Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to that date , however , some of the greater landowners , as lords of regality , maintained private courts which gave them opportunities to attract lawyer-freeholders to their service and hence to their political interest . |
| 2 | The dummies are dressed in worn clothes which retain a strong human scent , and some have mobile heads which give an illusion of life as they move into the wind . |
| 3 | It 's a remarkable musical full of tuneful songs which give it a romantic and charmingly French flavour . |
| 4 | The fact remains that the debate on contemporary art seems to have entered a new dimension , with doubt being cast wholesale on the quality and content of recent trends , and on the good faith of the public institutions which give them space . |
| 5 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 6 | But in his theoretical essays he gives some interesting indications of the ways in which they may contribute to a poem 's effect . |
| 7 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 8 | These broke away sharply on seeing the British fighters which gave chase but were unable to catch them . |
| 9 | HUNDREDS of children enjoyed a sunny day out by the sea yesterday , thanks to the kindness of 300 drivers who gave their time to transport the youngsters . |
| 10 | I 'll write more about testing the call to such work , but within a few months we gave up our travelling ministry and took a team of sixteen adults plus their children out of St Luke 's and began Cranham Community Church . |
| 11 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 12 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |
| 13 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 14 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 15 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 16 | Furthermore , this is one of the few studies which gives an account of the feelings after the task was completed . |
| 17 | Green sets out the climatic conditions which give rise to the different degrees of ‘ air ’ . |
| 18 | The measures would come into force on the expiry of the two-month amnesty to suspected activists who gave themselves up [ see p. 39168 ] . |
| 19 | Regions differ in social , industrial and cultural ways which give rise to different patterns of specific disease . |
| 20 | Look up old friends you gave up for your partner 's sake . |
| 21 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 22 | The room was long and plain , stretching down to french windows which gave on to a railed veranda and a view of the gardens and river beyond . |
| 23 | And there were other things ; saliva drooled from her lips and every few seconds she gave a retching cough . |
| 24 | Doggedly she kept her head down over the jewel-coloured designs , trying to concentrate , but after another few seconds she gave up and laid down her pen with elaborate resignation . |
| 25 | ‘ Now we are selling 50,000 vehicles it gives us encouragement that European consumers will forget the past and give us another chance , ’ said Mr Miller . |
| 26 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 27 | Tall , white-painted window frames , subdivided by many glazing bars , were placed under segmental arches of red brickwork and the most prominent features were the high gables which gave the buildings a varied and lively skyline . |
| 28 | On some issues he gave details of steps to settle the debate . |
| 29 | Here are some examples which give an indication of the variety of structures which can be listed . |
| 30 | Some saw old laws which gave a creditor tyrannical powers of coercion over his insolvent debtor as the barbarous expedients of a rude age which were both unjust and inhumane . |