Example sentences of "animals have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a consequence of biological functioning animals have a variety of needs . |
| 2 | There is , however , no reason to suppose that animals have a concept of genetic relationship . |
| 3 | First , there is the demand that individual animals have a life that fares well , all considered . |
| 4 | As an aid towards camouflage , most animals have a colour pattern which includes countershading , i.e. darker on the top , lighter beneath . |
| 5 | Underwater animals have a problem on focusing because light travelling through water is not bent by the cornea , and the lens has to do all the work . |
| 6 | Animals have a range of methods of trying to cope and there are various consequences of failure to cope . |
| 7 | On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen . |
| 8 | By the eighteenth century the most common colour was red but today , although red calves are still born occasionally , the breed is black and some of the animals have a touch of white on the udder . |