Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as essences or forms give rise to those properties , so definitions of those forms , when used as premisses , give rise to conclusions about those properties . |
| 2 | Spades , scoops and spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 3 | Spades , scoops , spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 4 | A more recent theory supposes that animal signals are mainly selfish , that animals give signals in order to manipulate other animals into doing things that benefit the signallers . |
| 5 | We no longer believe that language and reality ‘ match up ’ so congruently — indeed , we probably think that words give birth to things as much as things give birth to words . |
| 6 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 7 | Only later do children learn that women give birth to babies but do not possess a penis . |
| 8 | ‘ The intellectual and rational conception of life has given way to a more creative interpretation ’ , wrote the British Surrealist Eileen Agar in 1931 , ‘ and artistic life is under the sway of womb-magic ’ ; and Agar give expression to this ‘ womb-magic ’ in the foetal and embryonic forms which play a central part in paintings such as ‘ Family Trio ’ or ‘ The Autobiography of an Embryo ’ where fluid shapes float across the picture plane to be captured in a net of geometric planes . |
| 9 | Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient ; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation . |
| 10 | The buses are cheap and excellent , the drivers are virtuosi , and cars give way to them , so it makes sense to use this facility and relax . |
| 11 | Putting an exact figure on Britain 's NAIRU is rather like chasing a mirage , but changes in unemployment and inflation give clues to its general area . |
| 12 | Tea and sugar give clues about the ability of the working class to afford a reasonable diet . |
| 13 | Magma formation is thus confined to the hydrated mantle wedge above the subducting slab , where residues of mainly olivine and pyroxene give rise to calc-alkaline magmas with higher Yb contents and lower La/Yb ratios than in the high-Al TTD suites . |
| 14 | Both schools and colleges give prominence to the near-autonomy of their subject departments — and indeed heads of departments are sometimes regarded as those who really run an upper school or a college . |
| 15 | The largest amount of technical co-operation for Asia comes from Japan ( $115m in 1991 ) and , just as Britain and France give priority in aid to the Commonwealth and former French overseas territories for historical , political and economic reasons , Japan has placed priority on Asia . |
| 16 | Jaguars and Chevrolets give way to troops of smooth-skinned little white goats like antelope . |
| 17 | At the level of practical skills and of selecting music , all colleges and courses give students at least some training . |
| 18 | Security at Enniskillen Courthouse will be tight as the army witnesses , identified only as solders N , M , K and L give evidence into the deaths of the three armed terrorists . |
| 19 | He argues that people will apply ‘ right behaviour ’ when ‘ abstractions and intangibles give way to the here and now , the seen and felt , the real and known . |
| 20 | The statue and sundial give rise in my judgment to no difficulty . |
| 21 | Thus , criteria of competence only become evident when policemen and women give accounts of what they assess as ‘ good ’ police work in real-life settings ( p. 45 ) . |
| 22 | Also there is some evidence that in-law relationships entail different types of exchange : mothers do things for their married daughters whereas mothers-in-law give items to them ( Argyle and Henderson , 1985 , p. 223 ) . |
| 23 | Marshal Pétain has traced in our history pages some of which remain luminous while others give rise to interpretations that still conflict and arouse lively passions . |
| 24 | We no longer believe that language and reality ‘ match up ’ so congruently — indeed , we probably think that words give birth to things as much as things give birth to words . |