Example sentences of "and it [vb mod] give [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company .
2 This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary .
3 Find one in good condition and it will give endless pleasure but , being an old design , expect a fair amount of maintenance .
4 Compare this with the value of £100,000,000 netted in 1985 , which included 317kg. of heroin and it will give some idea of the growth rate and size of the problem we were tackling .
5 Clearly , the call for increased vigilance is a timely one , but it should be extended to the monitoring of patterns of resistance to single as well as to multiple drugs , and it should give extra attention to resistance in traditional high risk groups such as immigrants as well as in HIV patients .
6 This is in miniature the classic blueprint detective story , and it can give more pleasure by virtue of its clues coming closer to the final revelation than sometimes the full-length affair does .
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