Example sentences of "[pron] gave rise to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1563 one Hoppringle had been set upon and murdered in his house by a joint force of Armstrongs and Elliots , which gave rise to a long Border feud . |
| 2 | This was a worthwhile exercise which gave rise to a number of alterations . |
| 3 | The governors in fact accepted the Director 's offer to go on ‘ indefinite leave ’ , a move which angered the staff , but one which gave rise to a four-man team of senior executives to manage the Polytechnic — in fact until a new Director was appointed . |
| 4 | Collinson also acted as intermediary in obtaining seeds from America , particularly those which gave rise to an extensive plantation of evergreens in the park , a principal feature of Woburn at the time . |
| 5 | One of the Omomyidae 's greatest successes was that they gave rise to a higher family of primates , the Anthropoidea , which now include monkeys , apes and man . |
| 6 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |