Example sentences of "[noun] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once dry , each coat must be rubbed down with very fine glasspaper to give a surface that is as smooth as possible . |
| 2 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 3 | In particular they need to be reminded of that combination of unashamed materialism and gnarled , disbelieving scepticism about the power of political parties to give effect to Utopia which is characteristic of a certain type of Conservatism . |
| 4 | The SDLP had called on the Unionist parties to give a guarantee to continue the talks after the election regardless of its outcome . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the PPP , which joined other parties to give Shah a rare unanimous vote of confidence , was reported on March 20 as saying that his party had resisted contesting the Chief Ministership to " save the assembly " from dissolution . |
| 6 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 7 | The Commission has been most helpful in authorizing Commissioners — or more usually senior officials — to travel from Brussels to give oral evidence in public . |
| 8 | Two weeks after the publication of proposals for the National Curriculum in September 1987 , the Times Educational Supplement invited 13 curriculum pundits to give their views . |
| 9 | There is never a better gift for a musician to give than to offer their talent and it being received . |
| 10 | The naming of tunes in Gaelic dancing has as much to do with the whim of the moment as with anything portentous : ‘ Upstairs in a Tent ’ , or ‘ The Clock on the Dresser ’ , or ‘ The Walls of Limerick , owe more to whimsy in the kitchen on the night than to any attempt by the musician to give his tune immortality . |
| 11 | The exceptionally hot summer of 1989 resulted in wines of great richness and power , with plenty of ripe tannins to give longevity to the wine . |
| 12 | We have ten Free Curl Combi stylers to give away — turn to page 54 for details . |
| 13 | Normally priced at £19.95 , we have 10 Free Curl cordless combination Brush and Tong stylers to give away ! |
| 14 | Following well-rehearsed dismounting drills , the riflemen poured out of the Warriors and in next to no time were providing their own fire support as the Warriors reversed away at high speed to give covering fire from positions where they would be less vulnerable to short-range anti-tank weapons . |
| 15 | Ask your Redken stylist about the possibility of using TRUST or Vector Plus on large perm rods to give volume and control rather than lots of curl . |
| 16 | But in an election that , as Vernon Bogdanor wrote in the Independent on Sunday , ‘ enables the elector to give expression to those hopes and fears no opinion poll can be sensitive enough to register and reflects the way the nation perceives itself ’ , he embodied exactly those things that the constituency that Labour was trying to woo back — the new working class — is trying its damnedest to escape from . |
| 17 | So for every point ( r , q ) we tell the computer to divide our chosen constant unc by r to give its new radial distance from O. In this way all points move to and from the direction of O in radial lines . |
| 18 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 19 | She had been less fortunate with the driver , who was not at all sure of the route to the Hook and had to rely on friendly passers-by to give directions . |
| 20 | But Morley pounced just a minute after the break to give the Hammers the goal their pressure deserved . |
| 21 | Women , especially married women , have increasingly desired to return to work and remain there by having a break to give birth . |
| 22 | Paul Thompson rounded off the scoring after the break to give Shields three valuable points . |
| 23 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 24 | The practical reason why it is wise in the long term to give much more careful thought to river and wetland management is that drainage can contain , profoundly , the seeds of its own destruction . |
| 25 | ‘ They take any handicapped person — mentally or physically , either long term , or short term to give carers a break . ’ |
| 26 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 27 | This was perfectly effective , since leaders knew how to motion with their instrument to give the tempo while playing , not to mention other techniques . ’ |
| 28 | Tass confirmed on Sept. 18 , 1989 , that two Japanese journalists had been selected , in line with a $12,000,000 agreement made in March 1989 with the Tokyo TBS television network , as candidates to give the first space broadcast from Mir at an unspecified date in 1991 , despite earlier protests from Soviet journalists that the decision was unpatriotic . |
| 29 | ANDERS Limpar believes Graham Taylor should go for Alan Shearer and Ian Wright as the attacking force to give England renewed life after Gary Lineker . |
| 30 | His newly retired Sonauto Gauloises team mate Christian Sarron will be there at all the grands prix to give wise counsel to his young compatriot . |