Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] gave [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crosse reported this and gave evidence at Lee 's trial . |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal sat on 28 October 1991 and gave judgment on 12 November . |
| 3 | There are good grounds for thinking that to a significant degree home and foreign capital markets were separate and gave rise to quite different levels of investment expectations . |
| 4 | He pointed to the 6.8 per cent increase in the number of income support claimants between 1991 and ‘ 92 and gave warning of the effect on the poor of the staged increases on valued0added tax on domestic fuel bills . |
| 5 | Scientific breakthroughs made this seem possible and gave rise to the Green Revolution . |
| 6 | The tension in her slackened and gave way to curiosity as she pulled out instead a gold-embossed card . |
| 7 | However , by careful reading of the footnote , a manuscript was found in the Harleian Collection of the British Library which dated from 1599 and gave details of the armorial panels which at that date existed . |
| 8 | The Thom case was exceptional and gave rise to something of a public outcry . |
| 9 | Pope John 's ‘ optimism ’ was later criticized — why should he ignore apocalyptic signs of disaster to concentrate on those that gave grounds for hope ? — but hope was in such short supply in 1961 that his words were eagerly seized upon ( Moltmann , 1977 , p. 368 , n. 64 ; The Extraordinary Synod of 1985 likewise gave a more ‘ pessimistic ’ reading of the ‘ signs of the times ’ ) . |
| 10 | Opinion was divided and George Hurst proposed that the request be refused ; he was outvoted by 10 votes to 8 and gave notice of his intention to protest . |
| 11 | The stillness , the cool , the quiet of the building all combined to produce an effect that was overwhelming and gave rise to a feeling of expectation . |
| 12 | When she discovered , in the summer of 1977 , that 5,500 metres of plain cloth was ‘ hanging about in Helmond and they do n't know what to do with it ’ , she was appalled and gave orders for it to be made up into suitable garments immediately . |