Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] they give " in BNC.
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1 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
2 | Passengers liked them for their smooth ride , comfortable seating and the good views they gave from their many windows . |
3 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
4 | Given half a chance they would ‘ retrobolt ’ ( what curious technical names they give to hearsay these days ) everything we hold dear . |
5 | Jane Lucas explains how you can gain an insight into horses ' feelings by the physical signs they give out . |
6 | However , if mind-reading is beyond your ability , you can gain a real insight into horses ' feelings and moods by the physical signals they give out . |
7 | Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought |
8 | Even after 37 years they give you problems from time to time . ’ |
9 | So if we adopt presuppositions which are too small to handle the range of reality we are facing , their rationality and coherence will be severely limited and any conceptions they give rise to may be equally confined and distorted . |
10 | Any q any questions they give you based on that , you 'll be able to do it . |
11 | In other words they give an account of what a professional ought to be like , or advocate a particular process for increasing professionality . |
12 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |
13 | After two years they gave up prospecting and pulled out . |
14 | Unfortunately these criteria are more problematic than they first appear ; among other things they give no indication of what might be a reasonable expectation of success against which percentage ‘ contact ’ etc. might be judged . |
15 | Because these appear at about the same level in adjacent fibrils they give to the whole fibre its characteristic cross-striated appearance . |
16 | ‘ Anyway , I thought it was the Last Rites they gave you when you were dying , what d' you call it , Extreme Unction ? ’ |