Example sentences of "members of [art] [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since such altruistic acts are typically performed between members of the same species , and usually within a fairly stable social group , it is best to start by asking what causes animals to come together in groups . |
| 2 | Retribution can take a variety of forms : members of the same species may become generally scarce ; the hunter may have bad luck in future hunting , and/or he or a member of his family or social group may be afflicted with injury , illness , madness or even death . |
| 3 | Pheromones offer all kinds of possibilities : they are chemicals produced by an animal that effectively act as external hormones , and attract ( or repel ) members of the same species . |
| 4 | But we do not readily understand the subtle nuances of meaning and expression which members of the same species can communicate to each other . |
| 5 | Feeding behaviour among cetaceans is also of some fascination and there is clearly social co-operation between members of the same species , especially among Killer whales , which tend to hunt in packs , as do lions or wolves , using particular strategies for catching their prey . |
| 6 | Some insects , for example , emit a pheromone as an alarm signal , warning other members of the same species of impending danger . |
| 7 | Obviously members of the same species can live in harmony together and this is made possible by the chemical messages which pass between coelenterates to allow individual coral polyps in a colony to recognise and avoid stinging one another and to signal that other neighbouring colonies of the same species are not a threat . |
| 8 | The essentially Darwinian forces of struggle for existence , involving competitive interactions between members of the same species and between different species , played a negligible part in the interpretation of natural vegetation . |
| 9 | The amphibians ' chorus , rising from a pool or a swamp , is a prelude to mating , a summons to all other members of the same species to assemble and breed . |
| 10 | Different nouns are sometimes used to refer to female and male members of the same species : cow/bull , sow/boar , doe/stag , mare/stallion , ewe/ram . |
| 11 | Hybrid offspring are usually inferior to those produced by matings of members of the same species , often because they are sterile . |
| 12 | There have been many investigations of the factors animals use to ensure that they mate with members of the same species . |
| 13 | Sometime around 1745 Rome suddenly reversed its earlier policy and began , in theory if not always in practice , to treat all Catholics as members of the same species whatever their skin colour or cultural affiliation . |
| 14 | How have patterns of support between members of the same kin group changed in Britain over time , and especially over the past two centuries ? |