Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give [noun sg] [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 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 .
3 While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities .
4 Only later do children learn that women give birth to babies but do not possess a penis .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Negative Richardson number corresponds to a destabilizing density gradient ; both shear and buoyancy give rise to turbulence generation .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Jaguars and Chevrolets give way to troops of smooth-skinned little white goats like antelope .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 The statue and sundial give rise in my judgment to no difficulty .
15 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 .
16 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 .
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