Example sentences of "[adv] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , when he 'd dropped her , he 'd better give a little thought to damage limitation and the covering of his tracks . |
| 2 | This table can only give a general feel of the capacity of the corpus to cover the transitions likely to arise in unseen text . |
| 3 | I assume you are using a proper aquarium sea salt mix , as other salts , while providing the correct specific gravity ( 1.002 ) , will only give a neutral pH , whereas you need 7.6–8.0 . |
| 4 | This chapter can only give a broad outline of BM and further reading is certainly justified at this stage . |
| 5 | Secondly , any subset of a lexicon , whether from a dictionary or word list , can only give a partial , and perhaps unrepresentative , view of language . |
| 6 | Had n't she had enough of men for the moment , without being stupid enough to allow herself the folly of being attracted to a man who could n't basically give a damn whether she existed or not ? |
| 7 | Mums and dads in the rows behind will soon give a practised twist to its ear . |
| 8 | Disclosure of the main standing Committees would thus give a partial picture only . |
| 9 | Here the clarinets are placed above the oboes and would thus give a clear brilliant ‘ tang ’ to the chord . |
| 10 | Although ED 65 does not give detailed guidance on the circumstances in which it is considered that the measure of comprehensive income is incomplete , the discussion paper on ED 65 acknowledges that , under the modified historical cost system , the proposed SCFW may not give a complete reflection of the real change in financial wealth . |
| 11 | Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution . |
| 12 | Inventories , therefore , do not give a complete picture of a person 's wealth . |
| 13 | The palace has almost disappeared and the church has been poorly restored and does not give a good impression of the original . |
| 14 | Unless the registrar is instructed to the contrary , a transfer to the wife and new husband will result in the registration of a restriction to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the Registrar or of the Court ( ie the survivor of the wife and new husband can not give a good receipt for capital monies ) ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 ( SR & O 1925 No 1093 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 , SI No 801 ) ) . |
| 15 | Although he did not give a new date for the elections , Traore stressed that the postponement would not affect the timetable for the transition period which had been extended in December [ see p. 38563 ] . |
| 16 | The perception of their situation by the unemployed must be changed , and if you do not give a higher expectation to people , how could you motivate them to participate in training schemes ? |
| 17 | The vapour alone does not give a deep enough etch for replicas , but is sufficient for stain preparation . |
| 18 | This is one subject on which we can not give a firm recommendation . |
| 19 | Potential Tory rebels are threatening to withhold support for the Government in a future vote on the white paper if it does not give a firm long-term guarantee for the reprieved pits . |
| 20 | It is clear that one can not give a general rule . |
| 21 | The film is the story of decadent British aristocrats who did not give a damn for anything but their own pleasure . |
| 22 | They do not reach the true fundamentalist , because even if he read them , he would be left quite unmoved because James Barr 's theology does not give a viable and positive alternative to fundamentalism . |
| 23 | The shares , priced at FFr72 ( 707p ) yesterday , represent a risky investment that even on the company 's own projections will not give a decent return for another 10 years . |
| 24 | This is a fairly mundane question , but the book does not give a mundane answer . |
| 25 | So , while there is no need to spoil the fun by trying to make an over-blown production out of your Christmas video , why not give a little time and thought to ways of showing the excitement leading up to the day itself . |
| 26 | Although the House of Lords did not give a concluded opinion , the inclination of the judgments was that the court could not use the test to limit a plaintiff to a proportion of his losses . |
| 27 | Will the Secretary of State say now why he will not give a 100 per cent . |
| 28 | I would not give a solitary noble for his chances by the Welsh gate . |
| 29 | The reader should realize that Einstein did not give a rigorous mathematical proof of GR and neither has anyone else . |
| 30 | Although Poulantzas does not give a direct answer to the question ‘ How are we to know a pertinent effect when we encounter one ? ’ , he does discuss an historical example which may throw light on the matter . |