Example sentences of "the [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.

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1 The cases so far decided do not exhaust the possible factual permutations which give the courts such difficulty in distinguishing between leases and licences .
2 Not Fat Paul — Fat Paul , with his full-breasted bulk , his impassive sloped slab of a face , his parched pub rug , and the cruel blond eyebrows which give the eyes themselves the glint of a veteran ferret who has seen it all in the hare-traps and rat-pits .
3 Much was learnt , and much remains to be learnt , about the innumerable other constituents which give particular qualities to particular beers , wines , and spirits .
4 This , coupled with the decline of the great infectious epidemics which gave homoeopathy its signal successes , eliminated much of the gap between the orthodox and homoeopathic schools and eroded much of the latter 's popularity .
5 The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles .
6 They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet .
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