Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] give [art] " in BNC.

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1 Using the same stimulus tapes but different subjects for each task , she found that recognition of melodies gave a significant left ear advantage , and letter sequences yielded a significant right ear advantage while voice recognition showed no difference between the two ears .
2 The choice and preparation of materials gives a teacher the opportunity to lead children towards certain experiences .
3 A full moon and a glorious canopy of stars gave a clear view to the horizon .
4 There is indeed a duty on the part of doctors to give the patient appropriately full information as to the nature of the treatment proposed , the likely risks ( including any special risks attaching to the treatment being administered by particular persons ) , but a failure to perform this duty sounds in negligence and does not , as such , vitiate a consent or refusal .
5 These kind of questions give the client the chance to set the worker 's view straight .
6 A second was the emergence of a triangular relationship with the woman as ‘ pig in the middle ’ ; a particular point of concern was that the ‘ majority of husbands gave the impression of being quite distant from the situation ’ .
7 A counsel 's opinion by Mary Arden QC , now as the Honourable Mrs Justice Arden the only female judge in the High Court of Chancery , provided even greater legal authority for compliance with accounting standards as a requirement for accounts to give a true and fair view .
8 A high proportion of pupils gave an answer which showed that they could represent the number to one decimal place : 31 per cent gave the answer 2.3 , seven per cent gave 2.4 and 22 per cent gave 2.3 .
9 The world 's only Museum of Mazes gives a fascinating insight into their 5000 year history .
10 The advent of work with apprentices gave a new dimension to the Eastern District 's overall programme : alongside the expansion in trade union provision and the increase in branches and branch membership , they contributed to the growing self-assurance of the District by the later 1950s .
11 A 0–60mph time of 9.0secs is slightly disappointing but 0–100mph in 22.0secs gives a better clue to its ground-covering potential .
12 Although they again found no difference between subjects given no pre-exposure and those exposed to a variety of flavours , interpretation of this finding is rendered equivocal by the fact that the two groups drank different amounts of the CS flavour on the conditioning trial .
13 It enables a team of interviewers to give the same informants in the same predetermined order , and to record their responses in a standardized way .
14 If the seller of goods gives an express warranty in respect of them , he will still be subject to the liabilities created by the implied terms in the SGA ( SGA 1979 , ss13-15 ) unless those liabilities are expressly excluded : for instance by a term such as : This warranty is given instead of , and excludes , all other express or implied conditions , warranties or other contractual undertakings concerned with any of the following : ( i ) the condition or quality of the goods , ( ii ) their fitness for any particular purpose , ( iii ) their compliance with any description which might otherwise arise at common law or under any statute .
15 Even for the much more limited requirement of a qualification based purely on whether a significant proportion of the likely distribution of outcomes gives a negative net worth , there must be some implicit formulation of a distribution and a cut-off percentage .
16 The highest was for measuring an angle of 30- , 72 per cent of the lowest band , 83 per cent of the middle and 90 per cent of the top band of pupils giving the correct answer .
17 This experiment , by Kaye and Pearce ( 1984 ) ( see also Pearce , Kaye , and Mall 1982 ) , included a group of rats given a series of presentations of a light , a stimulus that initially evoked a behavioural OR .
18 In conventional trials set up to assess the efficacy of a new drug , the drug is given to a group of patients suffering from a particular illness , and the effects are compared with those obtained in a matched group of patients given a dummy ( or placebo ) drug .
19 He told ITV 's Walden programme the clash over proposals to give the colony greater democracy were ‘ quite interesting ’ .
20 A selection of articles giving a practical guide to their use compiled by Robert Barker
21 Patrick O'Brian 's long sequence of sea-adventures gives the lie to the dogma that the genre does not allow for any real development of character .
22 In the last London Marathon an equally strange collection of runners gave the One Small Step appeal a great boost .
23 In the last London Marathon an equally strange collection of runners gave the One Small Step appeal a great boost .
24 This collection of demands gave the widest scope for an agitation against the government on several issues thought to appeal to radical Liberals and Left Labour alike .
25 The complete absence of windows gave the room a sense of being right out of time and place , abetted by the bland neon lighting and acoustics which made everyone 's voices sound flat and small .
26 The total PV of outlays is subtracted from the total PV of proceeds giving the net PV of the investment .
27 The total PV of outlays is subtracted from the total PV of proceeds giving the net PV of the investment .
28 Braids following the outline of curtains give a formal , traditional appearance .
29 On the contrary , multiplicity of parts gives an impression of strength and fullness , so if anything division of parts produces added strength rather than a weakening .
30 Barnes tour of paintings given the legal go-ahead
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