Example sentences of "give us the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 2 | Our sexless , clawless cats will now give us the perfect companionship we seek . |
| 3 | A company breaking this agreement should give us the absolute right to seek compensation . |
| 4 | This should give us the key mineral signature which could , if necessary , be refined by the technique of selective quantitative element analysis developed by the Oxford Laboratory by X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy which has achieved such notable success with mortaria ( Hartley and Richards , 1965 ) . |
| 5 | On the one hand , coins can give us the only information we have about some buildings , such as the vanished Roman Temple of Augustus and Livia between the Palatine and Capitol which was restored by Antoninus Pius in AD158-9 . |
| 6 | Only such anthropology can give us the all-round vision of primitive man and primitive culture . ’ |
| 7 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 8 | But despite the undeniable tendency in financial markets towards a more laissez-faire environment , the term deregulation does not give us the full flavour of events . |
| 9 | A structure as I 've said previously will give us the vital time and for the detailed discussions and consultations we need if we are to build the trust for the merger we all wish to see . |
| 10 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 11 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 12 | ‘ Give us the good news . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps we need men like Denis O'Neil to give us the pointless perspective , to underline the fact we do not live by bread alone but by blarney and beauty and other indefinable things that do n't always make money . |
| 14 | Jesus , as the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end , Jesus , who came to give us the good news , news worth singing about . |
| 15 | Now , they consulted their executive committee , and agreed to give us the free use of an empty office . |
| 16 | In supporting our own active participation in , and control over our own affairs , such people are giving us the right kind of help . |
| 17 | Modern performers , failing to appreciate the tremendous range of tempos covered by these dances [ minuets ] , are giving us the bottom half only . |
| 18 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 19 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 20 | ‘ The brooch gave us the right clue — in fact it gave us two . |
| 21 | The Torygraph gave us the usual shite report of the game — it did however comment on the poor state of the pitch and also get Sgt Wilko to display his disgust on it 's current state . |
| 22 | The Torygraph gave us the usual shite report of the game — it did however comment on the poor state of the pitch and also get Sgt Wilko to display his disgust on it 's current state . |
| 23 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 24 | Hailed as the troubled comic genius who gave us the manic hotel-keeper Basil Fawlty and the Ministry of Silly Walks , he 's also the kingpin of the enduring Pythons and a multi-millionaire businessman . |
| 25 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 26 | TELEVISION has given us the dramatised documentary Last week The Sunday Telegraph , in its report ‘ Cambridge blues as Oxford bags title ’ , gave us the dramatised book review . |
| 27 | ACROSS THE LINE gives us the live joy of Peace Frog . |
| 28 | Mercier , by contrast , gives us the working man , drawn with almost Hogarthian candour . |
| 29 | And this gives us the final say . |
| 30 | gives us the other thing that happens with them that er an acid plus a carbonate gives you carbon dioxide as well as a salt and water . |