Example sentences of "[noun sg] that would give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frain should have joined Sunderland for £350,000 but the move collapsed when Birmingham chairman Samesh Kumar demanded a clause be inserted in the deal that would give Birmingham 25 per cent of any sell-on fee . |
| 2 | Aye , that , it 'd be the Voltarol that would give her the , the black stuff coming through . |
| 3 | ‘ The students came up with a sound idea for an instrument that would give digital readings , which was developed by our technicians , ’ commented Paul . |
| 4 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |
| 5 | SCO , which got its Unix System V.3.2 licence relatively cheaply , is apparently trying to win concessions from Unix System Labs Inc in return for its endorsement of SVR4 , having behind it the leverage of its Unix-on-Intel base that would give USL a commanding share of the overall market . |
| 6 | Coppola may not have provided the definitive film of the Vietnam War , but he succeeded in providing ‘ a film experience that would give its audience a sense of the horror , the madness , the sensuousness and the moral dilemma of Vietnam ’ . |
| 7 | He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do . |
| 8 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 9 | Enthusiastically , curbing the dislike he felt , Hugo embarked on a plan that would give Grégoire a solid foundation in all the subjects he considered of importance . |
| 10 | I think at the moment suffice to say we wanted a product that would give ourselves and our users total choice and total flexibility . |
| 11 | He is unlikely to drive through the party the change in the culture of Labourism that would give any realignment depth and substance . |
| 12 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 13 | Folly did n't want to encourage the sort of speculation that would give rise to — especially when she was so near to taking over as boss . |
| 14 | It was up to her , quickly , to forge herself a manner that would give her an advantage in whatever negotiations were to come : and she had done so , by the time he came down for his breakfast . |
| 15 | For this purpose , ‘ contingent liabilities ’ includes all transactions guaranteeing , underwriting , or pledging assets as collateral security for , obligations of a third party and ‘ commitments ’ includes every irrevocable commitment that would give rise to a credit risk . |
| 16 | Let us turn to another definition that would give the context-dependent nature of such phenomena more centrality : ( 12 ) Pragmatics is the study of the relations between language and context that are basic to an account of language understanding Here the term language understanding is used in the way favoured by workers in artificial intelligence to draw attention to the fact that understanding an utterance involves a great deal more than knowing the meanings of the words uttered and the grammatical relations between them . |
| 17 | his right hand mimes the cigarette that would give him |
| 18 | It scampered towards the cat door that would give it access to the bigger house at the end of the row , but suddenly it stopped . |
| 19 | Marking his way carefully to the door that would give entry to the parcels office , he shone his torch around him . |
| 20 | In his West Berlin speech on a New Europe and a New Atlanticism , Mr Baker , who had earlier held talks with Chancellor Helmut Kohl , proposed strengthening Washington 's links with the EC , possibly through a new treaty that would give the US a formal presence in EC institutions . |
| 21 | After years of industry — and the country — being almost paralysed by strikes and restrictive practices , the country was crying out for a Government that would give a lead . |
| 22 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 23 | By Ian Hargraves TRANMERE Rovers have won Football League backing for a resolution that would give the league power to order a match that has been abandoned , to be restarted at a later date at the point it was called off . |
| 24 | As the US and the Soviet Union discuss disarmament in Geneva the two super-powers continue to oppose plans for an international agency that would give other nations a look-in on their military manoeuvres . |
| 25 | Do you have an enclosed unlit porch that would give a housebreaker some cover while working on the front door lock ? |
| 26 | For if the student can retrieve an item by dialling a number , he still has to discover what number , and to conceptualize how he might arrive at the correct answer that would give it to him . |
| 27 | There is little or nothing in recent history that would give Britons cause to distrust their compatriots . |
| 28 | There was intended to be time to descend , to retire through the covert and to supervise the fast , careful infill of stone that would give them their bridge when the walls fell . |
| 29 | Knowing the mountains were there , Martha passed hours gazing upwards , waiting for a break in the curtain of vapour that would give her a view to the summit , her attention fixed at that mysterious level where the mist descended on the tree-tops and blotted out the perspective entirely . |
| 30 | He also said the US administration would seek an additional agreement that would give US airlines new access to British airports and confirmed that he hoped a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK . |