Example sentences of "a [noun sg] that gives " in BNC.
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| 1 | An option is a contract that gives its holder the right , but not the obligation , to buy or sell a specific quantity of a specific quality of a specific asset at a specific price ( the " exercise price " or " strike price " ) on or before a specific day ( the settlement day ) . |
| 2 | They provide a breadth of experience and a presence that gives a service to pupils throughout the school . |
| 3 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 4 | Above all , as the preface points out , it is a study that gives first and last voice to the users of the mental health services themselves . |
| 5 | He 's a soldier that gives everything ; throws himself at the enemy and for once every ball , he touched finished in the back of the net . |
| 6 | The duo agreed a deal that gives Duff access to some of the country 's finest prospects , and gives Martin 's camp TV time . |
| 7 | Caterers can no longer afford to look for a machine that gives performance at any cost . |
| 8 | A dimension that gives you a more effective heating system that 's cheaper to run — Total Heating with Central Control . |
| 9 | Of the Paternoster Square development , what he wanted to see , he said , was ‘ a roofscape that gives the impression that St Paul 's is floating above it like a great ship in the sea ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We build a device that gives people the same power over information that large corporations and the Government have had over people , ’ proclaimed one promotional video made by Apple Computer Company . |
| 11 | The poet sees in life a truth that gives significance to the otherwise mean and trivial things . |
| 12 | When negotiating on behalf of the management the warranties being requested by the investor , a compromise that gives the investor the comfort it requires , without undue pressure on the management , is to be sought ; the management and the investor will have a continuing relationship following completion of the transaction . |
| 13 | Can you move house or work out a schedule that gives you more time to be together ? |
| 14 | The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ? |
| 15 | This is always true and follows from using the present values of redemption cash flows rather than actual values , a procedure that gives greater weight to earlier cash flows . |
| 16 | Act at all times in a manner that gives full effect to your obligations under the law and the regulatory framework . |
| 17 | Reductions in support levels should be carried out at a pace that gives efficient farmers time to adjust and diversify . |
| 18 | They will need space and comfort , perhaps a garden if they have always been used to one and enjoy gardening , and , above all , they will need a property that gives them some self esteem and security . |
| 19 | These included the proposition that violation of their major commitments by the Treaty parties would free the Soviet Union from its commitments under the Protocol , a statement that gives rise to at least two third party dilemmas . |
| 20 | Likewise , by efficient data storage the user benefits from having a system that gives him relevant information quickly . |
| 21 | Realistically the championship was never quite on the agenda this year , but setting up a system that gives us regular qualification for Europe and the occasional cup run/win will be satisfactory IMO . |
| 22 | A system that gives higher standards of hygiene and health care , stronger family ties , more time productively spent out of cells . ’ |
| 23 | Instead , this is a solitude that gives space for God within us . |
| 24 | Very occasionally there is a document that gives us a clue . |
| 25 | Through the arches is Piazza Cavour , named after the hero of the Risorgimento , a piazza that gives on to the Giardini Pubblici ( Public Gardens ) , one of several splendid oases of green in the city . |
| 26 | The choreographer must learn the natural functioning of the dancers ' bodies in order to combine steps and poses in a way that gives quality to the whole . |
| 27 | in a way that gives the company a competitive advantage over rivals |
| 28 | In practice it is often difficult to define bibliographical types in a way that gives a reliable guide to content , and the selector is best advised to look at each bibliography individually . |
| 29 | I shall argue that he overstates the significance that can be attributed to literacy in itself : that he lends authority to a language for describing literacy practices that often contradicts even his own stated disclaimers of the ‘ strong ’ case ; that he understates the qualities of oral communication ; that he sets up unhelpful and often untestable polarities between , for instance , the ‘ potentialities ’ of literacy and ‘ restricted literacy ’ ; and that he polarises the differences between oral and literate modes of communication in a way that gives insufficient credit to the reality of ‘ mixed ’ and interacting modes . |
| 30 | What the strategy does do , is to formalize and focus the analysis in a way that gives everybody concerned the essential basis for developing and judging good advertising — the two aspects that take up the next two chapters . |