Sentences with phrase «survive by»

In the world of Z FOR ZACHARIAH, mankind has already been swept away, with Robbie's character managing to survive by the skin of her teeth thanks to miraculously untouched valley she happens to live in, as opposed to the rest of the irradiated landscape.

They survive by first catching a bird, and then learning to fish.

But food is wired very strongly in most brains to produce a powerful feeling of pleasure so that we survive by continuing to feed ourselves.

Spanish conquistadors observed that flamingos were able to survive by eating this blue - green algae and eventually people started to commercialize it for the health benefits.

In Dandelion Hunter, Lerner realizes that she wouldn't last very long if the comfortable amenities of modern life suddenly disappears and embarks on a journey to survive by foraging in the «modern wilderness» for a week.

(singular: fungus) organisms that survive by decomposing and absorbing nutrients in organic material such as soil or dead organisms.

But when sunlight is not available, these organisms can still survive by eating other organisms — including other algae!

«There are many diseases, not only Cryptococcosis, in which pathogens — bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites that can cause disease — survive by deliberately hijacking the immune system in this way.

But wherever rabies persists — essentially in poorer countries — it will continue to survive by driving animals mad, killing them and generally being as ungentle as it possibly can.

Having variants of two novelty - seeking genes might help some warblers survive by making migration more attractive to them than to peers who risk local extinction by staying put, a study has found.

At the base of that food web are phytoplankton, single - celled organisms that survive by turning sunlight into food sources such as sugars and carbohydrates.

As complex societies emerged, brains shrank because those previously unable to survive by wits alone could now scrape by with the help of others.

The pathway helps the cancer cells survive by allowing them to untangle and separate their DNA.

Scientists from UEA and Dalhousie University studied how Guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata) adapt to survive by studying their immune genes, known as the Major Histocompatibility Complex or MHC genes.

Once Beissinger and his team better understand which species are moving and why, park managers may be able to help species survive by removing barriers to their dispersal to different elevations or by relocating them to more suitable habitats.

During certain seasons in the Arctic, caribou survive by eating reindeer lichens.

«The biggest problem with using antibiotics when they're not needed is the development of antibiotic resistance, which is when bacteria survive by outsmarting the antibiotic,» she says.

This means that the mosquito can survive by breaking down the poison into non-toxic substances..

They all must survive by taking in resources and then figuring out what to do with the waste that comes out the other end.

They survive by making biological antifreezes and conserving energy

In 1962 James Neel suggested that early hunter - gatherers possessed a «thrifty gene» that helped them survive by speeding up the accumulation of fat when food was available.

If an engineered organism mates with a wild counterpart, the transcription factors render the offspring unable to survive by activating genes that cause their cells to die.

Desert beetles survive by funneling fog along the dimpled back of its exoskeleton and into their mouths, providing a cool morning drink in an otherwise bone - dry environment.

In 2010 he threw a firebomb into the sacred heart of evolutionary biology by challenging inclusive fitness, the decades - old theory that martyrs can win in the struggle to survive by protecting their relatives» genes.

Cancer cells had essentially figured out how to survive by rewiring their metabolism in response to chemotherapy.

Ambrosia beetles survive by boring into trees and growing fungi inside.

The CBI also wants the government to reconsider planned increases in fuel duty, changes to air passenger duty and to look at deregulating small mergers to help struggling firms survive by joining forces.

The Government can survive by - election reverses.

Cadet Bonespur is making it clear now that he can only survive by undermining investigations.

Boy he has been acting very guilty lately — tipping us off that he can only survive by undermining investigations.

This agency is too critical to be left under the control of misfits like IGP Idris and Akin Fakorede, who believe that they can only survive by subverting the law to please a non-performing political party.

However, PO can well survive by elevating to prominence younger politicians able to present a modern version of conservatism to voters.

The challenges would be much greater for premature babies than babies who aren't premature, as their systems aren't developed enough to survive by their own.

«Developmentally and neurologically it's difficult because children survive by letting their needs be known immediately,» says Michael Osit, EdD, author of Generation Text: Raising Well - Adjusted Kids in the Age of Instant Everything.

The woman with a small pelvis may have been able to survive by outrunning wild animals, but when it came time to give birth, she was more likely to die because that small pelvis could not accommodate a large neonatal head.

As a breastfeeding mother living in an area with almost no support, I had to survive by trial and error and my own extensive research and experimentation.

This incredible invention may help babies born prematurely survive by replicating the effect of remaining in the womb.

It is those who survive by the skin of their teeth who are expensive — and, let's face it, that is a lot less likely in a homebirth than in the hospital.

Babies are tiny creatures that for the most part drink milk from their mothers» breasts, but from the look of any set of new parents, it sure seems more like babies survive by eating their parents» brains.

We live in a jungle where everyone wants to eat you — you have to survive by keeping your vigilance.

we are not even 3 matches in the season and our full back is the new CB, are we gonna survive by selling our CBs?

Unless you know you can, and have a proven record of hulking out like Stephen Jackson and taking on an entire arena, survive by knowing your limitations.

If a organism can pass on its genes to 3 (counting both parents) or more offspring that survive by sacrificing itself then the sacrifice is beneficial, is it not?

«We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures; because the earth never froze entirely during an ice age; because a small and tenuous species, arising in Africa a quarter of a million years ago, has managed, so far, to survive by hook and by crook.

Then he created animals that survive by consuming other animals.

In fact, you could say that it's constantly trying to reinvent itself in order to reduce the appearance of insanity so it can survive by tricking more people into believing in it.

Some cobblers may survive by repairing factory - made shoes.

And it can only grow by creating and maintaining a large population who can only survive by selling the only salable item allowed them, their labor force.

And of the even greater satisfaction, if you are already a subscriber, of helping this enterprise to survive by responding generously to the annual appeal that is now in the mail.

You survive by making money.