Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 2 | Mr Gilligrew seems ideally cut out to be leader of a protest group : insecure , loud , unhumorous , indignant , unpleasant , small and much given to counting points off on his fingers . |
| 3 | On Jan. 7 the Iraqi Health Minister Umid Midhat Mubarak said that 85,942 Iraqis , including 27,473 children under five [ not 80,000 as wrongly given in the first paragraph of the article on p. 38696 ] , had died due to medical shortages . |
| 4 | A broken man , pale and much given to outbursts of weeping , a man trembling on the threshold of self-murder . |
| 5 | Bettinson is a man of considerable dignity , diplomatic and not given to emotional language . |
| 6 | Bettinson is a man of considerable dignity , diplomatic and not given to emotional language . |
| 7 | The SADR first took its seat at the Organization of African Unity summit of 1984 , not 1989 as inadvertently given on pp. 37014 , 37220 . |
| 8 | The Melanesian Spearhead Group ( SPG — composed of Papua New Guinea , Solomon Islands and Vanuatu ) , originally formed in 1986 [ not 1988 as wrongly given on p. 36702 ] to press for a strong stance on the New Caledonia issue within the South Pacific Forum , held a summit meeting in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara in March 1990 , when the FLNKS was admitted to full membership . |