The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

The result is a container with a hard surface that will last for many years.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

The result is that the amount of water in the body increases.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

The result is a powerful portrait of a bearded man in formal Arabic dress.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Working in secret, they cross that line. The result is horrifying yet mesmerizing.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"Even when we know the result of the election, we may not know what the result is in terms of government -- who will successfully make a deal with who to form what sort of government."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

The Pew report said the city is in better financial health today as a result of the actions it took.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

As a result,there is a reduction in the number of nodes,or joints, that produce groups of flowers along stems.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

As a result,the report says, the rate of plant and animal species disappearing is continuing faster than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide pollution that we produce as a result of our activities.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

This is largely the result of more births in older women and more use of fertility treatments.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

Doctor Murray says at least part of the increase is likely the result of better record keeping.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

It is the result of more than twenty years of research and ten years of clinical testing.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

I did as my friend asked me to do and this story is the result.

VOA: special.2009.08.29