Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers . |
| 2 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 3 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 4 | Ironically , it was Artemesia 's horrendous experience that gave her talent focus , strength and direction — hence her paintings of heroic women and paintings that capture the disturbing sense of sexual threat and graphic display of woman 's vengence — voicing Artemesia Gentileschi 's own anger and rage . ’ |
| 5 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 6 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life . |
| 9 | There was loads of levers and , and er er crossheads and , and different things that gave plenty of work to our colleagues er including the housing you know , which was a huge er er piece of er welded equipment you know , built into the side of the ship . |
| 10 | But it was a mask-like smile that gave her face a waxy , basilisk look . |
| 11 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 12 | Is there something about woman 's experience as a biological and social being that gives her a common identity and differentiates her forever from the male ? |
| 13 | That was another thing that gave her pleasure ; to listen to Ben playing his whistle . |
| 14 | For example , if the credit period were reduced for customers to pay their debts it is likely that sales would decrease as customers may trade with another company that gives them a greater period to pay . |
| 15 | Maybe she had finished with sexual intercourse for ever , maybe it was this possibility that gave her this peculiar conviction of strength , this sense of invulnerability , of certainty , of power . |
| 16 | Only an idealized observer could see both the inner processing and the causal relations of the symbols to outside objects that give them meaning : no one could actually be that idealized observer , because each observer is confined to operating on the symbols that are within his computational machinery , and this excludes their external causal relations . |
| 17 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
| 18 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |
| 19 | But fundamentally , of course , there is a massive overlap between the two movements in terms both of the issues and of the values and philosophical concerns that give our work any meaning at all . |
| 20 | But World War I gave him the chance to stand on internationalist ground with an uncompromising fervour and personal courage that gave him a status denied to most of the others , whose work lay in the factories and in the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 21 | Newcastle manager Keegan admitted : ‘ We created a lot of chances but it has to be said that it was a dubious penalty that gave us a goal . |
| 22 | Loathing for the other woman rose in Shae 's chest like an icy-cold wave , but she resolutely contained the feeling , staring back at her with a bland expression that gave nothing of her inner turmoil away . |
| 23 | The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm . |
| 24 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 25 | A basic skill that gives them the greatest start in life . |
| 26 | It 's not just synthetic ingredients that give your skin a boost — many modern products now contain plant extracts which have been used for their stimulating and soothing properties for thousands of years |
| 27 | Oh , yes , she 'd had relationships — light , amiable things that gave her pleasure while they lasted , and no pain when they ended . |
| 28 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 29 | The betting odds here are extraordinarily long ; theory suggests that it is not possible to liberate useful energy this way nor is there any natural phenomenon that gives us confidence that this can occur . |
| 30 | Sometimes , it is this flash of white belly that gives them away when you are roaming the river bank trying to spot them . |