Example sentences of "that [noun] give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Kalat and Rozin ( 1973 ) suggested that subjects given exposure to a novel flavour are capable of learning that the flavour predicts no aversive consequence , that the taste is ‘ safe ’ . |
| 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 | Nestorius believed it heretical to describe Mary as Theotokos , or God-bearer , on the basis that Mary gave birth to a man , Jesus , in whom God dwelt . |
| 5 | This has been brought about in two ways , first , by specific EEC Directives which insist , for instance , that Britain gives preference to EEC countries with respect to her sales of North Sea oil . |
| 6 | But Norcross and Spiker ( 1957 ) ( see also Spiker 1956 b ) found , using stimuli like those shown in Fig. 5.2 and a simultaneous discrimination test , that children given training in applying different names to the two faces were superior in their test performance to controls pre-trained on a same — different task . |
| 7 | Assuming that segregation gives rise to equal numbers of four different types of gametes , sixteen possible fertilisations might occur . |
| 8 | Only later do children learn that women give birth to babies but do not possess a penis . |