Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many voluntary organisations depend heavily on those with technical , secretarial , accountancy , fund-raising , carpentry , building or professional skills giving their advice free of charge . |
| 2 | But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient . |
| 3 | The emphasis on the last few words gave his game away . |
| 4 | The basic rules are : vacuum your carpet regularly ; treat stains immediately and every few months give your carpet a really good clean . |
| 5 | Nor , for practical purposes , are they a constraint for most regulated public companies given their size and their controlled returns . |
| 6 | More than 700 farmers gave their backing to the Carlisle mart firm Harrison & Hetherington which had called the meeting because it believes the new system could paralyse cattle marketing . |
| 7 | Others consider that Winnie Mandela 's record and public utterances give her husband 's frequent appeals for an end to violence a hollow ring . |
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| 9 | Colourful pictures give your baby something to focus on — tape a smiling fact inside the cot in the first few weeks . |
| 10 | More importantly , his idea that narrative grammar may be transformed or subverted by individual texts gives his grammar far greater analytical power , since elements which might fall outside the scope of a more rigid model may now be read as transformations of it . |
| 11 | I heard afterwards that Butler left also , and that Lord Salisbury , as senior Cabinet Minister , invited the remaining Ministers to give their opinion about who should succeed to the vacant and , in the circumstances , not very alluring post . |
| 12 | The regular production of films featuring these performers gave their production companies some sort of economic foundation to build on , as well as allowing producers like Balcon and Dean a glimpse of what a popular British cinema might achieve . |
| 13 | Three months gave her time to give notice on her present job , and , with luck , have funds released from her grandfather 's estate , the mortgage secured , and , hopefully , the sale of the flat completed . |
| 14 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 15 | THE EUROPEAN Commission of Human Rights gave its permission yesterday for three newspapers to pursue a claim that the UK broke freedom of expression guarantees during the Spycatcher affair . |
| 16 | Full length account of the production of the famous firm founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 , whose distinctive products gave their name to Art Nouveau in Italy — Stile Liberty . |
| 17 | Love Dynamic planetary influences give your confidence a much-needed boost . |
| 18 | ( All observers give their time voluntarily as the more safe drivers there are , the safer we all are ) . |
| 19 | and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning |
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| 22 | Now those same partners gave their blessing to the idea of the two solicitors moving out of their own offices , and setting up a temporary Law Centre where everyone involved could get together and fight for the return of the children ; they would fight for justice , and ultimately a judicial inquiry . |
| 23 | Do n't suppose any girls give her shit do they ? |
| 24 | It was felt that the Catholic church is an inappropriate organisation to be controlling ACE schemes given its lack of democratic structures . |
| 25 | She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket . |
| 26 | RAY McCarron , Monaghan 's rotund scoring machine was up to his old tricks at Castleblayney when he fired in two goals to give his side an Ulster championship lifeline . |
| 27 | Over three hundred individuals give their time freely to support the R Y A where they are experienced on one central committee or another . |
| 28 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 29 | Ironically , his next words gave her spine just the stiffening it needed . |