Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , Miss Massiter explained that information gathered by MI5 was shared with other government departments for political purposes and gave examples of how trade-union leaders had their telephones tapped by MI5 during wage negotiations with government departments . |
| 2 | Early fifties , thinning black hair , the unmistakeable signs of middle-age spread and the sort of doleful features that gave the impression he was carrying the troubles of the world on his shoulders . |
| 3 | The development of textile manufacturing in the fifteenth century was not only one of the most fundamental economic changes of the period , but it also took men away from farming , created a market for the sale of agricultural products and gave an incentive to the producer to grow crops and raise stock beyond the levels required for his own consumption . |
| 4 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 5 | These properties formed a marked contrast to the fine Georgian brick buildings in the main streets and to the recently-acquired , impressive collection of public buildings that gave a prosperous air to the face of the town . |
| 6 | We must not leave the eighteenth century without mention of the great typefounder and printer of Birmingham , John Baskerville ( 1706–75 ) , who not only designed the famous type that bears his name but greatly improved the general standard of English printing and gave us , in 1763 , one of the most splendid editions of the Bible . |
| 7 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 8 | What was it about Japan 's history that limited the pursuit of individual self-interest and gave precedence to the collective community ? |
| 9 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 10 | The apples were the fruits of perpetual youth and gave the gods immortality . |
| 11 | She shared her husband 's estimation of the value of good books and gave hundreds away . |
| 12 | The headstone of the grave , in a grey cemetery on the outskirts of Warsaw , was of plain granite and gave simply the dates of birth and death . |
| 13 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 14 | The Thames barges , built of living wood that gave and sprang back in the face of the wind , were as much at home as anything on the river . |
| 15 | The Greek purchased a bag of sweets , well , not so much a bag as a twist of newspaper , distributed some of the sweets among his retinue of small boys and gave the rest to his guide . |
| 16 | It was his sense of history , part romantic , part Christian , and his sense of American society that gave his films their dramatic and visual power . |
| 17 | The ‘ state of war ’ declaration clouded what might otherwise have been a clear-cut case of American aggression and gave the White House the makings of a case under international law . |
| 18 | The Norman conquest brought with it , among many other customs , the strewing on floors of aromatic plants that gave off their scent when walked upon . |
| 19 | It was concern about prostitution , venereal disease , maternal mortality and the control of female sexuality that gave gynaecology its distinctive qualities . |
| 20 | A second series of influential studies that gave support to the model presented in chapter 4 — this time to its prediction that only unanticipated changes in aggregate demand have real output effects — were those of Barro ( 1977a , 1978a ; see also Barro and Rush , 1980 ) . |
| 21 | His attendants , the mythological fauns , were the patrons of wild animals and gave their name to the animal kingdoms in different countries — the fauna . |
| 22 | Since Spittals sat behind his desk with a smile of ineffable self-satisfaction and gave no indication of offering an explanation , the policewoman asked for one . |
| 23 | ‘ Of all the stupid , careless — ’ Flinching beneath contemptuous anger that gave each word the force of a blow , Polly could only watch as he made a visible effort to control himself . |
| 24 | He tore a roll open , stuffed it with cut ham and gave her that . |
| 25 | Knocker re-filled Sooty 's mug with rough cider and gave him a disapproving look at the same time . |
| 26 | If they had difficulties then I broke each stage down into small steps and gave them repeated practice . |
| 27 | Light from the bathroom filled the area with pale shadows and gave the damaged patches in the mirror an eerie silvery glow . |
| 28 | It was a packed three days but the team returned still in high spirits and gave the pilot a round of applause for a nice gentle landing at Gatwick . |
| 29 | At another level it raised confidence in national identity and gave support to social science studies of Japan which stressed the way its unique cultural heritage underpinned economic success . |
| 30 | Although the extra representation for zemstva did not arise out of St Petersburg 's enthusiasm for local government ( but out of the determination of central agencies to prevent any one of their number dominating the rest ) , it nevertheless ensured " a large dose of decentralization " in primary education and gave primary schools a better chance than they would have had otherwise . |