Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Empty phrases to give you the illusion that it 's Adam who 's holding you , and not me ? |
| 2 | that we should not have been asked to comment on … the way the curriculum would be affected by these materials and how the school itself would be looking at its way of using them , other than perhaps information skills where we could help them with commercial publications to give them some ideas . |
| 3 | The inference is that the ritual remained as a memory in the Middle Ages , if not in actuality , and was linked with historical personages to give it a little more authenticity . |
| 4 | There 's a main board , with various part-time notables to give it respectability , and an Executive Committee of Directors , consisting of Ingard and one or two of his pals , who actually deal with what goes on . |
| 5 | We 're also trying to find young , female African-American film-makers to give them a shot . ’ |
| 6 | But again the government retained extensive administrative powers to give it a free hand in dealing with radical writers and journalists . |
| 7 | ‘ It appears that the Conference endeavour to provide fixtures to suit the distance , and there are enough North West-based teams to give us most of our midweek games , ’ said Mr. Clapham . |
| 8 | We need three or four decent players to give us a chance of getting promoted . ’ |
| 9 | All our High Street shops have resident experts to give you friendly and impartial advice . |
| 10 | I do not enter upon the controversy as to what duty , if any , lay upon the medical advisers to give her that advice : that no explanation whatever was given is an accepted fact in the case . |
| 11 | While Charles remained , apparently inactive , at Edinburgh , the British government was making vigorous preparations to give him a warm reception when , as expected , he advanced into England . |
| 12 | ‘ Lots of nice rich friends to give you commissions while you find your feet . |
| 13 | If ( as often happens ) you find that your pupilmaster does not have enough work in the smaller courts and in administrative tribunals to give you adequate experience , ask him if he will arrange with another member of chambers to enable you to see more of these courts and tribunals . |
| 14 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
| 15 | The older chalets have had facelifts , their corrugated iron roofs replaced by red pantiles , whitewashed boundary walls topped off by yet more red pantiles to give them a Mediterranean resort flavour in hopes of luring their customer back from the real thing . |
| 16 | We 've put together a fabulous selection of new hairstyles to give you some sparkling inspiration . |
| 17 | In a friendly atmosphere look around at leisure and allow our experienced designers to give you advice and original ideas . |
| 18 | A small investment — for INCUBUS — in certain companies to give us a toehold inside me Common Market . |
| 19 | Nylon is crease-resistant and is often mixed with other fibres to give them this quality plus extra strength . |
| 20 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
| 21 | Yes , I think it 's just to follow on from that erm about trusting children to give us the sort of clues that we need to be able to respond to , very often they do that in ways that are not directly associated perhaps with the anxiety that 's around , so that they may be expressing their anxiety by just generally difficult behaviour or by wetting the bed at night , or maybe being quite disruptive in their play , or provoking other children , and adults who are able to see that sort of behaviour as useful for information for us , so that we can respond appropriately , not out of anger and a erm judgemental sort of response , but in a way that we can support their anxiety by by not getting over excited and + and erm responding in a very aggressive way to the very aggression that they 're expressing as a result of their anxiety . |
| 22 | always have pictures with you : photos of your family that you can show to each new acquaintance to practise saying " This is my mother " , etc. , and also other photographs to give you a variety of practice . |
| 23 | Special programmes must be provided where needed to address the problems that refugees face through their past circumstances to give them equality of opportunity and to avoid eroding their talents and initiative . |
| 24 | ( b ) except with the consent of the Panel , must be conditional only upon the offeror obtaining sufficient acceptances to give it more than 50 per cent of the target company 's voting rights . |
| 25 | NORWEGIAN explorer Erling Kagge , 29 , aiming to become the first person to walk alone to the South Pole , left Oslo yesterday after piling on 18lbs of fat with huge meals to give him energy resources for his two months on the ice trekking 814 miles across the Antarctica . |
| 26 | Stein-am-Rhein is in some ways a reproduction of all that is wonderful about Schaffhausen , but with enough added subtleties to give it an identity of its own . |
| 27 | New age travellers have lost their battle to force local councils to give them camp sites . |