Example sentences of "[noun] give it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A finish applied to the fabric to give it a watermarked appearance . |
| 2 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 3 | Gurder and Angalo gave it a critical look . |
| 4 | In the last-named work he opened up lines of interpretation which , even if somewhat modified since , set firm foundations on which other scholars might build : the exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it a memorable quality . |
| 5 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 6 | Turn off the water , drain down and bale out the cistern to give it a good clean . |
| 7 | It 's both refreshingly basic and gloriously polished , Kim Fowley doing the Mr Sheen production work to give it a massive sound . |
| 8 | It 's both refreshingly basic and gloriously polished , Kim Fowley doing the Mr Sheen production work to give it a massive sound . |
| 9 | One compound based on methylene chloride also incorporates ammonium hydroxide to give it a characteristic smell . |
| 10 | These raised the nap on the cloth , which could then be cropped with shears to give it a smoother finish . |
| 11 | Loot gave it a whole lot of new reasons for guilt complexes . ’ |
| 12 | If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock . |
| 13 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |
| 14 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 15 | Its flattened face and its long , soft fur give it the rounded appearance of a ‘ super-baby ’ , appealing to many humans . |
| 16 | The spiny anteater , too , has a long pointed snout , but its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog rather than to another typical anteater . |
| 17 | This has certainly led to a freeing of the body to give it a greater range of movement . |
| 18 | You can lay cold-roll macadam over old concrete , paving or existing macadam to give it a new surface , but it 's difficult to lay over hardcore with an ordinary garden roller — you need to put down two layers and use a hired plate vibrator to get a good result . |
| 19 | The PLA won enough seats to give it a two-thirds majority in the 250-member People 's Assembly , which would enable it to make constitutional changes without the support of other parties . |
| 20 | Passage of the new measure ( which had already been approved by the Senate in September 1989 ) precipitated an unprecedented constitutional crisis because of King Baudouin 's refusal to give it the royal assent . |
| 21 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 22 | Step 3 CAPTION — When you have finished making changes name the new palette giving it a suitable name and file name . |
| 23 | He noted that its heavy brow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance , but rejected it as a ‘ missing link ’ because of its large capacity . |
| 24 | Yet the size of the rural community gave it a potent voice in political affairs . |
| 25 | They say BA already dominates at Heathrow and the takeover gives it a big foothold at Gatwick as well . |
| 26 | As widely expected the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of — Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) won a majority of seats at national and provincial level to give it an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 27 | He ground the sugar into a powder , mixed it with water and with his daily handful of flour , adding a little curry powder to give it a spicy taste : then he grilled the result on a flat stone beside the fire . |
| 28 | There is a lot of parental involvement and we have made several improvements to give it a better image . |
| 29 | There is a lot of parental involvement and we have made several improvements to give it a better image . |
| 30 | The rich brown enamelled finish with brown glass splash back give it a distinctive style which certainly is n't ordinary . |