Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But giving £10,000 credit for one month can be less risky than giving £5000 of credit for six months . |
| 2 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 3 | We interpret this as giving an upper flux limit of 0.15mCrab for these regions . |
| 4 | Be concise and clear when giving information . |
| 5 | Mesalazine has structural similarities to aspirin and phenacetin and is nephrotoxic when given intravenously in high doses to rats . |
| 6 | Johnson declared himself in favour of such prescribed succession : ‘ His opinion was that so much land should be entailed as that families should never fall into contempt , and as much left free as to give them all the advantages in case of any emergency . ’ |
| 7 | So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits . |
| 8 | Giving £10,000 credit for one month is always riskier than giving £5000 credit for one month . |
| 9 | ‘ What could be more democratic than to give people a direct say in these things ? |
| 10 | The FPP ( also known as the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei ) had been formed in March 1990 not 1991 as given on p. 38646 ] by the Council of Chiefs — a 100-strong body to which ethnic-Fijian members of parliament and government nominees were now also admitted , outnumbering the traditional chiefs . |
| 11 | In the key province of Ontario — which contained one-third of the country 's population — the majority in favour was so tiny as to give only a Pyrrhic victory to the supporters of the accord . |
| 12 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 13 | Nitroxynil and levamisole are also very efficacious when given in the water . |
| 14 | She knows that even something that seems so simple as giving a wash has to be thought about and done in a sensitive way . |
| 15 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |
| 16 | According to the most recent Green Paper ( DES 1985b ) there were at that time 184 institutions engaged wholly or mainly in the provision of higher education courses , and another 372 in which some provision was at this level — a total of 556 ( 10 fewer than given in Annex A of that document ) . |
| 17 | I think the bravest thing I ever did in my life was sing solo at that pantomime , I , I think that was braver than giving birth or having my wisdom teeth out . |
| 18 | The Committee opposed these as giving the US airlines an added advantage . |
| 19 | ‘ Adolph , I would like nothing better than to give you the chance to start your life again , but Colonel Goreng … he 's the cautious one . |
| 20 | But it 's better than giving handouts to the real mother in the first place , because with kids round her apron she ca n't find herself a job . |
| 21 | Mebendazole is effective if given daily for five days . |
| 22 | The MMD , formed in July 1990 [ see p. 37602 ] , won 125 of the National Assembly 's 150 seats [ not 135 as given on p. 38049 ] and Kaunda 's United National Independence Party ( UNIP ) , the sole legal political party between December 1972 and December 1990 , won the remaining 25 . |
| 23 | It is also useful when giving a delivery date . |
| 24 | Hepatitis B vaccines also are 70%-88% effective when given within one week after a hepatitis B exposure . |
| 25 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher 's resignation as Foreign Minister formally took effect on May 18 [ not May 17 as given on p. 38872 ] as anticipated . |
| 26 | Only the feeling of mute resistance , the chill sense of acquiescence so grudging as to give pain . |
| 27 | Of the second here illustrated , the Moss Provence , Miller said that it had not long been known in London and the first time he saw it ‘ was in 1727 in the garden of Dr Boerhaave near Leyden who was so good as to give me one of the plants , but from where it came I could not learn . |
| 28 | They may find this rather more awkward though given the abrasive edge which Kilkenny possess . |
| 29 | If the regulations are so framed as to give the directors an unfettered discretion the court will interfere with it only on proof of bad faith and since the directors will not be bound to disclose either their grounds or their reasons , the difficulty of discharging the onus of proof is especially great . |
| 30 | It is only recently that I discovered that we are all born potentially good , demanding love and wanting nothing more than to give it in return . |