Example sentences of "[conj] it give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conception of the international economy held by world-system theories is , in my view , less effective , although it gives a forceful account of contemporary changes in comparison with earlier periods . |
| 2 | Its attraction would seem to lie in the fact that it gives a formalized account of some of the popularly held impressions concerning the character of science , its explanatory and predictive power , its objectivity and its superior reliability compared with other forms of knowledge . |
| 3 | Okay , so there you are you see , you 're , you 're a first aider and you come up to the person and you hold it the way you did last time and you think ah , now that 's the wrong way round of course , there 's my elbow point , there 's my injured elbow , so I have to be that way round , mm , so you turn it round the other way , right , your elbow shape goes to the injured elbow and your long line goes straight up and down the line of the body , you arrange it so that you only just covering the forearm there , with just enough above the hand to tie your reef knot that would be too little and that would be too much just enough above the hands to tie your reef knot , the first thing you do is to tuck nice , big bit of material right under the hand and anchor it into position , just keep that resting there and all the rest of this goes under the arm up between the shoulder blades there and you tie your first half of the reef knot just above the fingers in the hollow of the neck here , now that 's important because round the back here if you press on that bit of muscle there , there 's a big band of muscle , if you 've got a knot on that it gives a great deal of discomfort very quickly so you want to get the knots round in the hollow here that does n't hurt your casualty , there , draw it up half the knot , is that tight enough ? |
| 4 | The fact that it gives a different result from the ones that North Yorkshire have used , certainly they 've used the neight eight nineteen eighty nine based fertility , mortality , infant mortality rates . |
| 5 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 6 | She dug it in deeper and it gave a horrific screech . |
| 7 | And it gave a remarkable insight into thoughts and attitudes . |
| 8 | The smell of waterproofs and leather was very strong in the confined space of the cloakroom , and it gave an unreal quality to everything . |
| 9 | The play has a satisfying documentary detail ( the title is salesman 's jargon for frightening people into buying the product , in this case by saying that their health wo n't be safe without it ) and it gives a fascinating insight into the tricks of a dubious trade . |
| 10 | The move means further delay in implementing one of the Conservative Party 's election promises , putting off passage of the bill until 1995 at the earliest , and it gives a clear signal that the environment , in the eyes of ministers , has become less important on the political agenda than issues such as law and order and education . |
| 11 | And it gives a rudimentary account of how I can do this . |
| 12 | It 's reasonably straightforward as a recording task ( discussed in the next chapter ) and it gives an ephemeral occasion a longer lease of life . |
| 13 | Er ye yes , if it gives a better service at the end of the day |
| 14 | This analogy can be helpful , particularly if it gives a visual dimension to our thinking . |
| 15 | The colour photographs are of very poor quality and the text is printed on rather scruffy lilac paper , but it gives a thorough account of the 1990–91 season , and is an essential point of reference and source of knowledge for any buff of Indian cricket . |
| 16 | It was built only 30 years ago to service the huge and ambitious Ord River reservoir and irrigation scheme , but it gives a fascinating glimpse into the colossal pioneering effort needed to transform the arid outback into a workable landscape . |
| 17 | The text is short and general , but it gives a fair introduction to the subject . |
| 18 | But it gave an added attraction to the plenary session anyway . |
| 19 | It is interesting because it gives a tiny glimpse into the mind and intention of the Gospel writers . |
| 20 | We would be inclined to use the first , because it gives a better sense of the feel of the anthology ; but this is a fairly arbitrary decision , where rule-books do not help . |
| 21 | They say that 20 per cent of American motorists who can run cars on unleaded petrol are switching back to lead because it gives a better performance . |
| 22 | You will probably be weighed at each visit , not because there are strict guidelines about weight gain , but because it gives a general indication that all is well if you are gaining steadily . |
| 23 | Erm the fact of the matter is sir as you 'll have detected from today 's earlier discussions it rather suits me policy I twelve because it gives a local authority the ability to plan for employment development in addition to their I five allocation . |
| 24 | I chose the example I did because it gave an important history of another library , Glasgow , and because it had also belonged at one time to the Guildhall Library , which had passed it on to them . |
| 25 | This would require that , in certain cases , a merger should be allowed even when it gives a combined share of more than 25 per cent of the European market . |
| 26 | Though it gave a good account of itself , Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat . |
| 27 | It is recommended for publishing students as it gives a useful background to advanced work . |
| 28 | Foucault 's account is particularly useful insofar as it gives a good indication of the characteristic French , as opposed to German , emphasis on the relation of Marxism to enlightenment rationality and the questioning of enlightenment claims to the universality of its values . |
| 29 | This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual , as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony . |
| 30 | This way of looking at terms and not deciding their status until there has been a breach is very useful as it gives a welcome degree of flexibility to contracts , although it could be criticized for introducing uncertainty . |