Example sentences of "give a [noun sg] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This band is very neat and really does give a garment a professional finish . |
| 2 | The method of keeping little tins in the house marked ‘ rent ’ , ‘ rates ’ , ‘ telephone ’ , etc. , into which you put money may give a certain amount of satisfaction as a way of saving , but it will also give a burglar a certain amount of satisfaction to have everything so conveniently marked and to hand for him . |
| 3 | It can give a company a competitive advantage or at least level the playing field . |
| 4 | Forget about DOS 's weedy eight/three character limit , you can give a file a meaningful description , up to 68 characters long . |
| 5 | To set too high a standard tends to discourage a student unduly ; too lenient a standard , particularly if accompanied by few comments , may give a student a false idea of his/her examination prospects . |
| 6 | National influence could give a lord a local following greater than his land alone would warrant , as Gloucester 's own career was to demonstrate . |
| 7 | National influence could give a lord a local following greater than his land alone would warrant , as Gloucester 's own career was to demonstrate . |
| 8 | Never give a sub-committee a complex task ; rather split the job into several items , managed by other small sub-committees . |
| 9 | Picking on Woodhouse Close is perhaps predictable ( give a cat a bad name , and all that ) but Coundon ? |
| 10 | Above : Give a room a warm glow with La Baigue 's Magiglo Maestro fuel-effect gas fire , with realistic dancing flames |
| 11 | Give a Lewisach a tiny corner of one of these great fields and he would be a cattle baron . |
| 12 | Give a pet a new chance |
| 13 | I was given a cutting a few years ago by my sister and have subsequently passed on cuttings but have never known the proper name of it or much about it . |
| 14 | The choices are unlimited , but here are some of the characteristic elements which help to give a kitchen a particular atmosphere . |
| 15 | The council alleged serious professional misconduct after Mr Cole failed to give a patient a signed statement or prescription . |
| 16 | He knew how to give a girl a good time . |
| 17 | ‘ You sure know how to give a girl a good time . ’ |
| 18 | How many people , especially those on low wages , could afford to give a pet a loving home at the prices the RSPCA charges ? |
| 19 | He suggests that the rule of law is , in these troubled times , more important than ever , but the audience gets the impression that he is a pompous prick , giving a foreigner a little lecture about how things are done in the Empire . |
| 20 | Giving a place a special label , and , in some cases , fencing it off , may raise people 's awareness , but offers only a flimsy barrier against developers . |
| 21 | It is straightforward to show that the threat of minimax punishment forever is always capable of enforcing a collusive agreement which gives a firm a higher profit than its security level for some set of interest rates . |
| 22 | A heroin addict who gave a friend a fatal injection of drugs has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal . |