Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Information memorandum is the responsibility of the vendors , and while MAS should give advice as to its contents , unlike an Investigation Service report , MAS do not always have complete control over its contents . |
| 2 | Not a faded but once , surely , glorious hero like Daddy Ni to whom Elfed would give his best chair in the house : nor Ifor , the new male fixed point in young Rich 's universe . |
| 3 | Reassurance that the child is already fully aware that something is wrong can give parents confidence to talk . |
| 4 | Less wild statements , however , if untrue may give rise to remedies . |
| 5 | There is no doubting the fact that external canister filters are one of the most versatile but misunderstood pieces of aquarium equipment and I hope the following will give you a clearer insight . |
| 6 | ‘ The public at large must give grave consideration to a … a grave matter . |
| 7 | Tory backbenchers and the nation at large will give Mr Major about a year before deciding whether the helmsman or his crew are mostly to blame if the nation 's ills refuse to blow away . |
| 8 | Exploratory will give visitors the opportunity to discover why mirrors invert sideways but not up and down , to measure their heart rates while pedalling a bicycle and to re-enact Galileo 's experiments with falling weights on inclined planes . |
| 9 | The first big solo of the Brahms B flat should give the impression , hopefully , of surmounted effort , but later on there are passages of the greatest intricacy that should emerge light as a feather . |
| 10 | Obviously he would have the help of the controlling club/association and also consult the top local anglers who I am sure would give sound and thoughtful advice . |
| 11 | The seventh degree being flat will give you more of a blues feel , as opposed to the normal seventh as found in a major seventh chord ( 1st , 3rd , 5th and 7th ) which I discussed in my July ‘ 92 column . |
| 12 | A win for United would give them a good chance ; a draw would be tantamoumt to playing Russian Roulette and defeat would be good night . |
| 13 | Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse . |
| 14 | The wash of pure colour which is semi-transparent will give a quite different quality of colour to the water , and give an illusion of movement and fluctuation . |
| 15 | An extra colour section on English and European works of art pre-1900 will give valuable guidance to the amateur and the expert alike . |
| 16 | Societies in which people saw gold as precious would give gold as a gift to a loved person , and in our culture money is a substitute for gold , which is , in turn , a symbolic substitution for the first gift — faeces . |
| 17 | ‘ Learning Persian would give you access to some great treasures . |