Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give them " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sudden use of low notes gives them prominence and unusual power . |
| 2 | We have already pointed out that clarinets in unison with high trumpets give them increased roundness of tone and certainty of attack . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | David Booth took 30 seconds to give them the lead , taking advantage of a defender 's clearance which deflected freakishly off an onrushing forward and into his path . |
| 5 | When purchasing Malayan Angels give them a large tank with plenty of swimming space and room to grow . |
| 6 | Six satin-cloaked figures in white porcelain masks arranged themselves artistically against the façade of a shop selling Murano glass , the blank stares and the perfectly carved mouths giving them a look of unreality . |
| 7 | The rather flat results of the autumn sales of nineteenth-century paintings in New York indicated that the market remains somewhat thin , although , as usual , good pictures , attractively priced , nearly always sell , if not for the frequently high estimates given them by the auction houses . |
| 8 | Is it not a British peculiarity , this combination of public prudery with extreme puriance , extreme interest in sex and devious at that , and which fills the newspapers whenever public events give them an opportunity . |
| 9 | It protected their backs , and protruding flanges gave them some cover on both sides . |
| 10 | " The prosperity and technology of the developed countries give them the greater possibilities and the greater responsibility " . |
| 11 | For maximum volume and root lift , turn your head upside down — the special ‘ fingers ’ inside the cup will help life and separate curls giving them a fuller look . |
| 12 | In Britain the social and intellectual origins of the early surveys gave them a particular emphasis summarisable as generality and factuality . |
| 13 | Two avoidable goals gave them valid concern . |
| 14 | A report by the National Council of Public Morals on The Cinema ( 1917 ) had also scrutinised the problem , entertaining a wide variety of evidence — on such matters as the educational potential of the cinema , censorship and licensing , the molestation of children in picture palaces , and a clouded discussion of what was somewhat eerily called ‘ the moral dangers of darkness ’ — as well as some monosyllabic evidence from children themselves on whether the moving pictures gave them bad dreams . |
| 15 | These structures gave them strength and enabled them to stand several centimetres tall . |
| 16 | So much so , that practices of any size will usually need to recruit their own in-house accountants , not infrequently in larger firms giving them partner status as " directors of finance " or similarly impressive titles . |
| 17 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |
| 18 | We 're also trying to find young , female African-American film-makers to give them a shot . ’ |
| 19 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 20 | The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers . |
| 21 | In their almost dead-white , overpowdered faces , the mean little eyes looked red and sore in their crusted pits of mascara ; their great painted mouths with lipstick smearing over the fuzzy edges gave them a touchingly clownish look . |
| 22 | If a Savage Orc shaman joins a Mob of Savage Orcs ( Boyz or Boar Boyz ) then the Boyz ’ protective tattoos give them a saving throw of a 5 or 6 rather than 6 . |
| 23 | Those factors give them a competitive advantage in bidding on contracts . |
| 24 | Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off . |
| 25 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 26 | Stress is caused not only by chemical imperfections , but by ponds that are too shallow to give the Koi a sense of security ; or by excessive netting out and handling ( paradoxically , by over-anxious owners giving them the once over ) . |
| 27 | Their thinness means that short-range molecular forces give them exceptional coating and film forming properties . |
| 28 | Their front wings give them the protection of camouflage but they can be pulled forward rapidly when the moths are attacked , to flash the startling false eyes . |
| 29 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 30 | He will meet the Irish Foreign Minister , Dick Spring , in Dublin tomorrow to discuss the future of the talks , in the light of the election and his own proposals to give them ‘ focus and direction ’ . |