give rise


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Verb1.give rise - cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
induct, induce - produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
lead, result, leave - have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
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There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.
As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever branching and beautiful ramifications.
'That the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club is therefore hereby constituted; and that Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., Tracy Tupman, Esq., M.P.C., Augustus Snodgrass, Esq., M.P.C., and Nathaniel Winkle, Esq., M.P.C., are hereby nominated and appointed members of the same; and that they be requested to forward, from time to time, authenticated accounts of their journeys and investigations, of their observations of character and manners, and of the whole of their adventures, together with all tales and papers to which local scenery or associations may give rise, to the Pickwick Club, stationed in London.
That is to say, they may be remembered and associated or influence our habits, or give rise to images, etc., and they are themselves different from what they would have been if our past experience had been different--for example, the effect of a spoken sentence upon the hearer depends upon whether the hearer knows the language or not, which is a question of past experience.
It is of a kind that often occurs in Indian life; where love elopements from tribe to tribe are as frequent as among the novel-read heroes and heroines of sentimental civilization, and often give rise to bloods and lasting feuds.
To how many questions did this unexpected denouement give rise? What mysterious results was the future reserving for the investigation of science?
an SR of '1' can only give rise to an SRF of 'A-' or above; an SR of '2' can only give rise to an SRF in the 'BBB' range; an SR of '3' can only give rise to an SRF in the 'BB' range etc.).
But recent studies concluded that oval cells don't give rise to hepatocytes.
In contemplating which one is most likely to give rise to the other-novels versus short stories-Madden shares that he became "acutely aware of what I have always vaguely known--that the world my imagination is creating from moment to moment is all of a single flow of creative energy and that everything I write is related, directly or indirectly, to everything else."
Many of the formulas and so called expert advice given and undertaken by the Welsh Government, give rise to major areas of concern.