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

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1 After all , if you 're a superstar , it 's no good admitting that you found a route given three grades easier than your latest creation anything but a path !
2 In the House on 20 November , I said that there must be a provision giving the United Kingdom the right to decide for ourselves whether or not to move to stage 3 .
3 A function giving the absolute value of its argument .
4 A function giving the arc cosine of its argument in radians .
5 A function giving the arc sine of its argument in radians .
6 A function giving the arc tangent of its argument in radians .
7 A function giving the natural logarithm of its argument .
8 A function giving the base-10 logarithms of its argument .
9 A function giving the sine of its radian argument .
10 A function giving the tangent of its radian argument .
11 A rating gives a numerical value to some kind of judgement usually assuming equal intervals in the rating scale .
12 There were also communications problems , but in spite of help from other Mossies and a Lerwick giving weather conditions and a course to steer , sadly J-Johnnie crashed on a hill top .
13 Having gained the initial advantage , the company can then price at a level to give itself a profit but still deter rivals , who face higher costs from entering .
14 I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river .
15 Whites agree in a referendum to give ‘ coloureds ’ and ‘ Indians ’ the vote — but not the majority African population .
16 A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card .
17 He does not in practice refuse to entertain appeals solely because the decision of the local planning authority was based on a direction given by him .
18 The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable .
19 Crude oil is thermally ‘ cracked ’ in a refinery to give petrol .
20 This is a necessity given the ambiguous and errorful nature of speech .
21 The impetus behind this increase was probably provided by a decision given by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 which declared forced segregation unconstitutional in all public educational institutions .
22 The hearing will be adjourned pending the delivery of the High Court 's opinion , at which time it will be relisted and a decision given on the merits in the light of the High Court 's opinion on the law .
23 The Fenari clan seem 's not to have forgiven or forgotten this slight , for Molla Fenari 's sons later challenged a decision given by Molla Yegan as kadi of Bursa and caused him to be examined by a of the ulema .
24 Er in terms of contact they will also make a decision giving days and times of contact if it ca n't be worked out between the two of you .
25 He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley .
26 He also showed a willingness to give business to new firms , such as Saxton Bampfylde , as well as more old-established businesses like GKR and Clive & Stokes .
27 The real point at issue between the president and the big Democratic majority in congress was the size of the tax cut , but Ford showed weakness by revealing , at an early stage , a willingness to give ground on size while insisting that the most important requirement was that the legislature should act quickly .
28 Why not follow such a course given the controversy about the issue of district services being autonomous from mental hospitals ?
29 She found it in Medau Rhythmic Movement when attending a course given by Molly Braithwaite at St. Andrews in Scotland , and decided at once to study at the Medau Schule in Coburg .
30 Each way of generating a sentence gives rise to a rooted tree , called its parse tree .
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