Example sentences of "that [noun pl] give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Only later do children learn that women give birth to babies but do not possess a penis . |