Example sentences of "make [adj] [noun pl] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the years he made numerous attempts to give up drinking altogether . |
| 2 | Despite the crudity of these yardsticks , it is clear that most authorities have been , and are making considerable efforts to give effect to the 1981 Act . |
| 3 | While Charles remained , apparently inactive , at Edinburgh , the British government was making vigorous preparations to give him a warm reception when , as expected , he advanced into England . |
| 4 | Five of the twenty-seven staff who made written responses gave the book two stars for pupil popularity , i.e. ‘ very popular ’ ; two of them reported that girls had complained about ‘ having to read about male heroes ’ and that The Machine Gunners , which ‘ girls see as a boy 's book ’ , had frequently been the impetus for such comments . |
| 5 | Once this has been done it is possible to make single-frequency readings to give quantitative concentrations of constituents of a mixture . |