Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But , as Sadler shrewdly and significantly observed , it was not merely economic change that gave rise to social and political anxieties , for there were ‘ psychological causes of unrest ’ which were ‘ more subtle and not less powerful ’ .
2 Indeed , traditional archivists devote much time and resources to providing users with a description of the administrative framework that gave rise to the generation of a particular record or class of records .
3 It was this provision that gave rise to the loophole sought to be exploited by B.C.C.I. depositors .
4 It was probably this practice that gave rise to the popular image of witches flying on broomsticks .
5 Hallowell ( 1950 , 1956 ) went on to argue that the emergence of culture was due to a novel psychological structure rooted in the social behaviour of the gregarious primate that gave rise to Man .
6 If , for any reason , the new variety is competitively superior to the old one , superior in the sense that , perhaps because of its low ‘ stickiness ’ , it gets itself replicated faster or otherwise more effectively , the new variety will obviously spread through the test-tube in which it arose , out-numbering the parental type that gave rise to it .
7 It is the pre-intellectual awareness that gives rise to it .
8 Although the global hypsometric curve provides a valuable statistical summary of the Earth 's relief as a whole it is also necessary to identify the major components of global morphology that give rise to the curve ( Fig. 2.4 ) .
9 Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting .
10 One hundred and fifty-five years on from Darwin 's marital dilemma , the major pre-occupation that gave rise to the organization of the conference to which this paper is submitted , is a marriage of a different sort : the study of history and the use of information technology .
11 Meditation is that process of mental digestion that gives rise to understanding which integrates the energies of mind and will in a desire for God which is prayer .
12 Substantive matters such as hours of work , overtime and shift working are covered by complex legislation that gives rise to legal battles over interpretation .
13 The creative and talented nation that gave birth to the Industrial Revolution and produced more inventions and patents per head of population than any other country in the world , had turned its back on industry and commerce .
14 Before his eyes was the ‘ Vehicle Condition Monitor ’ , a dot-matrix display that gave warning of any problem from handbrake on to brake failure .
15 Although crustal collisions may involve intra-oceanic as well as continental-margin island arcs , it is the convergence and eventual collision of continental crust that gives rise to intercontinental collision orogens ( Fig. 3.15 ) .
16 Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting .
17 Christian joy is the essential spark that gives vitality to true worship .
18 Achieving profit is the only thing that gives identity to a PROFITBOSS .
19 One system that gives rise to exponentially weighted moving averages is constructed so that greatest weight is given to the most recent observation , the weights applied to previous observations diminishing period by period by a constant factor , a .
20 However , the architects ' view is that this communal aspect of the building is most clearly expressed architecturally by the central atrium , a space overlooked by the lift lobbies and the galleries of each upper floor that gives access to the flats .
21 My answer is " Yes " because it 's a worthwhile profession that gives fun to millions .
22 Similarly the companion should have no tax liability as it is presumably the disposal of an interest in his/her main residence that gives rise to the receipt of £34,000 .
23 And West Ham was not the only predominantly working-class area that gave rise to a political authority seemingly remote from popular allegiance .
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