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 . |