Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You must observe ES policies on equal opportunities and give your full commitment to any measures introduced to ensure equality of opportunity . |
| 32 | Attempts to classify mental disorders and give them names ran into many difficulties . |
| 33 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
| 34 | They overwhelmed their poor owners and gave them the air of refugees , caught between the darkness and the high wire fence . |
| 35 | Imagine a suite of software that used the central core concept controlling integrated modules and gave you the ability to run your own software as well . |
| 36 | To make Christmas a truly memorable occasion for you and your guests , I 've taken some of the traditional dishes and given them an exciting twist . |
| 37 | There was no one in the office , the entire sales team having discovered important appointments that gave them excuses to sneak off home and start the weekend early . |
| 38 | There 'll be a noticeboard displaying Compact jobs and giving you information about the companies . |
| 39 | If they had difficulties then I broke each stage down into small steps and gave them repeated practice . |
| 40 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 41 | He says unkind things that give me pain , Harry . |
| 42 | GHI comment : The only sets that gave us a really good picture on the loop aerial were Philips and Sony . |
| 43 | He had heavy grey-flecked eyebrows that gave him a wise demeanour and looked on religion the way some men looked on marriage : as a necessary part of life . |
| 44 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 45 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 46 | In his second year he was already marking the Greek essays of first-year students and giving them some classes , in order to raise money . |
| 47 | Alright , what 's happening now , is that we 're taking resources away from those efficient sectors and giving it to inefficient agriculture . |
| 48 | In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality . |
| 49 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 50 | The contract resolved his own financial difficulties and gave him a very competitive car . |
| 51 | Mother also went with me to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury 's wife , Mrs Fisher , talk to young wives and give them some advice on the repair of their families after the separations many of them had suffered . |
| 52 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 53 | When she was rescued by the local authorities and given her present welfare flat , she asked that her address be kept a secret . |
| 54 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 55 | All of the walking species had the widely-splayed legs that gave them a slow and lumbering gait , but , in the absence of more streamlined animals , they prospered . |
| 56 | His attendants , the mythological fauns , were the patrons of wild animals and gave their name to the animal kingdoms in different countries — the fauna . |
| 57 | The gentle , careful , intelligent eyes that gave nothing away while leaving you with the impression that you and what you were saying were the most intelligent things she had ever beheld and heard . |
| 58 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |
| 59 | But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information . |