Example sentences of "[conj] it gave [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fire was so small and mean that it gave no warmth at all . |
| 2 | One of the things that he objected to about a tradition of painting that was governed by a scientific , single viewpoint system of perspective was that it gave the spectator an incomplete picture or idea about the subject . |
| 3 | The opposition parties argued , however , that it gave the government too many powers , particularly with regard to the allocation of frequencies and senior appointments . |
| 4 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 5 | Inside , the room was bathed in a chic and sickly light , so sickly and so chic that it gave the impression of being a chartreuse light ( chartreuse is this year 's chic colour ; its sickliness needs no introduction from me ) although it was in fact pink . |
| 6 | It clearly had a meaning , and it gave a voice to the peculiar state of tension that seemed to pervade both the place and its owner , and which clashed so oddly with the enormous peace of the landscape . |
| 7 | And it gave the Air Force a chance to regroup . |
| 8 | The paper 's first two years of existence coincided with the United Tanganyika party 's campaign for African support , and it gave the party a considerable amount of publicity . |
| 9 | We were getting more mileage out of an asset we already owned and it gave the business a wider base to cope with fluctuations in any part of it . |
| 10 | It pleased the good woman , and it gave the baby an identity . |
| 11 | She 'd had it inlaid with a hundred , several hundred small white fairy-lights , and it gave the effect of a real fantastic night sky , especially on a good night . |
| 12 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 13 | The software will be available on Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc workstations from the third quarter of the year , the company says , but it gave no indication of the price for it . |
| 14 | The Aldershot principally because it gave a structure to what I had to say at least went up there fairly confident of what I had . |
| 15 | The decision of the House of Lords in R v. Greater London Council ex parte Bromley London Borough Council ( 1981 ) , confirming that of the Court of Appeal , has been widely regarded as a political decision , no doubt because it gave a ruling in an acutely political controversy . |
| 16 | Balfour would say that Austen Chamberlain should be sent for ; and , according to Birkenhead , Balfour thought that this was ‘ the right course to pursue as it gave the King one other alternative before sending for Ramsay MacDonald ’ . |
| 17 | The formal agreement of the League was , however , necessary as it gave the campaign a much closer connection with the Labour Party than if it had appeared as a personal crusade by Cripps . |