Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wonderful range of special painting techniques can be used on just plain flat lining paper to give completely individual pattern/colour combinations which give the overall impression of a texture . |
| 2 | When this is the case methods which give the entire distribution rather than some of the averages referred to above must be used . |
| 3 | These include the marvellous Thunder Thighs which give players stamina , and Speed Boots which make your squad even faster . |
| 4 | It is rare to find clauses in relocation policies which give employees the right to appeal against relocation decisions or the level of allowances payable . |
| 5 | THE last bogeyman but five or six , in that line of third-world menaces who give the United States a sense of purpose , lives uncomfortably close to home . |
| 6 | Shelter in Scotland has a network of housing aid centres which give advice and practical help to homeless people . |
| 7 | The Companies Act 1989 requires a company to keep accounting records which give a true and fair view of the financial position of the company . |
| 8 | And there are desert bushes which give green things in the spring . |
| 9 | I would also like to pay tribute to chairpersons , secretaries and committee members who give many hours of service to our Institute . |
| 10 | In elaborating such proposals there is admittedly a strong temptation to indulge in political rationalism : they are by nature proposals which give an important role to action on the part of a ‘ socialist government ’ or the ‘ state ’ within which a socialist government is installed , yet it is often unclear what such a socialist government would look like , how it might come into being and from where it would draw its mass support . |
| 11 | There has been a substantial increase in coverage of the Chamber and of committees in regional broadcasting ; some regions , BBC and ITV , have generated good week-end reviews which give more time to back-bench MPs . |
| 12 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 13 | In both translation and pedagogy , I suggest , effective mediation depends on the recognition of the relationship between underlying ideas and the surface forms which give them expression . |
| 14 | My initial question was answered and these dedicated crew members who give so much time so freely can only be described as the salt of the earth . |
| 15 | GCSE and A level media studies courses which give students a basic practical and theoretical knowledge of film and video are now available . |
| 16 | Ten units each in two stages structured for practice in special vocabulary , language use , and extension activities which give opportunity to practice language in a less controlled way . |
| 17 | Later eighteenth and nineteenth-century cellars are prime candidates for tunnel status ; they are usually stone built in the form of barrel vaults which give the end walls the appearance of plugs which seal off long tunnels — a common feature of such myths . |
| 18 | They are occasionally the venue for outdoor sculpture exhibitions which give the visitor the chance to see not only some fine art , but also the courtyards themselves . |
| 19 | Legal rules are mediated by the intervening interpretative processes informing the actions of enforcement agents which give substance to the vague aspirations of statute . |
| 20 | The heavy breasts and opulent maternal figures of the old Stone Age goddesses which give way to the multiplied breasts of the Ephesian Diana and then to the Mother-and-Child images mentioned above represent a trend of increasing clarification and refinement of the basic psychological situation — the need to find in heaven a substitute for the primal mother lost on earth . |
| 21 | If the requirement for in situ hybridization to chromosomes is to probe for the completely unknown localization of unique sequences in the mouse genome , existing techniques are limited to tissue samples which give a plentiful supply of both slides and mitotic cells . |
| 22 | Patrick O'Brian , surely the most closely related of Marryat 's successors , understands very well that rare concomitant of the adventure story , the effective partnership of mind and body in action , and displays this in a continuing group of adult novels which give a notable unlaboured picture of the Nelson era . |
| 23 | The sex hormones which give a woman her femininity , and control ovulation and the menstrual cycle should not be affected . |
| 24 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 25 | That form bears the closest inspection and as the six-year-old has settled into his new surroundings at the Marriott Stables I give him the edge over Newton Point , whose cause will not have been helped by the rain . |
| 26 | For modern reference it has included centre pages which give useful notes which enables 1992 readers to pin point the location of the original advertiser . |
| 27 | Britten is a master at creating vivid accompaniment figurations which give us a strong impression of the music 's emotive message even before the melody begins . |
| 28 | It 's these lectures which finally unbalance Bob Roberts , which shifts from crisp satire to stodgy tract under the sheer density of Robbins ’ disgust with US politics , losing along the way the warped rock ‘ n ’ roll and documentary trappings which give bite to the first film intelligent enough to see assassination as a career move for the victim . |
| 29 | Most of the organisations listed area run by volunteer enthusiasts who give up their spare time to painstakingly restore and operate these fascinating survivors from the great age of steam . |
| 30 | The Sword of Justice is encrusted with ancient Dwarf Runes which give it the power of unswerving accuracy and deadly retribution . |