Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] give " in BNC.

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1 You may also hear polymers described as cationic , amphoteric polymers in their Energance range for permed hair give added resilience and suppleness whilst FreeStyle Mousse for Sensitive Hair , £1.89/100ml , contains cationic polymers for their ability to hold the hair in place .
2 GORDON STRACHAN last night appealed for strong refereeing to give Leeds a fighting chance of creating European Cup history .
3 In Figure 6.3 the rapid increase of speed with depth in the outer 10 or 20 km is due largely to the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium as the overburden increases : it is not possible for solid rock to give this behaviour .
4 On-spot fines for Scots drivers given go-ahead
5 Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest .
6 Mr Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , the previous state secretary for foreign trade gave himself up early yesterday to the police in West Berlin , where he is now under arrest .
7 A study of a remarkable set of documents put together by USAID ( the administration for foreign aid given by the United States ) during the past few years entitled , Environmental Profiles , one for each country , shows in considerable detail the extent of soil degradation , alkalinisation , salinisation , waterlogging , and desertification world-wide .
8 Chair lifts : The Asitz double chair lift operates on Wednesdays and Sundays during high summer to give a flying start to some of the area 's prettiest walks .
9 ‘ The experience we gained through High Island gave us the confidence to know we could successfully work with Tatham , ’ Broussard says .
10 Other methods such as light scattering give weight averages , defined as .
11 ‘ A piece of property which is found ownerless and which , if unclaimed within a fixed period after due notice given , falls to the lord of the manor . ’
12 We went from city to city , from bush town to bush town , civic reception after civic reception given by local mayors with chains around their necks , musical welcomes with God Save the King and For They Are Jolly Good Fellows , and Plum Warner uttering platitude after platitude about the ideals of cricket and British fair-play , until the subject became uncomfortable and undiplomatic .
13 As some of your teach in more than one area , after initial contact to give relevant information , only one area organiser will need to be contacted .
14 Her case had been referred to the Court of Appeal by the United Kingdom Home Secretary in September 1991 after forensic evidence given at her trial had been called into question [ see p. 38445 ] .
15 His role as chief mourner gave him a certain glamour .
16 As a first step , it reiterated the UN 's long-standing call for developed countries to give 0.7 per cent of their gross domestic product as aid — a target currently missed by all but a few .
17 In practice , the average is usually a time average ; one observes and averages the velocity at a point over a period long enough for separate measurements to give effectively the same result .
18 The foundations of personal care in families The picture which emerges from evidence about personal care given to relatives is one of very extensive amounts of support , especially at particular points in the life course .
19 We have 200 packs for dry/damaged hair to give away so write to .
20 Dance bands , jazz and crooners of indeterminate age gave way to the new imported sound of the States — rock'n'roll .
21 Sleep is physiologically necessary , and while asleep there are periodic surges of instinctual energy giving rise to these unacceptable , anxiety-provoking thoughts .
22 Both these points , strongly made by Olive Tunstall and her colleagues in their BBPS article , are directly relevant to the continuing attempts by psychologists to achieve the sort of professional recognition given to doctors concerned with the physical , rather than mental , well-being of people .
23 Accordingly , when the development of deaf education gave rise to controversy , missioners were on the side of the deaf and dumb , supported their aspirations and helped to argue their case .
24 A regular pattern of narrow lanes gave a special character to the Shambles at the eastern edge of the market place , as indeed it does today , and narrow street frontages and long gardens and alleys preserved the medieval property divisions of the old burgage plots .
25 The historical growth of the state in Spain in combination with the weakness of economic development gave rise to a middle class connected with state employment and ‘ overloading of the public administration by parasitical personnel ’ ( Giner 1985 : 318 ) .
26 The kind of economic support given from one migrant to the next includes : assistance with the fare ; assistance in finding work ; a temporary home ; personal encouragement and moral support whilst the new migrant is adjusting to Britain .
27 Most unions are single enterprise units extending membership to all regular employees , but what appears unusual from a Western perspective is the amount of administrative support given by the company in collecting union subscriptions or in providing organizational help for union officials .
28 The amount of advance notice given to the parents will also have to be agreed .
29 Instead the trial proceeds on the basis of oral evidence given by witnesses who are called by the parties and examined in much the same fashion as in England .
30 A clause , such as is commonly found in standard terms , providing that the whole of the parties ' obligations are defined by the written agreement may also be caught by s3(2) ( b ) if , in fact , the contract is partly written and partly oral as a result of oral undertakings given alongside the written contract .
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