Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] give a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The needle rule has been broken to give a neat edge on both sides of the band .
2 The Government has been asked to give a high priority to the subject by making substantial cuts in rate poundages in the tax year 1992/93 .
3 But is it the case that western women , living today in the United States , let alone in secular modern Europe , live in societies so dominated by the Christian myth , so ready to point to the place of women within the biblical tradition , that the best that women can do is to try to give a better reading of that past ?
4 The old maestro having been asked to give a last exhibition of his art , no one wished it to go wrong .
5 particulars of , reasons for and effect of departures from law where such departures have been made to give a true and fair view
6 More than 3,000 copies of a colourful two-sided leaflet have been produced to give a quick-reference guide to the town 's attractions .
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