Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.

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1 Picture appreciation may involve reading clues or decoding messages which give information about the subject 's social status , tastes and fashions at that time .
2 At the heart of the A.D.X. 200 is a clubhead which is 15% larger than traditional woods which gives a 20% larger sweet spot .
3 Designed to enhance and protect both new and previously sealed timber and cork floors , water-based Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is safer and more pleasant to use than solvent-based varnishes which give off strong , unpleasant smells that can cause headaches and nausea , particularly when used in confined areas .
4 Regions differ in social , industrial and cultural ways which give rise to different patterns of specific disease .
5 There are also the geologists and civil engineers who gave evidence for Cardiff residents against the barrage during the Select Committee stage of the proceedings on the private Bill in February , April and May of last year .
6 The immediate cause of the crisis is seen as the combination of different types of difficult prisoners — what has been called the ‘ toxic mix ’ of prisoners ( Home Office , 1994a : para 124 ) — in physically poor and insecure conditions which gives rise to an ‘ explosion ’ .
7 It will not reflect the beliefs , behaviour , problems , wars and evil forces which give such colour and life to the narrative .
8 For centuries the outer edges of the world map dwindled to empty lands and seas where early cartographers filled the vast spaces with sea monsters and mythical creatures which gave rise to the figure of speech ‘ Here be Dragons ’ .
9 In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes .
10 Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate applicants who give evidence of comparable academic capability are also considered .
11 Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate aplicants who give evidence of equivalent academic capability are also considered .
12 Yet the big powers have tended to pick high-grade but unadventurous diplomats who give them a quiet life .
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