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 | When purchasing Malayan Angels give them a large tank with plenty of swimming space and room to grow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It protected their backs , and protruding flanges gave them some cover on both sides . |
| 9 | " The prosperity and technology of the developed countries give them the greater possibilities and the greater responsibility " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In Britain the social and intellectual origins of the early surveys gave them a particular emphasis summarisable as generality and factuality . |
| 12 | Two avoidable goals gave them valid concern . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We 're also trying to find young , female African-American film-makers to give them a shot . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | Their thinness means that short-range molecular forces give them exceptional coating and film forming properties . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 23 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
| 24 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 25 | The older chalets have had facelifts , their corrugated iron roofs replaced by red pantiles , whitewashed boundary walls topped off by yet more red pantiles to give them a Mediterranean resort flavour in hopes of luring their customer back from the real thing . |
| 26 | Six separate sections on two double-page spreads give them varied and interesting practice in all aspects of the language points they have met in the Preview and the Soap . |
| 27 | The legal work they do for other clients gives them this experience . |
| 28 | Nylon is crease-resistant and is often mixed with other fibres to give them this quality plus extra strength . |
| 29 | M. longifolia 's leaves are long and narrow , prickly teeth giving them a suspiciously thistle-like appearance until acanthus-like flower spikes appear in June . |
| 30 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |