Example sentences of "[noun sg] still give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The magnificent medieval sculpture , some of the finest in England , and marvellous high ceiling still give The Chapter House a spiritual quality . |
| 2 | The grand Victorian and Edwardian architecture of this period still gives the civic centre of Birmingham its character . |
| 3 | A grand image I have to admit , but then re-entering that room still gave me some anxiety : as my American ‘ friend ’ surely recognised , I was in need of ‘ positive visualisation . ’ |
| 4 | His face remained when the others had gone , sharp-boned and predatory , his eyes hungry , his smile still giving her the creeps . |
| 5 | That said , the crew of the Enterprise still gives value for money as the reluctant honour guard to a Klingon delegation suing for peace . |
| 6 | It is true that the paper still gave considerable emphasis to conventional forces . |
| 7 | He said the current charter still gives no clear division of responsibility between the Community and the member states . |
| 8 | But the low priority still given to gender , and the position of women in the foothills of the profession , ( see BSA , 1986 ) together with increased competition for the limited funding available for sociological research in the present political climate , suggest that feminists still face a long struggle to put women 's issues onto sociology 's mainstream agenda . |
| 9 | Typing in letters gives capitals ; but typing in numbers from the number row still gives figures , not symbols . |
| 10 | The political situation still gave them no alternative to the regent 's French policy . |
| 11 | As dusk fell they all piled back into the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ and , with the track rod end still giving forth its loud protesting wail , drove down to where the torpedo boats were moored . |
| 12 | It is obvious , too , that image and language become combined in a more pervasive and subtle way still to give some words a gender — as in European languages — although they appear neutral : I find it a constant effort of will to look at picture books with my three-year-old and say ‘ That 's the farmer and that 's the farmer 's husband ’ . |
| 13 | The parish had been enclosed as far back as 1761 — two generations earlier — but Alken 's view still gives a general impression of wide spaces and open views . |
| 14 | I found the car a lot more nimble , it keeps the driver more in touch with the action , but at the same time still gave a smooth , quiet ride . |