Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll need come a good few times and give it three four six months . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Britain has a massive advantage in natural resources that give it the potential to be at the forefront of renewable energy generation . |
| 4 | the not getting better with normal things that gives it away . |
| 5 | It was being in a position to suggest those things that gave it the edge . ’ |
| 6 | A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality . |
| 7 | Alright , what 's happening now , is that we 're taking resources away from those efficient sectors and giving it to inefficient agriculture . |
| 8 | In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality . |
| 9 | He was a taxi driver in Newton Aycliffe for two years but gave it up as it was ‘ soul-destroying ’ . |
| 10 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was the lack of trees to soften its outline , or the dark stare of its latticed windows that gave it such an austere look ; but whatever it was , uninvited visitors were a rarity , so that when Amyas Roscarrock rode up on that showery day in July , his arrival attracted immediate interest among the family . |