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1 The objectives of this study in an adult population of patients with cystic fibrosis were to : ( 1 ) define the relation between faecal fat and faecal bile acid excretion in patients with and without liver disease ; ( 2 ) to discover if a defect in the ileal bile acid active transport mechanism contributes to faecal bile acid loss ; and ( 3 ) to assess the contribution of small bowel bacterial overgrowth to faecal fat and faecal bile acid losses .
2 It is now permissible to look at the report to find the mischief and at the draft Bill to see that a provision in the draft was not included in the legislation enacted : see the Factortame case [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 85 .
3 Given the similarities between the financial services and audit regimes , it would be foolish to imagine that a revolution in the former would not , at the very least , reopen the debate about audit regulation .
4 The assumption that money is a substitute for all assets , both real and financial , leads the monetarists to conclude that an increase in the money supply brings about directly an increase in prices as a consequence of increased purchases of all types of assets .
5 One of the tasks for the Solidarity government is to ensure that a revival in the Polish spirit does not preclude an honest appreciation of the nation 's history .
6 We used that equation to argue that an increase in the money supply must lead either to an increase in P or Y or both .
7 This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and distribution of gastric metaplasia in relation to H pylori infection and duodenal ulceration and to examine whether a reduction in the extent and prevalence of gastric metaplasia occurs after eradication of H pylori .
8 Considerable evidence , however , is provided by Bell to show that a shift in the US occupational structure — from blue-to white-collar work — has taken place in the post-war period .
9 One purpose of the preceding section was to show that an interest in the strengths and weaknesses of the tripartite condition can yield genuine philosophical profit .
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