Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in fact became so only because of the policies Wilson adopted in the way of providing arms to the other side , for which there was insufficient compensation from the rather half-hearted support given by the Soviets and by a few other countries to the Biafrans . |
| 2 | The proposed new law curbing this type of blatantly dishonest description given by some estate agents is not before time . |
| 3 | The rather weak reason given was the waste of the resources used in training these people . |
| 4 | The most reliable data gives its size as 60cm ( 2″ ) , so do n't consider a tank of less than 4′ , and be prepared to go up to 6′ as the fish matures . |
| 5 | Shannon 's sherry-coloured eyes danced with a mixture of amusement and pleasure as the short , rather portly director gave the classic command . |
| 6 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 7 | So representative government gives some role to the will of the people , some role to the individual to individuals , but erm in a way less role |
| 8 | Just as variations in the physical and mineralogical properties of bedrock can influence the mineralogical products of weathering so different lithologies give rise to a range of weathering forms . |
| 9 | Okay , so high resistance gives low current . |
| 10 | Daily purposeful occupation gives form to our lives , and if mentally disordered people are unable to participate in ordinary work inside or outside the home , consideration needs to be given as to how the absence of normal occupation can be compensated for . |
| 11 | less reliable supporters give away one or more of these to candidates of other parties who are better known to them . |
| 12 | So Wordsworthian romanticism gives way to Tennyson 's ‘ And answer , echoes , answer , dying , dying , dying ’ and the Arnoldian ‘ infinitely distant land , [ from which ] / Come airs , and floating echoes ’ ( ‘ The Buried Life ’ ) . |
| 13 | There should have been plenty of time for all the work we planned , but what with all the delays of getting the assay going in an unfamiliar lab , as well as making a quick canter round a dozen or so Australian campuses to give seminars , it was n't until almost the last few days of my visit , during a long car journey through the outback to attend a biochemistry congress at Brisbane , that I managed to decode and assemble all the data . |
| 14 | And there 's enough psychological insight to give the characters three dimensions . |
| 15 | In part this dramatic result reflected a widespread but not necessarily dependable willingness to give the Republic a chance , in part the temporary demoralization and organizational unpreparedness of the anti- and non-republican right , whose fifty or so deputies seriously under-represented its true strength and potential . |
| 16 | This somewhat unexpected decision gave ammunition to those who felt the schema on priestly life was too spiritual in tone . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't spoonfeed you here ’ was one of the less excusable reasons given for declining to help floundering students . |
| 18 | The trap of the giver is pride , believing that you have enough inner resources to give away to others . |
| 19 | A second and less well-known treaty gives the US the right to defend the canal 's neutrality . |
| 20 | Many species of Athleta occur in clays , and the matrix can usually be removed with only gentle washing to give fine , clean specimens . |
| 21 | These feature non-vibratory massaging ‘ fingers ’ which softly manipulate the flesh in gently circular movements to give a natural massage . |
| 22 | The decision … is to be determined by the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates " . |
| 23 | Presumably Skinner has followed David Wulstan 's theories of 16th-century English church pitch , a rather dangerous procedure given the diffuse nature of Wulstan 's evidence for such a practice . |
| 24 | Thus metallic cobalt gives signals due to removal of electrons with binding energies 926 eV ( 2s ) , 794 and 779 eV ( 2p ) , 101 eV ( 3s ) and 60 eV ( 3p ) , while any cobalt oxide would also give signals due to the oxygen 1s core level with binding energy 540 eV , as shown in Fig. 6.4 . |
| 25 | It was difficult to win over European partners given the degree of US advance in the field , and the failure of the ELDO European launcher development project . |
| 26 | Was not extra money given to those on income support specifically to pay the 20 per cent . |
| 27 | The Baby Toothbrush has extra soft short tufts to protect delicate gum tissue , and an extra long handle to give the parent a steady , comfortable grip . |
| 28 | Long but not Short constructs give rise to position-independent , copy number-dependent expression of the Ea transgene |
| 29 | How else are we to explain the grotesque document which this highly intelligent and normally level-headed man gave birth to the other day ? |
| 30 | This model , which echoes that used by Oliver MacDonagh to explain the growth in nineteenth century government , relies on a high degree of consonance in the wishes of lawyers and their clients , a not unreasonable assumption given the limited access to divorce in Stone 's period . |