Example sentences of "that give [pron] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 By the time they are mature , hedgehogs can have several thousand of the modified hairs that give them their prickly appearance and an ideal form of defence against attackers .
2 At this sort of pace we will start to lose the landmarks that give us our bearings .
3 The coat is a yellowish grey with large , handsome grey blotches , the ‘ clouds ’ that give it its name .
4 Allowing for a 12% margin of error , that gave him something between eleven and thirteen hundred miles of flight at his present subsonic speed .
5 BILLY JOEL is battling to save the tiny New York club that gave him his first pop break .
6 It was , I think , this last quality that gave him his reputation for indecision .
7 In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today
8 The girl singer was in good voice by the pool , singing some sentimental Spanish favourites , with that wistful lilt that gave them their distinctive charm .
9 I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at .
10 He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win .
11 And that gave you what ?
12 Now what you did when you worked out seventy eight per cent , you say seventy eight over a hundred , and you put it in your calculator , and you did seventy eight divided by a hundred , and that gave you nought point seven eight .
13 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 .
14 It was both horrible and necessary , if only to prevent the spread of the disease throughout the Domain ; but it was just that — the horrible necessity of death — that gave it its fascination .
15 Each dust particle inherits the characteristic defect structure of the parent clay that did the damming , the structure that gave it its damming properties .
16 To be in charge of a Scotland team is something that gives me nothing but pride . ’
17 They are ‘ justified ’ by the grace of God that gives them what they do not deserve , and by the ‘ faith ’ which grasps that proffered gift and responds in obedient dedication to that proffered love .
18 That 'll mean that gives you plenty of time to get up and get moving
19 Do any of you know what the law is called that gives you your rights when you buy
20 It 's the one that gives you your worst fears , is n't it , when you conduct it , and you go and nothing happens .
21 The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ?
22 What , finally , is the vital , dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character ?
23 What is it that gives it its " existential uniqueness " ?
24 Hereford should be unchanged , but sure of a place is new striker , Darren Rowbotham an instant hit last week and he 's the man that gives us our goal of the week to finish off .
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