Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality . |
| 2 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 3 | Alright , what 's happening now , is that we 're taking resources away from those efficient sectors and giving it to inefficient agriculture . |
| 4 | This area is the Coulin Forest , bounded by roads that give it detachment from other high ground , its mountains forming a compact group but individually having distinction of character and outline , some being of arresting appearance . |
| 5 | Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles . |
| 6 | Cut off two , inch long pieces of gummed tape and , moistening no more than one-quarter of an inch on each strip , stick them on the top edge of your cartridge paper by holding the brown paper hinges and give it a good shake . |
| 7 | The sale proceeds will be used to pay off Heywood Williams 's debts and give it net cash of £65 million to fund expansion . |
| 8 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 9 | You 'll need come a good few times and give it three four six months . |
| 10 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 11 | The leaves of this tree are rather common fossils , striped with longitudinal veins that give it a superficial resemblance to the leaf of an iris . |
| 12 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 13 | He was a taxi driver in Newton Aycliffe for two years but gave it up as it was ‘ soul-destroying ’ . |
| 14 | It was being in a position to suggest those things that gave it the edge . ’ |
| 15 | the not getting better with normal things that gives it away . |
| 16 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 17 | Unlike the spinal column of any other mammal , it has a network of interlocking protrusions from its vertebrae that gives it enormous strength and resistance to crushing . |
| 18 | She took out one of the pounds and gave it to her daughter . |
| 19 | A combined series of moves that give it a keen cutting edge ; an experience to be remembered and savoured ; a problem that takes both skills and nerve to solve . |
| 20 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |
| 21 | I note that it is the Liberal Democrats ' policy to take power away from parents and governors and to give it to centralised bureaucrats , and that is precisely like the Labour party policy as in so many things . |
| 22 | They also all helped with the cleaning in turn , ‘ like do the curtains and windows and give it a general do over . ’ |
| 23 | A lioness , having caught a gazelle , may not kill it but drag it back alive to her cubs and give it to them so that , crippled though it is , the cubs may have a little practice in how to bring it down . |
| 24 | I took fruit from the Frames and gave it to the others . ’ |
| 25 | The providers of training ended up playing the government 's games and giving it credibility when it was in reality doing nothing in a serious situation . |
| 26 | Why not make a chimney of your own , fill it with sweets and give it to someone for Christmas ? |
| 27 | It was quite simply we we were taking the business away from the high street erm glossy type travel agents and giving it to the back street travel agents . |
| 28 | He then scattered it on pub floors or gave it to friends to buy drugs . |
| 29 | Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation . |