Example sentences of "[noun] that give it " in BNC.

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1 In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality .
2 It was what was within the bird the force that gave it such power , such vitality . ’
3 This area is the Coulin Forest , bounded by roads that give it detachment from other high ground , its mountains forming a compact group but individually having distinction of character and outline , some being of arresting appearance .
4 This would run counter to the very informal information exchange that gives it meaning in this internal context .
5 The leaves of this tree are rather common fossils , striped with longitudinal veins that give it a superficial resemblance to the leaf of an iris .
6 A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality .
7 All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life .
8 But the electron carries a high energy transverse to the direction of the collision , and thus bears the signature of the W particle that gave it birth .
9 What , finally , is the vital , dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character ?
10 It was being in a position to suggest those things that gave it the edge . ’
11 the not getting better with normal things that gives it away .
12 It 's the mountain water that gives it the taste .
13 Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation .
14 The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ?
15 Unlike the spinal column of any other mammal , it has a network of interlocking protrusions from its vertebrae that gives it enormous strength and resistance to crushing .
16 A combined series of moves that give it a keen cutting edge ; an experience to be remembered and savoured ; a problem that takes both skills and nerve to solve .
17 Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family .
18 " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . "
19 Still lacking is the 625 MMU/cache , a redesign of an older model that gave it trouble and caused delays in the past .
20 The house it penned was old and brown with a porch that gave it a sort of potbelly .
21 Each dust particle inherits the characteristic defect structure of the parent clay that did the damming , the structure that gave it its damming properties .
22 And I 'm sure when we do these blood tests we 'll find that things are not altogether normal , now sometimes it 's actually the way you respond to treatment that gives it away rather than
23 Well , there is a generosity in calf-love that gives it a grace : not that mine had any grace .
24 Nonetheless , it was British fears that began the process of creating a political group ( rather than a religious one ) , and British political tactics to safeguard their continued power that gave it national significance .
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