Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [modal v] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also if it 's within your own normal income you can give anything , in other words if you do n't reduce your capital . |
| 2 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 3 | In that case I can give you my Mercury my business Mercury number and you can make phone calls on the company from here . |
| 4 | That is not in doubt , because no one can actually imagine that ‘ we ’ are not going to ‘ win ’ , though nobody ever analyses exactly what ‘ winning ’ would in fact mean out there in the real world of the Middle East , beyond the political and economic leverage it will give the United States . |
| 5 | Doing a little research I can give you approximate numbers of the various things the Guild has made since the turn of the century as follows : 645 sets of Mass vestments , 121 copes , 226 altar cloths , 211 albs plus hundreds of pieces of small linen corporals , purificators amices , etc . |
| 6 | If the DH is 500 ft , then at 700 ft/min it would be reached in approximately 2 minutes which would give you a reasonable chance of making visual contact . |
| 7 | In this chapter I shall give reasons for rejecting this approach , or if not for rejecting it then for supposing that the questions it raises can never be answered and so that it leads directly to scepticism . |
| 8 | The government points to ‘ massive ’ expenditure on the motorway network and the electrification of the London-Glasgow rail routes as examples of public investment which will give the regions better access to the Tunnel . |
| 9 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 10 | Below are some guidelines you could give them for using video on their own . |
| 11 | For native English speakers I would give a quite different kind of lecture , and I did not want to be judged by the standards of my lectures to the Japanese , which were nearly always basic and very simple in expression . |
| 12 | Occasionally , you meet some bloke who 'll give you this tripe |
| 13 | Er er you give , you have to Jess er some cereal I 'll give her a cup of tea . |
| 14 | Market developments appear to be linked with finding improved varieties which will give a more presentable and palatable product . |
| 15 | The G M B should welcome this move which will give elected regional representatives a direction say in issues affecting their region and we should recognize the successful efforts made by Labour in the House of Commons to ensure the democratic accountability of these representatives . |
| 16 | And now what they 're saying is , well we 'll buy out those appeals , if you had your appeal running for a few years we 'll give you five hundred pound ex gratia payment . |
| 17 | But I mean in terms of knitwear over the last few years I can give you one or two examples which I think you 'll readily er understand . |
| 18 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 19 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 20 | So they 'd say erm write down the I mean if you 're lucky they 'll give perh perhaps on some questions they 'll give it to you and on others they 'll say write it down . |
| 21 | Some day I 'll give it thought , but in the meantime I 'm far too busy — what with accounts to do in the evenings . ’ |
| 22 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |
| 23 | But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . |
| 24 | This week he 'll give a test drive to 19-year-old Christian Horner from Warwickshire . |
| 25 | Well , I 'm joined by a few people who can give you some clues on guarantees . |
| 26 | TODAY is all in favour of pressing ahead with the great public works which will give jobs in the construction , building and engineering industries , all of which have been badly hit by the recession . |
| 27 | Like a public speaker you should give yourself a chance to collect your thoughts and your audience a chance to collect theirs . |
| 28 | Oh if you collect some materials she 'll give you a pet a gift token for twenty five pounds , goodness gracious me . |
| 29 | Complete books have been written on this subject which will give much more information about when a condition is likely to be serious or not . |
| 30 | Complete books have been written on this subject which will give much more information about when a condition is likely to be serious or not . |