Example sentences of "species [prep] [art] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Small but measurable differences in isotope composition of any two chemical species of the same element . |
2 | The mammoth was related to but distinct from the modern elephants , and therefore it must be an extinct species of the same genus . |
3 | This is such a formidable list that we might be tempted to assume that research and higher education must at least be species of the same genus of activity , even if not actually identical . |
4 | When , as has often happened , two biologists describe different species under the same name ( or the same species under different names ) the work that was published first takes precedence-but the buck stops at Linnaeus ( 1758 ) , the tenth edition of Systema Naturae . |
5 | In the lower montane forests of Costa Rica , however , 23 tree species within the same family , Lauraceae , have the same insect pollinators and bird dispersers . |
6 | In other words , it is not arbitrary that the wolf and dog are closer to one another than either is to the cat , but it is to some extent arbitrary whether one recognizes some given degree of similarity by placing two species in the same genus , or in the same family . |
7 | Although it has come too late to preserve the Snake River salmon in the wild , the ruling could save other salmon species in the same river system , and have far-reaching consequences for the agricultural and industrial economy of the Pacific Northwest . |
8 | Once established they will rarely tolerate a similar or identical species in the same tank . |
9 | Darwin discovered a new species of the rhea , the flightless bird of the pampas , and realized that the existence of two closely related species in the same area made nonsense out of the old idea of perfect adaptation . |
10 | Even species from the same group do not necessarily have the same preferences , hence the need to initially supply a choice of breeding site until you can determine what type and angle of surface they prefer . |
11 | Thus two individuals of different species from the same place look more alike than two individuals of the same species from different places . |
12 | ‘ The incessant clamour kept up by multitudes of these birds baffles description ’ , he noted , ‘ … they feed together in perfect amity , and it is not unusual to see two or three species on the same branch . |