Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up in the dome , the uncoupling of the private car had given way to speculation about whether the northern lights would oblige : the weather was right , apparently . |
| 2 | Those long years in junior command had given him an intimacy with the poilu denied to most of the other French chiefs , and because of his low rank in 1914 he knew — unlike Haig and Joffre — very well what wounded men looked like . |
| 3 | After they had consumed all they could the guests began to leave , saying what a good send-off Mum had given Granny . |
| 4 | British Rail has given a figure of £1.4 billion for the construction of the station complex . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , this supposed trait and their tight , curly hair have given rise to the use of the name ‘ Poodle cats ’ as a popular term for them . |
| 6 | Turned out that some well-meaning wally had given it a tankful of unleaded two-star . |
| 7 | The old stock had given ‘ sterling service ’ over the years but was now at the end of its useful life and becoming notorious for rattling windows and engine noise . |
| 8 | AFTER a week mulling over Budget proposals for offshore tax reform , British Petroleum has given support to the Chancellor 's moves to encourage more efficient oil and gas production . |
| 9 | With regard to the modest intestinal permeability test-intestinal morphometry relationship , it should be noted that previous attempts to correlate the intestinal permeability test results with jejunal histology have given conflicting results in patients with and without coeliac disease . |
| 10 | French tennis has given out a message . |
| 11 | ‘ French tennis has given out a message ’ , says Haguellar . |
| 12 | However , the management and financing of capital assets in the public sector has given rise to many problem areas , such as those associated with capital controls and deferred purchase arrangements in local authorities , poor asset utilisation , deteriorating physical condition and problems of financing asset replacement , and questions of how capital should be incorporated into devolved budgetary arrangements , such as the Financial Management Initiative in central government . |
| 13 | This was only the second occasion on which a French court had given the maximum sentence for this offence ( the first being for Arrospide — see above ; for capture of Arrospide and Urrutikoetzea in France see pp. 36406 ; 37588 ) . |
| 14 | The English court had given leave for the service of a writ upon the president of a Panamanian shipping operation at a stated address in Lugano or elsewhere in Switzerland . |
| 15 | I am sure that the people of Northumbria will welcome the excellent news that my right hon. Friend has given the House . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend 's successor will have a hard act to follow : the diligence and commitment that my hon. Friend has given to his constituents have been exemplary . |
| 17 | There was a notorious example , similar to the one that my hon. Friend has given , which no doubt had a great deal of appeal to young people . |
| 18 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given us that opportunity . |
| 19 | The news that my hon. Friend has given the House is encouraging . |
| 20 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given way again , because it is some time since I smelt a rat in the Chamber , but there is one knocking about tonight . |
| 21 | There is always a point in every case where direct evidence has to give way to circumstantial evidence . |
| 22 | It might have helped if the hon. Gentleman had given people a better example in that respect . |
| 23 | I can not confirm the figures that the hon. Gentleman has given . |
| 24 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 25 | With regard to the example that the hon. Gentleman has given , if there is any question of the law of the land not being obeyed I shall ask my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment to look into it . |
| 26 | PROFESSOR Peter Smith believes that ‘ reasoned architectural criticism has given way to inflammatory metaphor ’ . |
| 27 | The French government have given them strong support , Britain , along with West Germany and the USA , is still anxious to keep the mining options open , however — WWF News International . |
| 28 | He was bearing the cold and damp better than he had in the previous year , but these winter months were a time when proper life had to give way to the struggle merely to exist . |
| 29 | IN ITS dying days , the British government has given the go-ahead for a controversial plan to build another oil refinery on Canvey Island in the Thames estuary . |
| 30 | The British government has given f100 000 , of which one third will go on food . |