Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chairman asked each candidate to give a one sentence reason why people should vote for them . |
| 2 | I 've heard that evidence given , yes |
| 3 | The doctor suggested that she might avoid milk , cheese and butter for a while , to see if this had any effect , and prescribed some tablets to give her extra calcium . |
| 4 | They suggested that many civil service managers wanted to see further changes to give more room and flexibility for the exercise of personal responsibility . |
| 5 | There 's no guarantee that you will hit the perfect shot , but using this procedure gives you a stronger chance . |
| 6 | Using this estimate gives an approximate number of additional households among those under 45 due to the increase in marital breakdown over this 20-year period of around 200 thousands . |
| 7 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 8 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 9 | Which of us does not need that grace to give purpose to our lives , one we could not have by inventing meaning ourselves ? |
| 10 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 11 | Towards the end of the campaign , Mrs Thatcher 's actions in attacking Heseltine personally and especially her allegation that he would introduce Labour policies gave an unfortunate impression of panic — reminiscent of ‘ Wobbly Thursday ’ during the 1987 general election campaign . |
| 12 | Sharp and Dust ( 1987 ) , as already reported , found little priority given to arts activities by primary teachers . |
| 13 | Thermo-Fixing Spray is activated by heat , either from a hair dryer or heated rollers , and contains non-sticky polymers to give volume and control as well as condition and shine . |
| 14 | When purchasing Malayan Angels give them a large tank with plenty of swimming space and room to grow . |
| 15 | The confidence that often comes with maturity can help us to voice our sexual preferences to our partners in a way which we may have been inhibited about in the past , and the ability to communicate sexual needs gives a good foundation for a satisfying relationship . |
| 16 | Each first-line manager has direct authority to give anyone in his group up to about £60 . |
| 17 | We expect British Rail to give urgent consideration to the timing of the placement of that order . |
| 18 | Our own experiments with people 's ability to juggle credit-cost options give no reason to expect different results here . |
| 19 | The Kurecolor Twin KC-1100 clearly has tremendous scope given the number of colours , interchangeable points and other variables that can be introduced . |
| 20 | The high subsidies offered by the UK government to Nissan and by other European governments to encourage Japanese investment gave rise to fears that the Europeans were engaging in ‘ beggar-my-neighbour ’ subsidy policies , which would benefit the Japanese and give them an unfair competitive advantage when compared to existing producers . |
| 21 | This state-of-the-art shaver has three positions to give you the perfect shave and a trimmer for those with sideburns and/or moustache . |
| 22 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 23 | Large or small ribbons can be attached to the picture or tied in large bows , and you can also buy embroidered ribbon to give a very attractive period finish to a picture . |
| 24 | Where an innocent purchaser is able to rely upon an estoppel , property in the goods passes to him in the normal way , i.e. as if his seller himself has good title to give . |
| 25 | The focus is upon better management and greater resource consciousness , emphases which are undoubtedly valuable in themselves , but which pose fundamental problems given the nature and distinctiveness of the public sector . |
| 26 | Never in the history of human seduction has one man given so much attention to the cause of international womanhood as the former roadsweeper from Milton . |
| 27 | This sentence only has one interpretation given a fine-class transcription . |
| 28 | In this chapter I shall consider various answers given to that question . |
| 29 | I want five storm-troopers to give that girl the time of her life . |
| 30 | A more accurate representation of the behaviour of the polymer solution can be obtained using equation ( 8.35 ) where Substitution in equation ( 9.9 ) yields and rearrangement eliminating higher terms gives |