Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that give they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 3 | For example , if the credit period were reduced for customers to pay their debts it is likely that sales would decrease as customers may trade with another company that gives them a greater period to pay . |
| 4 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 5 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 6 | A basic skill that gives them the greatest start in life . |
| 7 | Sometimes , it is this flash of white belly that gives them away when you are roaming the river bank trying to spot them . |
| 8 | There was no one in the office , the entire sales team having discovered important appointments that gave them excuses to sneak off home and start the weekend early . |
| 9 | Institutions , such as the Cabinet , are sucked out of the larger political and societal context that gives them meaning , and they are regarded as having a life and importance all of their own . |
| 10 | 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 . |