Example sentences of "it [modal v] give [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The danger of this approach is that it may give the erroneous impression that companies are constantly embroiled in internecine strife , and that investors and creditors are habitually maltreated by dishonest or incompetent company controllers . |
| 2 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 3 | The introduction has to paint a picture — it must give a solid reason why the report has to be considered , so the background of the subject matter is the core of the introduction . |
| 4 | Or rather it would give a possible base for the possible erection of two or three possible motives . |
| 5 | I remember telling the Secretary of State that the poll tax was cumbersome , burdening and complicated ; that it would give a great deal of trouble to local council finance departments ; and that it was inevitable that thousands upon thousands of mistakes would be made . |
| 6 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 7 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 8 | She knew it would give a nasty sting , but it would n't cut her flesh to ribbons . |
| 9 | If the G M B could reg retain the unemployed and redundant , it would give a solid base on which to work . |
| 10 | It would give a clear message : that the nuclear-weapon states have stopped developing new nuclear weapons . |
| 11 | Perhaps the er chief of a Policy E two in an acceptable form is that it would give a clear signal to the district that it would not be appropriate to have a policy on rural diversification or in in development in the countryside more generally , which is stricter than Government guidance . |
| 12 | Well I do n't think it would give a burnt taste but I think , I think it probably could do quite a lot of good for it . |
| 13 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 14 | At best , or so it was thought , it would give the United Nations some muscle to stop governments doing terrible things to their peoples ; at worst it would serve up a forest of platitude . |
| 15 | It would give the old man pleasure . |
| 16 | In polyethylene , it will give a small child a better seating position . |
| 17 | When a solid which contains electric charges , produced by the presence of impurities in the crystal lattice , is subjected to a steadily increasing pressure , it will give a short-lived pulse of electricity — a transient electric current — well before it ruptures . |
| 18 | It will give an audible confirmation of the accuracy of the composition or arrangement . |
| 19 | It will give the various groups and Tory Members who seek to play the race card the opportunity to do so . |
| 20 | And , again , though this seems elementary it represents a deep truth , and the background knowledge of it will give the eventual manuscript extra power . |
| 21 | And of course with it being heavier than air it does tell you it can give a nasty headache , cause drowsiness , etcetera etcetera . |
| 22 | As XPS is useful for the study of surfaces it can give a good deal of information about species adsorbed on catalysts . |
| 23 | Even this solution has problems because although the zig-zag is an even number of stitches , depending on which part of the zig-zag is immediately below the ‘ V ’ it can give an irregular effect just at that point . |
| 24 | It can give the correct SG but a neutral solution ( pH 7 ) whereas brackish waters are pH 7.6 to 8 . |