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for all intensive purposes

An erroneous misconstruction of the phrase "for all intents and purposes," meaning "in every practical or functional sense." I know the two countries have very distinct differences, but for all intensive purposes, America and Canada are nearly identical. The app is finished, for all intensive purposes. We just need to iron out a few issues before it's released. A: "For all intensive purposes, he's the leader of the organization." B: "I'm sorry, what was that first thing you said?"
See also: all, for, purpose
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The wellness of a family unit often deteriorates whilst a child is in an intensive care unit (Hardicre 2003).
"Large randomized trials have provided inconsistent evidence regarding the benefit of intensive blood pressure lowering in hypertensive patients," said a researcher, Yang Xie.
And some teachers prefer for their students to do no more than one intensive per summer.
Keeping in view, the present study was designed on growth and conformation of male Teddy kids under two (intensive and semi- intensive) management systems.
The intensive intervention included 1,200-to-1,800-calorie diet plans, advice to replace one snack and one or two meals a day with liquid shakes or meal bars, and 1 75 to 200 minutes of exercise (like brisk walking) each week.
MIND itself was a substudy of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study and comprised 2,977 participants who had received either intensive glycemic treatment targeting hemoglobin [A.sub.1c] to less than 6.0% or standard treatment targeting Hb[A.sub.1c] to 7.0%-7.9%.
MIND itself was a substudy of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study and comprised 2,977 participants who had been randomly assigned to receive either intensive glycemic treatment targeting hemoglobin [A.sub.1c] to less than 6.0% or standard treatment targeting Hb[A.sub.1c] to 7.0%-7.9%.
Monitoring and support of deficient vital functions are the main aims of intensive care.
The first group of its kind for patients from across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle - ICU Steps North of Tyne - is part of a network of intensive care support groups across the country which offers ongoing support to patients following a stay in intensive care.
Objectives: To determine the factors affecting a patient's intensive care experience.
The Wales Deanery, which is responsible for training doctors, has told the health board that it must centralise neonatal intensive care for the 60 or so babies born in North Wales each year who need short term intensive care or face losing neonatal trainee doctors.
The authors address two main areas--providing information and context about the specialist intensive care examination process and also much valuable information on a wide variety of topics for the prospective candidate (and also for the senior colleague providing exam practice!).
The research, published online July 26 in the British Medical Journal, found that intensive treatment showed no benefit on all-cause or cardiovascular mortality Researchers did find that intensive treatment resulted in a 15 percent reduction in the risk of non-fatal heart attacks and a 10 percent reduction in microalbuminuria, a sign of kidney problems and heart disease.
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