Example sentences of "[noun pl] that gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 4 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 5 | There was a purposeful look now in her eyes that gave him pause . |
| 6 | And she could not sort out her brain while he stood less than a foot away , watching her with eyes that gave away nothing of his own thoughts . |
| 7 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |
| 8 | It was the opposition of the clergy that gave this resistance of the privileged orders a country-wide leadership and a cause equal in emotive appeal to the myth of the sovereign people . |
| 9 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 10 | Goodman and Rush responded with the goals that gave Sunderland a deserved success . |
| 11 | Grant Watts , an 18-year-old striker making his full debut , and defensive rock Andy Thorn scored the goals that gave Coppell thrilling respite from his taxing season in relegation territory . |
| 12 | Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . |
| 13 | Ford 's immediate responses were the Mustang and the Thunderbird — the cars that gave the company a distinct personality and reestablished it as an industry leader . |
| 14 | Whereas Philip V succeeded ( where two hundred years of Hapsburg effort had failed ) in dismantling the political institutions that gave Catalonia , Valencia , and Aragon a quasi-independent status his successors failed to diminish the fueros of the Basque Provinces — Guipúzcoa , Vizcaya , Alava — and of Navarre . |
| 15 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 16 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 17 | We would have to develop an ingrained self-confidence in our ability to navigate across featureless terrain without any back-up whatsoever and using maps that gave little or no detail . |
| 18 | Largely missing from de Gaulle 's account were the dilemmas , ambiguities , illusions , deceptions , and self-deceptions that gave these years their poignancy . |
| 19 | It was the combination of large circulation share and a large number of titles that gave concentration its distinctive character in 1990 . |
| 20 | The Colorado , named ‘ river coloured red ’ by the Spanish , now flows green ; the silts and muds that gave the river its distinctive colour are trapped behind Glen Canyon Dam , fifteen miles upstream from the beginning of the Grand Canyon . |
| 21 | Indeed , on this point they were the most vehement of the groups that gave evidence to the Beveridge Committee . |
| 22 | ‘ Well … it was her feet that gave her away . ’ |
| 23 | The imperfect sense of national unity is thus explained , not altogether satisfactorily , in terms of those structures and mores that gave Spain social cohesion at a lower level . |
| 24 | Edward , thinking with relief that he could leave them to it now , began to withdraw , clutching the bottles that gave him a certain exemption , free to come and go . |
| 25 | If it was the Conservative Party 's circumstances that gave Maxse 's brand of radical Conservatism its appeal , it was also the change in the party 's circumstances wrought by the war which relegated Maxse to the margins of Conservative politics . |
| 26 | The General Medical Council recognises the importance complainants place on rectification and that complaints systems should be able to rectify the circumstances that gave rise to the problem . |
| 27 | And they were the sort of corsets that gave you the the straight boyish look that was necessary for the clothes of the twenties and the early thirties which were cut on the cross . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 30 | The Norman conquest brought with it , among many other customs , the strewing on floors of aromatic plants that gave off their scent when walked upon . |