Sentence examples for before imitation from inspiring English sources

The subsequent incorporation of food begging calls into subsong leaves open the possibility that vocal experience that might have been gleaned during the earliest stage is then incorporated into subsong, all this happening well before imitation of external models gets started.

But as Chinese firms have demonstrated in other areas, and Japanese firms demonstrated before them, imitation can give way to innovation with surprising speed.

Before 1940 most imitation gems were made from glass with a high lead content.

"I tried to capture this unconscious imitation before awareness of my presence changed their stance".

Under the Americans, the sailors had learned by rote, and by imitation; before Dickson arrived, they couldn't even moor their craft unless they were in the same place every day.

Describing the X Factor version as "inevitably soulless" and a "pale imitation" before the winner was even decided, or any of the versions of the single had been heard (although I had high hopes for Diana Vickers' version based on this early audition), the group objects to the context of the song's release, and the inevitably mainstream and "inauthentic" nature of X Factor.

What was missing was also a command that the dog needed to wait before performing the imitation.

He has posted a tetchy message on his website warning his successors that "reproduction of our shows, without our permission or endorsement has been tried before, and however flattering these imitations may be, they will never come close to the real thing".

"Zizmor turned us down," Ms. Fey said urgently, before offering up her imitation of his wife's imagined (and taken aback) reaction to the suggestion.

If the subject began to imitate, to clarify each imitation, the experimenter placed her hand palm down on the table before the presentation of each model.

The birds stamp their feet and cock their heads in an uncanny imitation of boxers before a match.