Example sentences of "it give [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 2 | It gave 4W output at a ‘ low ’ distortion . |
| 3 | It gave 4W at a lowish distortion and worked in ‘ nearly Class A ’ . |
| 4 | In the period surveyed , it gave 15% of its attention to committees . |
| 5 | Last year it gave £64,800 , one-third of the group 's local authority aid . |
| 6 | A fuel tank was shaped into a boat so that when empty it gave 600lb buoyancy in the event of ditching . |
| 7 | They said it gave people ideas , Dorcas gathered , which were not a good thing unless they were the right kind of ideas . |
| 8 | And er my chum 's mother , she was a forewoman French polisher and he asked her to come and er work along with him you know , but it was I mean that was during the depression years , that was in the the twenties right through to the you know the The first bright spot was when the Queen Mary got started it gave people And then of course , just after that , things was beginning to pick up , but it was really preparing for war . |
| 9 | At an adjoining table , Sharon Dudley and David Wilson described themselves as consultant marketists — they sell discount cards on the basis that ‘ it gives people the stuff they want for three-quarters of the normal price and the shops would rather get 75 per cent of something than nothing in recessionary times ’ . |
| 10 | Public relations is thus concerned with a company or brand reputation which must be such that it gives people confidence in the company , providing the company with total credibility . |
| 11 | I hope , like Zen , that it gives people the feeling that they need not be cut off from the great intellectual and philosophical questions . |
| 12 | It gives people Alzheimer 's . ’ |
| 13 | One is that it makes people er it gives people experience of participation which is itself an improving matter . |
| 14 | It might have been even worse if one of these fairly common replies had been given : " Because it gives people a nice cosy feeling that there 's a home somewhere " or , " Do n't know . |
| 15 | it gives people a chance to come from the surrounding area , have a beer , relax , and still look for a job |
| 16 | What it really does — let's not get too involved in the equipment — it gives people a flavour of what skiing 's about . |