Example sentences of "[adv] give [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On the other hand , the demonstrative does not merely give crude emphasis to a referent ; it suggests that although the element is " known " some extra processing effort must take place in order for it to be accessed .
2 Choose a punchcard which , according to your manual , is suitable for knitweave and which will only give medium length floats .
3 We can only give cursory attention to these here but more details are given in books by Tukey ( 1977 ) and Velleman and Hoaglin ( 1981 ) .
4 The Anonymous Fellowships do not give specific advice for individual problems .
5 He qualifies advocacy of leading indicators by saying that they may duplicate each other ( market share and sales , for instance ) or may not give additional lead time over conventional measures ( he cites bookings as an indicator of sales ) or do not yield reliable measures .
6 The recognition that we can not give complete holist explanations of social phenomena does not undermine the centrality of the intuition to which the doctrine , in its various forms , is a response : the sense that many properties of individuals , whether tastes , aspirations , beliefs , expectations or habits , are to an over-whelming extent formed by society .
7 This does not give irrefutable evidence of the participation of the oxycarbonyl unit but it does point in this direction .
8 It seems to me that Bethe ( writing in 1954 ) did not give due credit to Ulam for switching ideas onto an entirely new track ; judging from accounts given elsewhere ( eg The Advisors , H. F. York , San Francisco , 1976 ) Ulam rather than Teller should be called ‘ The Father of the H-Bomb ’ .
9 Studies which show apparent equality in decision-making between husbands and wives often omit or do not give due weight to many of the more important decisions such as where to live , when to move or when to buy a new car ( Gillespie , 1972 ) .
10 ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES do not give long-term tenancy rights and there is very little control over the rent levels that can be charged by a landlord .
11 Fenton regrets that he can not give personal advice .
12 It is very necessary to ensure that you do not give financial advice unless your firm is appropriately registered under the Financial Services Act 1986 .
13 As the guest calling himself Mr Smythe did not have legal title to the cheque , he could not give legal title to the hotelier ; therefore , the cheque would not be paid and the hotelier would suffer the loss .
14 Why is Britain the only country in Europe that does not give legal protection to our 6 million part-time employees ?
15 Evidence from the first and second waves of reform does not give great comfort to reformers .
16 If we wish seriously to enhance such process rights , then we must be prepared to listen to claims that the agency did not give adequate consideration to certain views .
17 ‘ The election and direct involvement of a small number of representatives does not give adequate opportunity for participation and expression of public views which can strengthen democracy . ’
18 Applied without paste and would not give adequate compression to reverse the effects of chronic venous insufficiency :
19 However , a person under the age of 16 can not give valid consent .
20 The fact was that distrust of Chamberlain ran so deep that even the most unequivocal supporter of rearmament in the labour movement could not give unreserved support to his Government 's military preparations .
21 The procedure has not gained formal approval by the International Olympic Committee because it does not give conclusive proof of drug use .
22 International mail involves the postal services of other countries as well as our own , so we can not give precise service standards .
23 Should an individual wish to take an S/NVQ who already has a qualification relating to the funeral service , that qualification will not give direct credit exemption but can count as evidence of competence .
24 The data from pH monitoring do not give direct information on the constituents or origin of the body fluids being measured .
25 Because volume is a three dimensional variable , it does not give exact information about a specific circumference .
26 Thus freshwater shells and aquatic plants may not give true radiocarbon ages ( see also fig. 7.2 ) .
27 Please note that West Somerset Railway Association members ' concessions do not apply for this event , and tickets do not give free travel .
28 Throughout the post-war period the case for a high degree of centralised planning was weakening because there was no serious attempt to address the problem of an allocative mechanism which did not give free reign to market prices and collective bargaining .
29 Although ED 65 does not give detailed guidance on the circumstances in which it is considered that the measure of comprehensive income is incomplete , the discussion paper on ED 65 acknowledges that , under the modified historical cost system , the proposed SCFW may not give a complete reflection of the real change in financial wealth .
30 The Council believes that the Government does not give sufficient back-up to the Parks authorities and should place an outright ban on certain types of development without further ado .
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