Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wonderful range of special painting techniques can be used on just plain flat lining paper to give completely individual pattern/colour combinations which give the overall impression of a texture . |
| 2 | When this is the case methods which give the entire distribution rather than some of the averages referred to above must be used . |
| 3 | These include the marvellous Thunder Thighs which give players stamina , and Speed Boots which make your squad even faster . |
| 4 | It is rare to find clauses in relocation policies which give employees the right to appeal against relocation decisions or the level of allowances payable . |
| 5 | The British Government , seeing that this practice clearly violated the spirit of the agreement on fishing quotas which gave some protection to the British fishing industry , passed the Merchant Shipping Act of 1988 restricting British registration of fishing vessels to British individuals and companies . |
| 6 | THE last bogeyman but five or six , in that line of third-world menaces who give the United States a sense of purpose , lives uncomfortably close to home . |
| 7 | Shelter in Scotland has a network of housing aid centres which give advice and practical help to homeless people . |
| 8 | They gave it their photograph albums they gave it their records |
| 9 | Ringing round some of the ex club members they gave their pictures of Philip : ‘ A quiet but firm man , who always had time to listen , and give advice when asked . ’ |
| 10 | Thanks were also extended to all the club members who gave of their time and hard graft to ensure that fun was had by all . |
| 11 | On Friday afternoons I gave up all pretence and quite consciously ceded control . |
| 12 | The Companies Act 1989 requires a company to keep accounting records which give a true and fair view of the financial position of the company . |
| 13 | The spectacular charge of the Light Blue Brigade from stakeboat to finish line con founded the bookies and the Tideway pundits who gave them no chance against Barcelona gold medallist Matthew Pinsent and his crew . |
| 14 | And there are desert bushes which give green things in the spring . |
| 15 | I would also like to pay tribute to chairpersons , secretaries and committee members who give many hours of service to our Institute . |
| 16 | For even though some attempt to give status to the ‘ community or home beat officer ’ has been made following Lord Scarman 's ( 1981 ) report on the Brixton riots which gave something of a ‘ slap on the wrist ’ to the service , the deference accorded to specialist posting or to detective work remains untouched . |
| 17 | About half the tables in the hotel dining-room were occupied but Wycliffe , with Kersey and Lucy Lane , was placed in one of the window embrasures which gave them all the privacy they could have wished . |
| 18 | In elaborating such proposals there is admittedly a strong temptation to indulge in political rationalism : they are by nature proposals which give an important role to action on the part of a ‘ socialist government ’ or the ‘ state ’ within which a socialist government is installed , yet it is often unclear what such a socialist government would look like , how it might come into being and from where it would draw its mass support . |
| 19 | There has been a substantial increase in coverage of the Chamber and of committees in regional broadcasting ; some regions , BBC and ITV , have generated good week-end reviews which give more time to back-bench MPs . |
| 20 | As well as the conventional cytochrome and flavo-protein electron transport system , many nematodes have " haemoglobin " in their body fluids which gives them a red pigmentation . |
| 21 | The issues were discussed many times both in this House and in another place last year , and the social security regulations which gave effect to the changes were fully debated and approved by both Houses . |
| 22 | Of course , it was the oligopolistic character of product markets which gave those who ran the company discretion to pursue goals other than profit-maximization . |
| 23 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 24 | Most of the video nasties which gave rise to the Act have passed this test with flying colours , whilst most porn fails . |
| 25 | In both translation and pedagogy , I suggest , effective mediation depends on the recognition of the relationship between underlying ideas and the surface forms which give them expression . |
| 26 | It was a continuation , in effect , of the 1930s Special Areas policy ( which had received further impetus from the Barlow Report on industrial location ) and from the carry-over of wartime controls which gave the government far more effective power in its sphere than it had ever possessed [ Brown , 1972 ] . |
| 27 | My initial question was answered and these dedicated crew members who give so much time so freely can only be described as the salt of the earth . |
| 28 | Understandably , welfare measures which gave benefits dissociated from any inspection or apparent evaluation of working-class character and habits appear to have been most popular . |
| 29 | GCSE and A level media studies courses which give students a basic practical and theoretical knowledge of film and video are now available . |
| 30 | Ten units each in two stages structured for practice in special vocabulary , language use , and extension activities which give opportunity to practice language in a less controlled way . |