Example sentences of "[noun pl] that give " in BNC.

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1 In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females .
2 In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality .
3 We have begun to measure these trees , noting characteristics that give us clues to their genetic relationships : these trees , growing under plantation conditions , will eventually tell us whether we really have collected new genes useful to farmers who grow cocoa .
4 There will probably be a small range of settings that give satisfactory results .
5 All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered .
6 A jetpack that allows our hero to fly , and a pair of bionic legs that give Steg the power to leap tall buildings with a single bound and super-slug speed-ups are scattered around .
7 By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers .
8 The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch .
9 It is now appropriate to consider the extension of the solution into the prior regions I , II and III which describe the approaching waves that give rise to this particular interaction .
10 Some of the characteristics of primates are flexible fingers with nails rather than claws , and forward facing eyes that give binocular vision and are vital for judging distance .
11 The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard .
12 There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause .
13 And she could not sort out her brain while he stood less than a foot away , watching her with eyes that gave away nothing of his own thoughts .
14 But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out .
15 BeckerTools is a set of utilities that give you better or extra disk and file utilities under Windows .
16 These are the intuitions that give holist and individualist explanations their initial plausibility .
17 It was the opposition of the clergy that gave this resistance of the privileged orders a country-wide leadership and a cause equal in emotive appeal to the myth of the sovereign people .
18 In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today
19 Goodman and Rush responded with the goals that gave Sunderland a deserved success .
20 Grant Watts , an 18-year-old striker making his full debut , and defensive rock Andy Thorn scored the goals that gave Coppell thrilling respite from his taxing season in relegation territory .
21 You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) .
22 Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for !
23 We did pain relief and I did all my exercises , had films , talks , books that give me advice and everything , dead good they are .
24 Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure .
25 Ford 's immediate responses were the Mustang and the Thunderbird — the cars that gave the company a distinct personality and reestablished it as an industry leader .
26 So I 've got some weird tunings that give that kind of feel — kind of chromatic open tunings with very close intervals between the strings .
27 First of all , take a part of a subject that you are studying and write down the key words that give the basis of that aspect of your studies .
28 These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product .
29 Not only of its fastnesses and vastnesses but also of the minute detailing of existence upon our own planet : its climatic patterns and the plate tectonics that give rise to earthquakes , volcanoes , fold mountains and the oceanic ridges .
30 In fact , Broderick seems to have shown a nicely calculated amount of daring in trying to pick roles that give his bland fresh-faced prettiness a spin .
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