Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only words of comfort I can give are that the more emotional freedom you give your children , the more likely you are to keep their love and affection . |
| 2 | Oh yes , and seeing whether you 'd yes , how you were coping with it and whether you got too involved or whether you did n't get involved enough or whether you actually were able to sort of get this balance between erm the sort of emotional support you give and the actual practical help which maybe they need in some sort of way , you know because I mean |
| 3 | The dummies are dressed in worn clothes which retain a strong human scent , and some have mobile heads which give an illusion of life as they move into the wind . |
| 4 | It 's a remarkable musical full of tuneful songs which give it a romantic and charmingly French flavour . |
| 5 | The fact remains that the debate on contemporary art seems to have entered a new dimension , with doubt being cast wholesale on the quality and content of recent trends , and on the good faith of the public institutions which give them space . |
| 6 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 7 | Green sets out the climatic conditions which give rise to the different degrees of ‘ air ’ . |
| 8 | On the other hand , many children have very close and loving relationships with their grandparents or other special old people who give them time and affection . |
| 9 | Regions differ in social , industrial and cultural ways which give rise to different patterns of specific disease . |
| 10 | It was found that even from those sources of commercial information which give quantitative information , for example ICC and Business Monitors , it is the qualitative messages that are considered to be the most useful by the planners . |
| 11 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 12 | Like all feminists in traditional , male-oriented fields , they trade a career , and the opportunity to make some small changes in the discipline 's treatment of gender , for the scientific and social credibility they give the discipline . |
| 13 | Aggregate data do not , of course , allow us to draw any inferences about the behaviour of individual authorities which give rise to these findings , particularly where so few cases are often involved . |
| 14 | Many Home Helps become very fond of the elderly people they visit , often doing all kinds of extra jobs for them when they have the time , and the moral support they give to lonely old people is invaluable . |
| 15 | It is designed to accommodate the Exotox 60 , 70 or 75 and MiniGas multi-gas monitors which give protection against up to five gases ( oxygen , flammable and toxic gases ) and also monitor temperature and relative humidity . |
| 16 | There can be no argument that , on average , women are physically smaller than men , and there are other features such as the greater proportion of fatty tissue which give men the advantage in relation to tolerance of heat stress and physical effort involving fast or heavy work or awkward posture . |
| 17 | It means describing the sound wave in numbers ( the binary digits which give the process its name ) and transmitting these instead . |
| 18 | The common culture which Parsons postulated has three types of symbolism : ( a ) evaluative symbols which express moral standards ; ( b ) cognitive symbols which give an account of what there is in the natural and social world ; and ( c ) cathectic symbols , which define appropriate feelings about objects . |
| 19 | So too are your gestures , and the overall message they give is known as body language . |
| 20 | The answers to these questions must depend in part on the particular problem but this chapter presents some multipurpose procedures which give generally satisfactory results . |
| 21 | The law classifies breaches of contract into two categories , first , breaches of a less serious nature which entitle the innocent party only to damages and secondly , more serious breaches which give him also the option to regard the contract as repudiated . |
| 22 | Through suggesting that God should be seen in these ways , for example that those biblical verses which give feminine attributes to God should be drawn upon , one does nothing to change the conception of what are authentic roles for women . |
| 23 | Does Mr Stigle not appreciate that without these hard-working VOLUNTEERS who give so freely of their time and money , there would be no main line steam ? |
| 24 | Usually , for every £1 of annual pension you give up at 60 , you will receive a lump sum of £11 . |
| 25 | They are not foolproof ; they carry additional risks to the health of the child ; and are capable of detecting only certain types of handicap , at present mainly chromosomal disorders and malformations of the central nervous system which give rise to spina bifida ( now largely a physical rather than mental handicap ) and hydrocephalus . |
| 26 | What about wee James who give you the wo ring ? |
| 27 | But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’ |
| 28 | Such inverted commas are often called SCARE QUOTES , and are used especially in philosophically-inspired criticism which is sceptical about the customary senses we give to words . |
| 29 | Picture appreciation may involve reading clues or decoding messages which give information about the subject 's social status , tastes and fashions at that time . |
| 30 | Pakeezah nodded her head : ‘ I find it is the little things which give you away if you are royalty : how you eat , how you talk , how you welcome people . |