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Behe is an English word starting with the letter B. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Behe | Behemoth | Behest | Beheaded | Beheading | Behemoths | Behera | Beheadings | Beheld

Using Behe

  • In the example corpus, behe often appears in combinations such as: professor behe, behe has, behe uses.

Context around Behe

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 14 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

professor 5× examples 2× celeste 1× using 1× michael 1×

Often after:

uses 2× argues 1× cites 1× suggests 1× believes 1× agreed 1× steve 1× summarized 1× proposes 1×

Sentence patterns with Behe

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

behe uses the 2× addition professor behe agreed that 1× behe argues that 1× behe cites paley 1× behe has been 1× behe has responded 1× behe suggests that 1× by professor behe can never 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

behe uses the 2× behe argues that 1× behe cites paley 1× behe has been 1× behe has responded 1× behe suggests that 1×

Common sentence endings:

as a mousetrap 1× be irreducibly complex 1× be ruled out 1× design they can 1× excellence in engineering 1× for a purpose 1×

Words around Behe

Just before it in the word index:

behdad 7 behbahan 2 behaviours 296 behaviourists 3 behaviourist 7 behaviourally 2

Just after it in the word index:

behead 13 beheaded 161 beheaders 2 beheading 67 beheadings 16 beheads 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulai 27 abhinandan 27 abhor 27 abo 27 abscesses 27 abul 27

Corpus analysis for Behe

  • In this selection, "behe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, professor, examples, celeste, uses, argues and cites stand out and add context to how "behe" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include behe uses the and addition professor behe agreed that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "behe" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with behe

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Behe uses the analogy of a mousetrap to illustrate this concept. (11 words)

Notably, the NAS has rejected Professor Behe's claim for irreducible complexity.. (12 words)

Michael Behe, Steve Fuller and Scott Minnich served as expert witnesses for the defense. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In addition, Professor Behe agreed that for the design of human artifacts, we know the designer and its attributes and we have a baseline for human design that does not exist for design of biological systems. (36 words)

Irreducible complexity may not actually exist in nature, and the examples given by Behe and others may not in fact represent irreducible complexity, but can be explained in terms of simpler precursors. (32 words)

Behe uses the analogy of a mousetrap to propose irreducible complexity : he argues that if a mousetrap loses just one of its parts, it can no longer function as a mousetrap. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

Celeste Behe, a.k.a. The Catholic Storyteller, is a writer, speaker, and mother to nine homeschool graduates.

Behe argues that the theory that irreducibly complex systems could not have evolved can be falsified by an experiment where such systems are evolved.

Behe cites Paley as his inspiration, but he differs from Paley's expectation of a perfect Creation and proposes that designers do not necessarily produce the best design they can.

Behe has been accused by critics Patheos.com essay: An argument premised on the author's lack of imagination.

Behe has responded to critics of his clotting cascade arguments by suggesting that homology is evidence for evolution, but not for natural selection.

Behe suggests that, like a parent not wanting to spoil a child with extravagant toys, the designer can have multiple motives for not giving priority to excellence in engineering.

Behe uses the analogy of a mousetrap to illustrate this concept.

Behe uses the analogy of a mousetrap to propose irreducible complexity : he argues that if a mousetrap loses just one of its parts, it can no longer function as a mousetrap.

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Expert testimony revealed that this inductive argument is not scientific and as admitted by Professor Behe, can never be ruled out.

If, after a few thousand generations, the bacteria evolved the bacterial flagellum, then Behe believes that this would refute his theory.

In addition, Professor Behe agreed that for the design of human artifacts, we know the designer and its attributes and we have a baseline for human design that does not exist for design of biological systems.

In the Dover trial an expert witness for the plaintiffs, Ken Miller, demonstrated this possibility using Behe's mousetrap analogy.

Irreducible complexity may not actually exist in nature, and the examples given by Behe and others may not in fact represent irreducible complexity, but can be explained in terms of simpler precursors.

Mainstream critics, however, argue that irreducible complexity, as defined by Behe, can be generated by known evolutionary mechanisms.

Michael Behe, Steve Fuller and Scott Minnich served as expert witnesses for the defense.

Notably, the NAS has rejected Professor Behe's claim for irreducible complexity..

Page 74. Stated examples Behe and others have suggested a number of biological features that they believe may be irreducibly complex.

Professor Behe has applied the concept of irreducible complexity to only a few select systems: (1) the bacterial flagellum; (2) the blood-clotting cascade; and (3) the immune system.

Professor Behe summarized the argument as follows: We infer design when we see parts that appear to be arranged for a purpose.

The specific examples Behe proposes have been shown to have simpler homologues which could act as precursors with different functions.

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Common combinations with behe

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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