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, one side of the fault area lifts, causing the pressure that has been building up inside to be released.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

America's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one hundred thousand sea animals die each year as a result of the plastic waste.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Critics say that as a result these schools are discriminating against women and admitting less qualified men.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He wrote that a whole new public for music had developed as a result of the popularity of the radio and record player.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

It predicts that more than seven million people will die early as a result of cancer.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

As a result, scientists suspect that menthol cigarettes may be even more dangerous than other cigarettes.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

As a result, that style of news reporting came to be called yellow journalism.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

They note concerns that wild plants could, as a result,gain genetically engineered resistances.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

I mean,this reports shows that thirteen million babies are born every year preterm, and that over a million of those babies die as a result of being born too early."

VOA: special.2009.10.19

"What is worrying is the fact that the decision was obviously taken as a result of Russia's insistence of scrapping the plan."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Anecdotal reports from IOM monitors suggest that IDP women are particularly vulnerable to becoming involved in prostitution and trafficking as a result."

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

And as a result,stock markets in the U.S.fell sharply because investors are afraid that there is more regulatory risk in the financial system.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19