Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system like this frees the chef to devote extra time and energy into adding those special little finishing touches which give his creations the mark of individuality . |
| 2 | Not Fat Paul — Fat Paul , with his full-breasted bulk , his impassive sloped slab of a face , his parched pub rug , and the cruel blond eyebrows which give the eyes themselves the glint of a veteran ferret who has seen it all in the hare-traps and rat-pits . |
| 3 | The cases so far decided do not exhaust the possible factual permutations which give the courts such difficulty in distinguishing between leases and licences . |
| 4 | Given half a chance they would ‘ retrobolt ’ ( what curious technical names they give to hearsay these days ) everything we hold dear . |
| 5 | This , coupled with the decline of the great infectious epidemics which gave homoeopathy its signal successes , eliminated much of the gap between the orthodox and homoeopathic schools and eroded much of the latter 's popularity . |
| 6 | Much was learnt , and much remains to be learnt , about the innumerable other constituents which give particular qualities to particular beers , wines , and spirits . |
| 7 | There are just six fundamental interpersonal skills which give us a process that is equally applicable in ill situations . |
| 8 | The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles . |
| 9 | In order to house his family the King had divided up many of the larger rooms , and the different floors had been connected by narrow spiral staircases which gave on to gloomy corridors badly lit by oil lamps . |
| 10 | Delightful little birds perhaps 40cm tall , they have long , pale yellow head-plumes which give them a rather ‘ punk ’ appearance . |
| 11 | A supervision order may include certain specific requirements which give a supervisor additional powers or require the child or person caring for him to act in a particular way . |
| 12 | Raving resembled a huge , religious ritual , and like other such rituals it gave many people an insight into a transcendental state . |
| 13 | In this respect , the more recent Marxist theories which give greater explanatory weight to ideology have narrowed ( but far from closed ) the gap between Durkheim and Marxism . |
| 14 | The common and despised nettle contains a high proportion of vitamins and minerals and other active substances which give it wide therapeutic application . |
| 15 | There was the smell of flour and dripping on her apron front , lovely cosy smells which gave a safe feeling , but there were tears on her cheeks . |
| 16 | They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet . |