Example sentences of "[Wh det] gives [pers pn] the " in BNC.

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1 They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense .
2 All boys when about 12 undergo a great increase festival , the Sari , their second ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ , which gives them the internal clothing of the hunter and fisherman .
3 We use examples in the textbook , and often on audio , which gives them the greater realism of different voices and sound effects .
4 Some service housing is already available to service men on discount purchase , which gives them the opportunity to get on the home ownership ladder .
5 Er which gives them the clues as to where they 've got to go .
6 ‘ I go to a lot of fellowship meetings and I see a counsellor once a week which gives me the tools to handle life on a day-to-day basis . ’
7 ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’
8 He has natural flair which gives him the ability to do anything with the ball he wants to .
9 An archaeologist who has transformed the way people think about his area of study ; a communicator who can make an enthralling TV programme ; a lover of contemporary art who has persuaded the Fellows of his Cambridge college at least to tolerate biannual sculpture shows ( one of which involved digging up the hallowed lawns ) ; and now , since his peerage which gives him the forum of Britain 's Upper House , a politician , with strong views on how to preserve the world 's history as encapsulated in its archaeology : Colin Renfrew at fifty-five has an enviable career and range of interests .
10 As for the class of goods , where commercial goods are concerned the party acquiring them presumably has some expertise in relation to them which gives him the capability to assess their quality or to understand if he needs to call in an expert assessor , so that less protection should be required in this case .
11 A provision in an executive director 's service agreement which gives him the right to leave the company with a generous financial package , either in the event that he is dismissed prematurely or because a defined event occurs ( eg a takeover ) which entitles him to be paid a pre-agreed sum .
12 The four British associations each has a vote on the board , with Fifa having four of its own , which gives it the power of veto but guards against the laws being riddled with crackpot theories — such as making the goals bigger .
13 Toughened glass is glass which has been heat treated to make it four to five times stronger than normal glass , but which gives it the characteristic that , should it break , it does so in harmless tiny fragments rather than the dangerous slivers associated with normal glass .
14 There 's some really horrible strippers — which gives it the feel of a really grim hen party or stag night .
15 The quartet carries an instrumental arsenal which gives it the necessary weight to produce the ominous , bass-heavy sounds that accompany Max Schreck 's marvellously decrepit , zombie-like portrayal of Count Dracula .
16 Why not combine 7 or 14 nights in Corfu with a week on the ocean waves by taking our Ionian Cruise which gives you the chance to visit seven other Greek Islands .
17 Repayments can be monthly or quarterly , and spread over one to 20 years , which gives you the ability to fix an appropriate level .
18 It also includes membership of the Good Food Club , which gives you the chance to attend special events and receive discounts on offers , both in the magazine and Club , all for just £20 .
19 Reach the bollard which gives you the opportunity to pause , and take your time before you look in the opposite direction and cross the other half of the road .
20 Then multiply this answer by a hundred , which gives you the percentage figure .
21 The advantage of the telephone is that it is a two-way communication which gives you the chance to assess at first hand ( or ear ) why your account is not being paid .
22 This is a combined account for borrowing and saving which gives you the automatic right to borrow money .
23 Identify the strategic issue which gives you the most worry .
24 Jumpman lives is another excellent game from Apogee which gives you the arcade action of video games combined with the brain teasing problems to be solved before carrying on to the next stage .
25 It is best to shop around all the banks to see which gives you the best long-term deal rather than the biggest incentive to join .
26 The leader creates the parental role , the followers play the role of the children , and er , as I pointed out in the , in the lecture when I talked about that , often this is erm , explicitly indicated by symbolic terms , in groups , such as papa , erm , erm , whi which gives you the word pope .
27 Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics .
28 In addition what we 're actually doing is we 're building in this new fin financial planning guide which gives you the opportunity to just look at where you are just now and where you want to do in the future .
29 Which gives you the M25 and the M1 .
30 You add on that fifty percent or whatever it happens to be to the hundred percent which gives you the new figure .
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