Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [coord] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of textile manufacturing in the fifteenth century was not only one of the most fundamental economic changes of the period , but it also took men away from farming , created a market for the sale of agricultural products and gave an incentive to the producer to grow crops and raise stock beyond the levels required for his own consumption . |
| 2 | We must not leave the eighteenth century without mention of the great typefounder and printer of Birmingham , John Baskerville ( 1706–75 ) , who not only designed the famous type that bears his name but greatly improved the general standard of English printing and gave us , in 1763 , one of the most splendid editions of the Bible . |
| 3 | The city , he continues , was a ‘ sign of capital ’ ; it ‘ took up and eviscerated the varieties of social practice and gave them back with ventriloqual precision ’ . |
| 4 | What was it about Japan 's history that limited the pursuit of individual self-interest and gave precedence to the collective community ? |
| 5 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 6 | The apples were the fruits of perpetual youth and gave the gods immortality . |
| 7 | She shared her husband 's estimation of the value of good books and gave hundreds away . |
| 8 | The headstone of the grave , in a grey cemetery on the outskirts of Warsaw , was of plain granite and gave simply the dates of birth and death . |
| 9 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 10 | The Greek purchased a bag of sweets , well , not so much a bag as a twist of newspaper , distributed some of the sweets among his retinue of small boys and gave the rest to his guide . |
| 11 | The ‘ state of war ’ declaration clouded what might otherwise have been a clear-cut case of American aggression and gave the White House the makings of a case under international law . |
| 12 | His attendants , the mythological fauns , were the patrons of wild animals and gave their name to the animal kingdoms in different countries — the fauna . |
| 13 | Since Spittals sat behind his desk with a smile of ineffable self-satisfaction and gave no indication of offering an explanation , the policewoman asked for one . |