Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] that give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
2 | In the meditative life , we exchange the worldly things that give us delight for the full commitment of loving God above all . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | GHI comment : The only sets that gave us a really good picture on the loop aerial were Philips and Sony . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | And erm , the other aspect , the last aspect that gave us er anxiety was something I touched on this morning when I joined in at the end of the Selby discussion . |
7 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
8 | But it was a mask-like smile that gave her face a waxy , basilisk look . |
9 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |
10 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
11 | A basic skill that gives them the greatest start in life . |
12 | Hidden away , pushed to the darker recesses of her mind , it was a tangible presence that gave her a degree of comfort in the terrible loneliness of her marriage . |
13 | We are not claiming either that He has somehow implanted in us a sixth sense that gives us certainty He exists whilst our other five senses provide no such assurance . |
14 | Her face was rather pinched , tapering to a pointed chin that gave her features a look of severity not mirrored in her voice . |
15 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |
16 | Acting , he told me , was ‘ a wonderful job that gives me the opportunity to drink with some really good friends in exotic places around the world ’ . |
17 | In France , Joffre , though discredited , was appointed Chief Military Adviser to the Government , a titular post that gave his incompetence less scope . |
18 | We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap . |
19 | Still lacking is the 625 MMU/cache , a redesign of an older model that gave it trouble and caused delays in the past . |