Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 2 | It provides criteria for notification , a workable timetable ( which could , however , be improved by shortening the time limits ) and a system for authorising mergers if the parties modify their plans or give undertakings . |
| 3 | The rangers are always happy to answer queries or give advice about the best walks and trails to follow when you are out and about so please feel free to approach them and ask for their help . |
| 4 | Many firms , therefore , pay retention bonuses or give redundancy payments above the statutory minima to those staff who stay until an agreed date . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We have begun to measure these trees , noting characteristics that give us clues to their genetic relationships : these trees , growing under plantation conditions , will eventually tell us whether we really have collected new genes useful to farmers who grow cocoa . |
| 7 | There will probably be a small range of settings that give satisfactory results . |
| 8 | A jetpack that allows our hero to fly , and a pair of bionic legs that give Steg the power to leap tall buildings with a single bound and super-slug speed-ups are scattered around . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is now appropriate to consider the extension of the solution into the prior regions I , II and III which describe the approaching waves that give rise to this particular interaction . |
| 11 | Some of the characteristics of primates are flexible fingers with nails rather than claws , and forward facing eyes that give binocular vision and are vital for judging distance . |
| 12 | BeckerTools is a set of utilities that give you better or extra disk and file utilities under Windows . |
| 13 | These are the intuitions that give holist and individualist explanations their initial plausibility . |
| 14 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 15 | Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for ! |
| 16 | We did pain relief and I did all my exercises , had films , talks , books that give me advice and everything , dead good they are . |
| 17 | So I 've got some weird tunings that give that kind of feel — kind of chromatic open tunings with very close intervals between the strings . |
| 18 | First of all , take a part of a subject that you are studying and write down the key words that give the basis of that aspect of your studies . |
| 19 | Not only of its fastnesses and vastnesses but also of the minute detailing of existence upon our own planet : its climatic patterns and the plate tectonics that give rise to earthquakes , volcanoes , fold mountains and the oceanic ridges . |
| 20 | In fact , Broderick seems to have shown a nicely calculated amount of daring in trying to pick roles that give his bland fresh-faced prettiness a spin . |
| 21 | There are schools that give parents detailed questionnaires to complete on their first visit . |
| 22 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 23 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 24 | For older children , make goals at either end of the room out of chair legs and give the point to the first person to score . |
| 25 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 26 | I bet you go to the zoo with your kids and give the monkeys bananas , then complain when they jump around — the monkeys I mean . |
| 27 | For this ballot the scrutineers will prepare a ballot paper listing the names of the candidates and give a copy for the purpose of balloting to each Member of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip . |
| 28 | Of course — ’ he paused , ‘ — I could ask you to look after my small animals and give the farm work to your colleagues , but I gather that would n't suit you at all . ’ |
| 29 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 30 | If the garden does not already have them , then you will be able to erect fences that are high enough to deter intruders and give you privacy of course . |