Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the greed factor of competition feeding is present the smaller fish will more readily take the easier to handle smaller baits giving the larger baits a little more time to intercept one of the better fish . |
| 2 | Because there is pressure on departments in humanistic subjects to appear up to date and efficient , it is much easier to persuade funding bodies to give money for computers and software than to buy manuscripts , rare books , or second and third copies of frequently used library texts . |
| 3 | These demanding on-site visits gave Pearl a better perspective on the tenders received . |
| 4 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |
| 5 | If so you will find it helpful to set some goals to give short-range guidance . |
| 6 | Of 61 adult patients with untreated coeliac disease , 57 had abnormal results giving a sensitivity of 0.93 . |
| 7 | I was not involved at all until the open meeting , which I attended and where I was pleased to have this opportunity to give my own personal views . |
| 8 | Sahlins , for instance , discussed the way the Hawaiian Islanders experienced the visit of Captain Cook , placing it within their own received cultural categories to give the empirical happening of Cook 's arrival a meaning . |
| 9 | By a curious twist of fate , the prevailing socio-political conditions of the time were to give rise to a situation in which the French communist writer in the 1930s enjoyed relative freedom to give full artistic expression to the dominant themes of anti-fascism and anti-capitalism within a specifically French cultural context . |
| 10 | Today , women 's development planning is approached in a more aware manner and the two approaches used aim to give the women control . |
| 11 | Once this has been done it is possible to make single-frequency readings to give quantitative concentrations of constituents of a mixture . |
| 12 | Walker v Hall ( 1984 ) 5 FLR 126 established that failure to give such guidance can amount to negligence and is a clear breach of professional duty . |