Example sentences of "[that] give a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Out came the most perfect rendering I had ever heard , ’ said Coghill , ‘ except that given a short while before by John Gielgud in his Haymarket Hamlet .
2 To conclude that the potential for peasant revolution against the status quo remained undiminished in the decade after 1905 does not of course , dispose of the liberal contention that given a longer period of peaceful development the prospects would have changed .
3 Bearing in mind that given a choice between the use of rail and car , the question of cost necessarily will come into that equation .
4 Nor is it unreasonable to assume that given a sufficient respite they hoped that Britain 's own nuclear force might become strong enough to act as a deterrent to a Soviet attack on the home islands .
5 Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for !
6 The inviolable Gedge formed character traits as a child that give a fascinating insight into his later life .
7 I think it 's the things you collect that give a house character . ’
8 If your garment size requires that you have a number of stitches that give a half repeat , you might consider moving the N1 cam between the first and second piece as we discussed earlier , so that when seamed ‘ A ’ will be joined to ‘ B ’ at the side seam .
9 Felt-tips or fibre-tipped pens that give a strong , dark line are useful for children in the first classes , the disadvantage being that pressure can cause the tips to splay or split .
10 However , if you want carpet in these rooms , there are extremely hard-wearing kitchen carpets available , with a short nylon pile that is easy to keep clean , and also water-resistant bathroom carpets that give a touch of luxury underfoot without turning into a swamp at bathtime .
11 Teachers of reading will prefer games that give a running commentary .
12 Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method .
13 The sensitivity of 50% for samples of tuberculous tissue roughly concurs with the results from much larger studies on various clinical samples that give a sensitivity for the polymerase chain reaction of 37–80% and culture of 29–67% .
14 Nevertheless there are important factors that give a strong impetus to a reductivist reasoning .
15 I think I probably have more knowledge of the really important things that give a person dignity than … ’
16 3 The surrounding words in an utterance that give a word or structure its particular meaning .
17 It is the characteristic chemical products of such enzymes that give a cell its individual shape and behaviour .
18 The Directors are required by the Companies Act 1985 to prepare accounts in respect of each financial year that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and the Group as at the end of the financial year and of the results for that period .
19 I reckon that give a good team he could turn in ( God forbid ) an England player .
20 Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves .
21 He 's also produced language tapes that give a fun way of learning .
22 SHOWING off their musical skills on Saturday , 40 talented young musicians will be playing in concerts that give a taste of the high grade work these youngsters can produce .
23 I know that giving a man on a ventilator morphine in high doses , enough to cause general anaesthesia , is risking his life , and it distracts me to think about whether or not it 's ethical .
24 Researchers in Sheffield analysed the contents of several popular brands and found that giving a baby the recommended dose of eight 5ml spoons a day is equivalent to an adult drinking five tots of whisky !
25 For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby .
26 SOUNDS : Sadly missed rock 'n' roll weekly that gave a start to half NME 's current glitterati .
27 It was a case that bothered him because he felt that in the Assize Court the unfortunate man 's chances had been wrecked by that fool of a cocky young barrister who had concocted an elaborate defence that gave a totally false impression of what had happened .
28 Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing .
29 The most significant of these was the substitution of a wooden table for a stone altar , a move that gave a visual emphasis to the Protestant belief that the eucharist was not the re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice on Calvary but a remembrance of the Last Supper .
30 I was startled to read a review copy of a new book that gave a detailed description of an eagle 's nest location .
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