasing power unpredictably.

He also fed upon carrion.

In their study of native and non-native sub-species of P. australis on both continents, they also found that herbivores feed upon the native Phragmites in North America at a much greater rate than on the invasive Phragmites.

Living B. burgdorferi spirochetes were found in ticks that fed upon primates and in multiple organs after treatment with 28 days of doxycycline, report scientists.

Xenodiagnosis results for ticks that fed upon infected mice at 2, 8 and 12 months after antibiotic or saline treatment are summarized (Tables 1 and 2).

For Lanfield's retrospective at the Butler Institute of American Art in 2007, director Louis Zona wrote: «To stand in front of a Landfield paintings is to be transported into a world where color feeds upon color and every inch of the canvas is considered.

The contents of xenodiagnostic ticks fed upon SCID mice were subjected to culture and PCR / RT - PCR as well.

New reverse repurchase transaction counterparties will begin transacting with the New York Fed upon completion of legal, operational and technical setup.

Satanic principalities are a noteworthy underpinning within the framed structures of rationalized Christian barbarisms that dare feeds upon the non-intellectual perverts within the emotional fabrics of their Christian tribes that are portentous in their vile criticisms of Godly referendums.

They truly act like ravenous wolves feeding upon the blood of the weaker, or the not so well connected.

Your soul feeds upon it.

-- even so feed upon them there.

It is evident that despair and nihilism feed upon themselves.

Under who simple semblance man hath fed upon fresh beauty blotting it with blame, which the hot tyrant stains and soon bereaves As caterpillars do the tender leaves.

Approximately 30,000 gallons of juice (75 percent of the waste) per day is then diverted to an anaerobic digester manufactured by Biothane, where bacteria feeds upon it and converts it to methane and CO2.

Infants suffering from enteropathy or enterocolitis induced by cow milk protein should not be fed upon soy based formula as these infants are often sensitive to soy protein.

''... children have no natural appetite for twaddle, and a special literature for children is probably far less necessary than the booksellers would have us suppose... What they want is to be brought into touch with living thought of the best, their intellectual life feeds upon it without meddling on our part.»

However, Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights group Liberty, argued: «If you target all non-white people, you will feed a sense of injustice that nutters and extremists feed upon.»

The concept that biodiversity feeds upon itself is an old idea, but it's difficult to prove because it requires biologists to simultaneously catch several species red - handed just as they are becoming new species.

The presence of ospC and ospA transcripts within XT that fed upon untreated monkeys IN16, IP67, IP55 and IL75 was clear, indicating that viable spirochetes were obtained.

The beetle species is said to have lived in ant nests and fed upon ant eggs without being attacked by the host.

The process repeats itself as the bacteria and yeast feed upon each other's waste products.

As strange as it is, understand that the mucin layer disappears as the microbiome feeds upon it if you aren't eating for your trillion.

Garfield's virago of a mother (Ruth Nelson) feeds upon Crawford's jealousy, planting the seeds of guilt for (allegedly) holding her son back.

More taciturn, tragic and terrifying than the original, it discusses how evil feeds upon innocence as desolately as «No Country For Old Men.»

This pathological status quo feeds upon itself: The more difficult it is for principals to address underperformance, the more likely they are to use informal methods to do so.

In Victorian Britain, Faith Sunderly investigates the mysterious murder of her father, discovering a tree that feeds upon lies and gives visions to those who eat its fruit.

These worms feed upon their host animal's blood and are the most common parasitic worm found in dogs.

The larvae feed upon adult flea feces and organic debris for around seven days, before developing into pupae and continue to evolve into adult fleas that attach themselves to, and feed from, any host animal that comes by, your cat being an ideal candidate.

3) Remember that the media feeds upon itself.