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He walked toward the water, carrying the glass sparrow and the book.
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The great hawk smiled proudly and the sparrow was allowed to escape.
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Frog and sparrow were soon lost to sight, and as quickly forgotten.
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He makes the little sparrow chirping in the air preach to us.
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The sparrow was angry because the cat seized it and held it.
Usage of house sparrow in English
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People are beginning actually to look at the housesparrow, now that it's disappearing.
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Sir, -I have been following your readers' recent comments regarding the disappearance of the housesparrow.
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The housesparrow is an important model species for studying physiological, ecological and evolutionary processes in wild populations.
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I was astonished to encounter a female housesparrow in the Arrivals area of Dublin Airport on Sunday morning.
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At the global scale, diversifying selection seems to be the main factor maintaining MHC diversity in the housesparrow.
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Information for Mr. Lemoine on the importation of the European housesparrow and on that of the migratory quail.
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The English housesparrow has no song at all, but a harsh chatter that is unmatched among our birds.
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We identified potential signatures of recent, positive selection in the genome of the commensal housesparrow that are absent in Bactrianus populations.
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We sought to investigate the evolutionary history of the housesparrow and identify the processes involved in its transition to a human-commensal niche.
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Changes in practices have reduced the availability of winter food supplies for the housesparrow, Passer domesticus, which lives in restricted groups around farmyards.
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The results showed that the decline of the housesparrow appears to have slowed, and it remains the most commonly seen bird in UK gardens.
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Where could the English housesparrow have acquired that unmusical voice but amid the sounds of hoofs and wheels, and the discords of the street?
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The housesparrows were first brought to New York city in 1862.
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Among the visitors to our bird table is a flock of housesparrows.
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Turn down that diet of housesparrows and city rats that the bootstrappers subsist on.
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Commensal housesparrows therefore likely moved into Europe with the spread of agriculture following this period.