Example sentences of "[verb] rise to a number " in BNC.

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1 It is the unfinished nature of those parts dealing with the schemas of reproduction that has given rise to a number of controversies regarding the interpretation of them .
2 The question of who Bartle was has given rise to a number of theories and , as with most traditions , fact and fiction , legend and folklore have become inextricably intertwined .
3 The bi-centenary of the death of John Howard in 1990 has given rise to a number of commemorative events in varying parts of the world , of which this book is one .
4 The civil disturbances had given rise to a number of population movements within the urban area , with the result that many randomly selected households were burnt down , boarded up , or derelict .
5 Responses to these questions will be varied , and each will give rise to a number of subsidiary questions .
6 Ambiguity remains because most word positions give rise to a number of alternative candidate words .
7 The details of the theory give rise to a number of testable predictions which are the basis of five interrelated experimental studies .
8 Localized zones of compressional and tensional stress are common along strike-slip faults and they give rise to a number of distinctive landforms .
9 Development begins with the fertilized egg , which is a single cell , giving rise to a number of smaller cells .
10 This gives rise to a number of advantages for the teacher or therapist .
11 The notion of a duty to respect creditor interests gives rise to a number of conceptual and practical difficulties ( e.g. should present and future creditors be afforded different protection ? ) .
12 Our philosophy gives rise to a number of laws .
13 This gives rise to a number of interrelated problems , all of which need to be solved before we have a normal form .
14 The growth of planning agreements gives rise to a number of concerns .
15 Although , structurally , the acquisition by Newco of Target 's business and assets is the simplest way of effecting a management buy-out , it gives rise to a number of tax issues .
16 Both international politics and the philosophy of the day gave rise to a number of agrarian reform programmes in the 1960s and 1970s .
17 The action sequences of the new series gave rise to a number of stunts for actor Hugh Laurie .
18 Indeed , the advent of Protestantism gave rise to a number of new superstitious practices , such as the opening of the Bible at random in an attempt to secure divine guidance in the face of problems or dilemmas , a practice that was widespread even among Puritans .
19 The importance of the solar cult gave rise to a number of myths concerning Re .
20 This was a worthwhile exercise which gave rise to a number of alterations .
21 All four tests were formally acknowledged in accordance with President Mitterrand 's promise of May 1989 ending the French government 's policy of silence on nuclear testing since 1985 , and gave rise to a number of regional protests .
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