Example sentences of "[coord] giving a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several reasons why an overflow pipe may be dripping or giving a steady stream of water . |
| 2 | This also applies to a person who is incapable of understanding questions or giving a proper answer by reason of mental incapacity or permanent or temporary disability . |
| 3 | Their current direct journeys would be replaced by a more circuitous route around Murieston , increasing the journey times , or giving an extended waiting time at the station before the arrival of the direct bus to Livingston centre . |
| 4 | Protagon believes that , by offering its string adjustment facility , that it is ‘ raising the stakes ’ , so to speak … setting the trend for the nineties , and giving a new meaning to the term ‘ user-friendly ’ . |
| 5 | The structure of the book was based upon the distinction of four types of medium-scale systems each showing distinct but complementary properties and giving a progressive sequence to higher levels of integration and sophistication . |
| 6 | Poor care is likely to be given throughout the inpatient stay thereby increasing the actual mortality and giving a higher SMR . |
| 7 | The best way to treat special damages is to deal with each item of special damage in a separate paragraph and to have a final paragraph totalling them all up and giving a global figure . |
| 8 | The Government are fully committed to placing the emphasis on employment-lead standards of competence and giving a major role to industry lead bodies both in the development of competence based occupational standards and in ‘ ownership ’ of them . ’ |
| 9 | If your dry garden borders on to paving , many of these plants will spill over and even colonise the cracks , softening up hard lines and giving a mellow feel . |
| 10 | Taking an example from the social level , one can have a great deal of fun , and even work a bit of mischief , through planning and giving a small-scale party . |
| 11 | Internationally , this did no harm whatever , relieving as it did part of the burden on the social services , leaving prices unaffected and giving a better standard of living to existing residents and the newly-employed alike . |
| 12 | One simple and obvious way of eliminating the authorial voice and giving a realistic effect to the novel is to make a character the narrator , as in Robinson Crusoe or Jane Eyre or David Copperfield . |
| 13 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 14 | Oval wash is suitable for watercolour techniques , carrying a large amount of colour and giving a soft edge . |
| 15 | She did so , leaning slightly towards him and giving a surreptitious sniff . |
| 16 | ‘ Mama — ’ she said — and giving a little cry , ran towards the low wooden bed . |
| 17 | I 've done everything from working on a building site for a week and promising to bring me cards in and giving a false name , to er potato picking erm doing hay , anything . |
| 18 | Then , raising his hands and giving a piercing shriek , he added : ‘ Actually , I think I 'd rather like the lead role in Home Alone 3 . ’ |
| 19 | When the congregation of the Lutheran Church gathered to hear the Word of God expounded , they expected to hear it expounded fully , and the Pastor of Tappersdorf was ready to oblige , not merely comparing the German text for the day — a reference to the doings of an obscure Old Testament prophet — with the original Hebrew , and giving a learned half-hour to an explanation of the circumstances in which the prophet lived , suffered , and prophesied , a time in which it seemed a small group of people struggled for the truth and searched for God under the shadow of huge decadent empires to the East — and the West , but he , the Pastor , was perfectly willing to apply the prophet 's message to the present day — and to present-day socialist Germany , at that . |
| 20 | While the linen canvas , comprising six horizontal strips , proved to be in good condition , the original varnish had turned brown with age , dulling colours and giving an overall yellowish hue to the work . |
| 21 | Therese sang back , matching every sob with a shrill one of her own and giving an extra heartrending tremolo here and there . |
| 22 | ‘ Silly sausage , ’ he teased , and , although she carried on studying to complete her A levels , when Fabia left school she seemed to just naturally fill the niche that was tailor-made for her in feeding and exercising the dogs and giving an extra helping of love and attention to the animals who needed it . |
| 23 | Most appropriately , his approach has been to break through the author 's privacy , effectively dragging him out of the closet and giving an imaginative frame to the book by presenting the deplorable facts of Burroughs 's life . |
| 24 | This ignorance continues today , reinforcing racism and giving an ideological justification for the ‘ Third World debt ’ . |
| 25 | There was a fitted wardrobe , with a row of suits hanging in it , and drawers containing shirts , pyjamas , socks , handkerchiefs and underclothes — everything clean and ready , but giving a curious impression of not being in use . |
| 26 | With this information , the second colour mock-ups were produced , still lacking fine details but giving a good idea of the overall appearance of the final charts and the position of each species . |