Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] gives [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sudden use of low notes gives them prominence and unusual power . |
| 2 | The complexity , and at times the ambiguity , of the norms , regulations and negotiated agreements gives plenty of scope for legal action . |
| 3 | The menu makes it very easy to use and the saving of high scores gives everybody something to aim for . |
| 4 | More importantly , his idea that narrative grammar may be transformed or subverted by individual texts gives his grammar far greater analytical power , since elements which might fall outside the scope of a more rigid model may now be read as transformations of it . |
| 5 | Now to the house itself , one of the early observers gives us a clue when mentioning the house he writes of the fine Elizabethan chimneys still standing , these I believe are those which collapsed in 1973 after having previously been lowered owing to their dangerous condition , on the collapse of these some fine timber framing was discovered in the older parts of the house showing considerable blackening , and Mrs Lingham informed me that vestiges of a gallery were discovered , and it was suggested that this part of the building may have been of the hall type . |
| 6 | The fact that the ad sits in between other normal commercials gives it added impact , but the trouble is it tackles the symptoms , not the cause and could feed on guilt . |
| 7 | Gradgrind 's becoming an MP in Hard Times gives him further opportunity for satire : Parliament figures as ‘ the national cinder-heap ’ ( HT ii 11 ) where the MPs , ‘ the national dustmen ’ , get up ‘ a great many noisy little fights amongst themselves ’ ( HT ii 12 ) , and the image recurs in Our Mutual Friend when CD apostrophizes the nation 's legislators : ‘ My lords and gentlemen and honourable boards , when you in the course of your dust-shovelling and cinder-raking have piled up a mountain of pretentious failure , you must off with your honourable coats for the removal of it , and fall to work … or it will come rushing down and bury us alive ’ ( OMF iii 8 ) . |
| 8 | Your knowledge about them and their likely responses gives you power . |
| 9 | Eastman Fine Chemicals gives you access to the capabilities of 3 respected worldwide suppliers of fine chemicals — Sterling Organics , the Kodak Laboratory and Research products Division and the Eastman Chemical Company of Eastman Kodak Company . |
| 10 | But , though there is no engagement ring yet on Jill 's finger , that look in her sparkling eyes gives us all the best possible hope . |
| 11 | Changing things gives you the initiative . |
| 12 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |
| 13 | A light interior in combination with pastel colours gives her a warm , mediterranean atmosphere . |
| 14 | The legal work they do for other clients gives them this experience . |
| 15 | At 80 miles per hour , the sight of passing foliage and man-made monuments gives one a cross-eyed headache and the intense activity within the guts of the animal makes standing or walking persons feel like slightly out of balance gyroscopes . |
| 16 | Allied 's extensive choice of easy-care carpets gives you a tremendous number of plain and textured options for every room in your house . |
| 17 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |
| 18 | Its habit of growing in dense tufts gives it the appearance of grass growing under water . |