Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] that gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , traditional archivists devote much time and resources to providing users with a description of the administrative framework that gave rise to the generation of a particular record or class of records . |
| 2 | If , for any reason , the new variety is competitively superior to the old one , superior in the sense that , perhaps because of its low ‘ stickiness ’ , it gets itself replicated faster or otherwise more effectively , the new variety will obviously spread through the test-tube in which it arose , out-numbering the parental type that gave rise to it . |
| 3 | Hallowell ( 1950 , 1956 ) went on to argue that the emergence of culture was due to a novel psychological structure rooted in the social behaviour of the gregarious primate that gave rise to Man . |
| 4 | Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting . |
| 5 | One hundred and fifty-five years on from Darwin 's marital dilemma , the major pre-occupation that gave rise to the organization of the conference to which this paper is submitted , is a marriage of a different sort : the study of history and the use of information technology . |
| 6 | The higher power that gave Zagrat their music was warning the Wizard King in those words . |
| 7 | There was a handsome portico outside and four mock Grecian columns at the back of the front hall that gave the house a museum-like effect . |
| 8 | The only detail that gave any clue to his character , his description of his hobbies as ‘ the pleasures of Lawrence 's prose and vintage port ’ , did little to endear him to her . |
| 9 | The solution of the Cadiz liberals for the colonial desire for self-government was the concession of full political rights to American citizens within a unified empire ; the colonies were an integral part of metropolitan Spain and would be ‘ freed ’ , with the same constitution that gave Spain herself freedom . |
| 10 | It was propped against the end-post of a break in the wall , the same break that gave on to the cottage steps which Forester had passed before . |
| 11 | For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby . |
| 12 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
| 13 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 14 | But it was a mask-like smile that gave her face a waxy , basilisk look . |
| 15 | In mid-afternoon , they parked on the side of a dirt road and carried their picnic lunch to a grassy knoll that gave a perfect view of the dark blue waters of Lago Albano . |
| 16 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |
| 17 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 18 | Hidden away , pushed to the darker recesses of her mind , it was a tangible presence that gave her a degree of comfort in the terrible loneliness of her marriage . |
| 19 | Our Verdict : We especially liked the facial saunas , a relaxing treatment that gave a lift to tired skin . |
| 20 | Before his eyes was the ‘ Vehicle Condition Monitor ’ , a dot-matrix display that gave warning of any problem from handbrake on to brake failure . |
| 21 | Her face was rather pinched , tapering to a pointed chin that gave her features a look of severity not mirrored in her voice . |
| 22 | Appropriately enough , in this strange world of not-so-covert agents and hackneyed dramatic devices , it was a secret document that gave the game away : a document that was never meant to be there at all . |
| 23 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
| 24 | In France , Joffre , though discredited , was appointed Chief Military Adviser to the Government , a titular post that gave his incompetence less scope . |
| 25 | I was startled to read a review copy of a new book that gave a detailed description of an eagle 's nest location . |
| 26 | So said the Court of Appeal in Dobie v Burns International Security Services ( UK ) Ltd ( 1984 ) , a case in which the employer 's services were governed by a contract with a local authority that gave the council the right ‘ to approve or otherwise the employment or continued employment of any member of the company ’ . |
| 27 | It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened . |
| 28 | Still lacking is the 625 MMU/cache , a redesign of an older model that gave it trouble and caused delays in the past . |
| 29 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |