Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may mean some gentle but very straight talking , if your parent does not realise your need to have time alone with your friends , but if you can not bring yourself to establish this right , you will have precious little hope of organising any other social activities that will give you a break from daily routine . |
| 2 | But gradually the blood is drawn back into the body and the veins harden into rigid struts that will give the wing its strength . |
| 3 | Grated crayon added to paint produces interesting effects and can give different shades of colour . |
| 4 | Then the woman took a paper bag out and I thought she had some sweets and might give one to me . |
| 5 | ‘ All he ( the Chancellor ) offers the unemployed are derisory schemes that will give small help to 100,000 people . |
| 6 | Any room is easier to plan , decorate and arrange if you imagine it divided into three basic parts : the background — walls , ceiling , floor , windows and lighting ; the furniture and furnishings ; and the accessories — the personal possessions that will give it personality and character . |
| 7 | Schumpeter 's main substantive target is what he regards as the nonsensical idea of classical democratic theory that the people can exercise a rational choice on individual questions and can give effect to this by choosing representatives . |
| 8 | 2.18 The purpose of the award is not to give the dependants such sums as would give them an annual income equal to the dependency . |
| 9 | Vigorous rootstocks produce large trees that will give high yields even on poorer soils , provide shade and wildlife habitats , and are magnificent specimens when mature . |
| 10 | The White Paper will clarify many of these issues and will give a good idea as to how the viewer will fare in the next decade . |
| 11 | They will be pleased to help you with specific questions and will give you as much general information as they can . |
| 12 | But she never dared ask him , for fear he would tell her ) — the grocer treated her to infrequent smiles and would give occasional chocolates to Victoria , who would go back to the toyshop with a heavy brown moustache and sideburns . |
| 13 | Leslie Henry concentrated on secondary sources that would give a bookseller the insight he or she might need on current and potential buyers . |
| 14 | The varieties offered are the very best F1 hybrid types and will give outstanding results . |
| 15 | One of the world 's hot spots that might give clues for the future . |
| 16 | But Brett here 's told you the only ones that 'll give any trouble will be the goons wearin' joggin' suits of black , grey or brown . |
| 17 | Mildew is not so very difficult to stop in the early stages , and there are several fungicides that will give it a severe check — all the chemical manufacturers have their own products and trade names which , like everything else , are constantly being improved and changed — but by far the most important point to bear in mind is that it has to be hit early and repeatedly . |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard Co is crossing itself to ward off any demons that would give it the same misery Sun Microsystems Inc is going through moving from Solaris 1.0 to Solaris 2.0 . |
| 19 | However , some natives at this time became unreliable guides and could give away a patrol 's position . |
| 20 | And that , I mean it 's very very readable and I think if you just read those two books that should give you quite a good |
| 21 | Two books that will give you all the details you could wish for on carp fishing are The Carp Strikes Back by Rod Hutchinson ( Wonderdog Publications ) and Carp Fever by Kevin Maddocks ( Beekay ) . |
| 22 | We shall therefore make constitutional and other changes that will give renewed vitality to our democracy . |
| 23 | I mean , th there are other things that can give you a hit . |
| 24 | The other symptoms that may give clues to the presence of gonococcal infection in the woman are mostly produced when complications , such as involvement of the fallopian tubes , have set in . |
| 25 | One possibility would be a statutory reformulation of Rylands v. Fletcher shorn of the qualifications and defences which so emasculate it now , perhaps on the lines of the Restatement , which imposes strict liability on one who carries on an ‘ abnormally dangerous activity , ’ but this would be open to varying judicial inclinations and would give rise to considerable uncertainty for a very long period of time . |
| 26 | Chesarynth gritted her teeth , her lips clamped on half-formed phrases that would give the game away , knowing she was n't good enough to deserve the shining wonder the meanings sang inside her . |