Example sentences of "[noun] learn [is] " in BNC.

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1 The real problems came from studies by people like Tolman ( 1932 ) , Crespi ( 1942 ) , and Lashley ( 1963 ) , who showed that behavioural change can come about too rapidly for incremental learning to explain it and that what animals learn is not a set of reflexes but the location of desirable objects and events .
2 One of the most important areas to learn is about yourself .
3 That all living creatures possess a capacity to learn is apparent from the way they find their way around an environment .
4 The first thing a refugee child learns is the name of his or her home village in Palestine .
5 What the child learns is that might is right .
6 One important thing the dogs learn is not to chase cats , so a big cat lives at the centre with them .
7 One of the best ways to learn is to find out how other people do things .
8 A selling background is not essential — but a willingness to learn is paramount . ’
9 If students ' freedom to learn is to be made a reality , academic staff must provide the intellectual conditions for students to be intellectually free .
10 We have seen that , if students ' freedom to learn is to be a reality , it has to be acknowledged by the academic community in all the academic processes that affect students , from the time of applying for admission through the course arrangements and the curriculum experience to the final assessment .
11 Whatever the case , the number one lesson to learn is that a horse can not be prevented from pulling by merely pulling back at him .
12 Once the observer decides that the mismatch of intended and actual activities is negative rather than positive as far as helping the children to learn is concerned , he will need to identify where modification is necessary .
13 You have to look at the way in which children learn , and the principle vehicle through which children learn is associated with visual symbols , and later with the written word .
14 The lesson learnt is that simple questions produce simple answers .
15 The first pattern a beginner learns is called ‘ taegeuk ’ , the correct name for which is actually ‘ taegeuk poomse ’ .
16 Recall that the experience-curve theory says that the ability to learn is directly related to the accumulated production experience and that it is possible for a company to reduce total costs over time by a careful introduction of new management and production processes ( see Abernathy and Wayne , 1974 , and Dutton and Thomas , 1984 , for careful assessments of this claim ) .
17 The best way to learn is to attend a school where , with good instruction and a safe environment , you can pick up the basics in a day or two .
18 The best way to learn is to do — so have a go .
19 What an animal learns is highly selective and highly ordered .
20 The hardest lesson for Gilly to learn is that she and nobody else is responsible for her own actions and that she has to live with her own mistakes .
21 I could have gone mad , you know , but the tragedy is that during the courses a lot of them and I expect that the best time to learn is when you 're young and you 're more receptive .
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