Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , by using different assessment methods , the concept has been refined to include how managers perceive their world , how they search for and select data , and how they conceptualize with that data to give it a framework and meaning . |
| 2 | The voluntary hospital , the Infirmary , was specifically designed to care for the sick , and its relative freedom from the constraints associated with spending public money gave it the advantage over the sick wards at the workhouse . |
| 3 | The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more . |
| 4 | It cleaned up the European Car of the Year award for 1992 against some formidable competition , though only two out of the seven British judges gave it top ranking . |
| 5 | And in gratitude , ‘ the old lady gave it to my father . ’ |
| 6 | Note that I added a minor 3rd ( C ) in this run to give it more of a country flavour ! |
| 7 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 8 | However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH . |
| 9 | Its very vagueness and lack of programmatic content gives it a potentially universal support within its own community . |
| 10 | France benefits from the continuity of its space effort , and the high priority given it by governments . |
| 11 | The inference is that the ritual remained as a memory in the Middle Ages , if not in actuality , and was linked with historical personages to give it a little more authenticity . |
| 12 | The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention . |
| 13 | A teaching profession with a better understanding and a wider knowledge of educational research would be more able to question those who indulge in ‘ jargon ’ and also have a solid base from which to put forward their views which , whether rightly or wrongly , still rely too heavily on intuitive feel for what is happening , and I feel confident that the STRN can help bring this about if Scottish teachers give it the support it deserves . |
| 14 | The international settings and a word-list in six different languages give it a truly world-wide appeal . |
| 15 | During the six years that the Century Guild existed its output was modest , though its participation in public exhibitions gave it a considerable influence . |
| 16 | Afterwards , it can be tidied around with heavier and more direct pastel to give it the definition it would otherwise lack . |
| 17 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 18 | What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed . |
| 19 | Their builder clad the tower in old stone to give it an ancient appearance . |
| 20 | Old Nick gives it hell at Viva Eight |
| 21 | If one decides to give away £5m to encourage the arts , I do not think that it is a very sensible way to give it to my noble friend Lord Archer , who is a very rich man already , and who gets £6,000 a year out of the pockets of taxpayers who are very much poorer than he is . ’ |
| 22 | The advantages of the Lucas bus is that the rubber tyres give it better grip on steel and help to reduce shocks on the chassis . |
| 23 | Again , this design gives it only vague impressions of light and shade , but it allows the ostracod to collect a phenomenal amount of the illumination available in its dimly lit environment . |
| 24 | Top analysts gave it the thumbs up and prices took off . |
| 25 | There 's a main board , with various part-time notables to give it respectability , and an Executive Committee of Directors , consisting of Ingard and one or two of his pals , who actually deal with what goes on . |
| 26 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 27 | Ironically , its part-time nature gives it its greatest flexibility . |
| 28 | I call on such people to give it to the police in confidence . |
| 29 | ‘ I call on such people to give it to the police in confidence . |
| 30 | On land the Company was not really strong enough for such antics , but its naval superiority gave it a place in the third or fourth rank of powers in India , beneath the Emperor at the top and great rulers like the Nawab of Bengal in the second rank . |