Even cases considered " regular ", with the final-s, are not so simple ; the-s in dogs is not pronounced the same way as the-s in cats, and in a plural like dishes, an " extra " vowel appears before the-s. These cases, where the same distinction is effected by alternative forms of a " word ", are called allomorphy.

These are the characteristics listed in most governing bodies breeds standards to which show cats must conform.

These principally take the form of predators ; most albatross and petrel species are clumsy on land and are unable to defend themselves from mammals such as rats, feral cats and pigs.

These cats tend to stay playful and kittenish throughout their long lives.

These cats are therefore never seen in the bicolor pattern.

These awards are handed out for the highest scoring cats, across all breeds during the current show seasons.

These innate skills are developed by the kittens ' mother or other adult cats bringing live prey to the nest.

These cats ' ears however require frequent cleaning to prevent infections, and needs gentle handling to prevent damage.

These loops pack together to create a rug so solid that chewing dogs and clawing cats are its only enemy.

These cats are known to be highly intelligent and playful, but tend to be timid around strangers.

These cats are sweet-tempered, intelligent and generally very social and good companions.

These cats are able to be taught tough tricks.

These cats could have reproduced with farm and feral stock and might have eventually evolved into the modern-day Norwegian Forest Cat.

These climate-controlled exhibits are home to sand cats, addax, dorcas gazelles, desert locusts and spiny mice.

These cats are thought to have remained in Thailand until it was invaded by the Burmese in the 18th century ; returning soldiers may have taken the temple cats with them back to Burma.

These poisonings either kill the cats unintentionally, or diminish their supply of food.

These cats have also been known to take domestic poultry and livestock.

These cats live up to twelve years in captivity, but their lifespan in the wild is unknown.

These are seen as flaws, and the cats are not allowed to be displayed in cat shows, although of course it has no effect on their personality or health.

) These cats, especially if left to proliferate, are frequently considered to be pests in both rural and urban areas, and may be blamed for devastating the bird, reptile and mammal populations.

These events could benefit the player who collected it ( for example, by routing all the mice on screen to their rocket, or dropping cats directly into all the opponents ' rockets ), benefit all players ( such as removing all the cats for a short time and flooding the board with mice ), hurt all players ( such as briefly dropping lots of cats onto the board ) or even change the dynamic of the game by swapping the positions of the players ' rockets.

These were the ones Keith sought out -- the loners, the ones who killed for the joy of it, like himself.

These were the last words he ever uttered.

These two were going to be easy pickins.

These performances were being staged at historical monuments throughout Europe.

These were Oneida Indians.

These conceptions and the manner in which they were transposed into poetry or engendered by poetic form are intrinsic to western life from the time of Aeschylus to that of Shakespeare.

These basic ideas concerning the nature of religion were, Adams believed, some of the major keys to the understanding of history and the movement of society.

These were his public academic activities, domi forisque, in the college and in the university.

These early experiments were evidently not altogether satisfying to Patchen.

These people were not talking much about it, but you, a foreigner, sensed their apprehension and disappointment.

These public efforts were rare because Mr. Rayburn normally did his counseling, persuading and educating long before an issue reached its test on the House floor.

These microfossils indicate the swamp was `` formed during the Lower Cretaceous period when dinosaurs were at their heyday and when the first flowering plants were just appearing.

These were heroes nine feet tall to him ''.

These little songs, however, were sweet nothings from the heart, tender memories of his childhood, little melodies that anyone could hum and that would make one want to weep.

These were the ships of His Majesty's Navy, herding the hulks of the East Indies merchants and the yachts and ketches of the loyalists.

These trumps were more touching than they were anything else, and seemed to imply that the nights were long, her children ungrateful, and her marriage bewilderingly threadbare.

These were selected carefully and included not only detailed clinical information but adequate pathology of value for research and educational purposes.

These amendments to the Vocational Rehabilitation Act were designed to help provide for more specialized rehabilitation facilities, for more sheltered and `` half-way '' workshops, for greater numbers of adequately trained personnel, for more comprehensive services to individuals ( particularly to the homebound and the blind ), and for other administrative improvements to increase the program's overall effectiveness.

These plans, like Du Pont's, contained provisions for passing the vote on Du Pont's General Motors shares on to the ultimate stockholders of Du Pont, Christiana, and Delaware, except that officers and directors of the three companies, their spouses, and other people living in their households, as well as other specified persons, were to be totally disenfranchised.

These curves were derived by an analysis of extensive skywave measurement data.

These were educated men, who, as Mr. Justice Holmes was fond of saying, formed their inductions out of experience under the burden of responsibility.

These boys acknowledged an introduction to anybody by gently pressing one of his hands in both of theirs, while they gazed, misty-eyed with care, into the eyes of the person they were meeting.