Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His decisive , no-nonsense manner had given him the reputation of being a good doctor , and this had been only slightly dented by one or two spectacularly wrong diagnoses . |
| 32 | In practice , that means training them above all to teach beginners , since at present perhaps half of those who start learning a foreign language in the first year of secondary school have given it up by the end of the third year . |
| 33 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 34 | In contrast , Article 16 provides that a diplomatic officer or consular agent may only take evidence , without compulsion , of nationals of the State in which he exercises his functions , or of third States , if a competent authority in the requested State has given its permission , either generally or in the particular case , and subject to any conditions imposed . |
| 35 | He told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ . |
| 36 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 37 | The project is currently awaiting a green light from the government in Brasilia — which , aware of the need to counteract a reputation as the world 's ecological villain has given it a favourable hearing . |
| 38 | He supposed that the man with the Northern actorish accent had given her all the advice she needed . |
| 39 | He did not know that her vivid imagination had given her a convincing picture of Julia 's death . |
| 40 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 41 | The American opossum has given its name to death-feigning . |
| 42 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 43 | The Red Cross has given him a Care award backed by the Princess Of Wales . |
| 44 | Similarly , any leading capitalist country which wishes to exert hegemonic influence over the other capitalist economies must be seen to be capable of defending those political and strategic interests which its economic supremacy has given it . |
| 45 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 46 | This time , the Labour party had smoothed most of the inconsistencies and hesitations from its policies for secondary schools : thirteen years of loyal opposition had given them plenty of time and motivation to do that . |
| 47 | But this new research has given me just the ammunition I need . |
| 48 | Membership of the EC started the trend , and the break-up of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union has given it a new lease of life as fledgling democracies create markets ripe for exploitation . |
| 49 | The two tiny suits of armour still stood where they belonged since some remote knight had given them up ( sent them to the attic of the day , like old hunting boots ) . |
| 50 | My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths . |
| 51 | A nurse taking him for a more experienced dresser had given him a gown and told him to go into the Burns Room . |
| 52 | It is the only instance in British industrial history when the vast majority of the organized working class have given their industrial , financial and moral support to one group of workers for any length of time . |
| 53 | Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists . |
| 54 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 55 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 56 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 57 | Though by nature we Gentiles are ‘ without Christ , aliens from the commonwealth of Israel , strangers from the covenant of promise , having no hope and without God in the world ’ , the Holy Spirit has given us access , through Christ 's self-sacrifice for us ( Eph. 2:12–18 ) . |
| 58 | The commanding officer had given them more details of the crash and assured them that Whitey would have died quickly , although his body was badly burned . |
| 59 | Australia 's M6 which runs the 2000 miles from Darwin to Adelaide … the rules are simple they drive from eight in the morning until five at night … the sun racers will make it in four to five days topping speeds of seventy miles an hour … the adventurers … thast includes Solar Flair have given themselves two weeks |
| 60 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |