Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many voluntary organisations depend heavily on those with technical , secretarial , accountancy , fund-raising , carpentry , building or professional skills giving their advice free of charge . |
| 2 | This sudden use of low notes gives them prominence and unusual power . |
| 3 | But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient . |
| 4 | The soft lines of the sweatshirt that moulded the broad shoulders gave him an air of easy , masculine power , and the blue almost exactly matched the blue of his eyes . |
| 5 | Clare 's polite words gave her a moment of hope , which died , however , when she saw his face . |
| 6 | The old houses give you the creeps do n't they Bill ? |
| 7 | When the result — 373 votes for , 12 against — flashed up on the black and green computer screens at either end of the chamber , the assembled deputies gave themselves a short , self-congratulatory round of applause . |
| 8 | The present-day breeding habits of some birds give us a reasonably good idea of how polyandry evolved . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | okay and then erm it 's , it 's like like some lecturers give you like a set of notes |
| 11 | and some lecturers give you a set of references |
| 12 | The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more . |
| 13 | We have already pointed out that clarinets in unison with high trumpets give them increased roundness of tone and certainty of attack . |
| 14 | The emphasis on the last few words gave his game away . |
| 15 | The basic rules are : vacuum your carpet regularly ; treat stains immediately and every few months give your carpet a really good clean . |
| 16 | It cleaned up the European Car of the Year award for 1992 against some formidable competition , though only two out of the seven British judges gave it top ranking . |
| 17 | Empty phrases to give you the illusion that it 's Adam who 's holding you , and not me ? |
| 18 | Two Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied territories yesterday as wanted Arabs gave themselves up for fear of being shot by undercover squads . |
| 19 | Nor , for practical purposes , are they a constraint for most regulated public companies given their size and their controlled returns . |
| 20 | However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH . |
| 21 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 22 | Some stories give you in one or two pages exactly enough information about why two people wo n't ever get on , the divisions between them and so on . |
| 23 | More than 700 farmers gave their backing to the Carlisle mart firm Harrison & Hetherington which had called the meeting because it believes the new system could paralyse cattle marketing . |
| 24 | All the great cultural traditions give us clues about how to find inner harmony . ’ |
| 25 | African tribal beliefs gave her more serious pause for thought . |
| 26 | that we should not have been asked to comment on … the way the curriculum would be affected by these materials and how the school itself would be looking at its way of using them , other than perhaps information skills where we could help them with commercial publications to give them some ideas . |
| 27 | My secretary , Judy Fella , had used her not inconsiderable charm to persuade British Airways to give herself and me free seats on a Concorde as a publicity venture . |
| 28 | His features were strong and rather austere , and his high cheekbones gave him a distinction that was all his own , though the line of his well-cut mouth hinted at a sensuality that disturbed her without her knowing why . |
| 29 | He gave me some answers to give you about your questions yesterday evening . ’ |
| 30 | Some 20 distinguished scientists give their views on the involvement of scientists with war in general and the arms race in particular . |