Example sentences of "it gave [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What constitutes the novelty of the Hellenistic age is that it gave international circulation to ideas , while strongly reducing their revolutionary impact . |
| 2 | It gave additional powers to local authorities with severe inner area problems and the provisions only applied to three types of designated districts . |
| 3 | It gave Sandy inspiration , the confidence to win the Masters , knowing he was a world-class player . |
| 4 | It gave undue prominence to three particular points in the plane . |
| 5 | It also printed the term as ‘ war ’ rather than war , but it gave close observers a full and accurate description of the weapons on both sides . |
| 6 | And yet a powerful fire must have started so quickly it gave poor Cosmas no time even to get out of bed . ’ |
| 7 | Respondents welcomed the document , clearly indicating that it gave Religious Education parity of status with other areas of the curriculum . |
| 8 | Senator Warren Barry called Mr Clinton 's plan on gays in the military a ‘ fags in the foxhole ’ proposal , and the chairman of the Fairfax County Republicans , Patrick Mullins , said it gave new meaning to the military warning ‘ watch your rear flank , ’ according to the Post . |
| 9 | It also held East Indian bonds , and the fact that it gave substantial mortgages on land has led Dickson to suggest that to an extent it was diverting funds derived from industry and trade towards the landed interest . |
| 10 | We loved it and he knew it gave great pleasure to the audience . |
| 11 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 12 | Using accurate measures and keeping a note of the water used , it gave consistent results , and we found no problems in use . |
| 13 | The IRA claims it gave 38 minutes warning of the Warrington bombs and details of their exact location . |
| 14 | That the new system generated little moral authority was less important than the fact that it gave many Sri Lankans access to the power of the state . |
| 15 | Raving resembled a huge , religious ritual , and like other such rituals it gave many people an insight into a transcendental state . |
| 16 | His book was fascinating , it gave innumerable hints , told him a dozen short cuts , helped with clear diagrams for various well-known difficulties . |
| 17 | Today this chapter may seem almost too anodyne to be significant , but it gave much-needed relief and encouragement to Catholic New Testament scholars ( see Fitzmyer , 1982 , pp. 97–142 ) . |
| 18 | Furthermore , it gave valuable information about the Permian sequence ; in particular it penetrated 370 ft of Upper Permian salt , and the 1800 ft of lavas and tuffs believed to be Lower Permian . |
| 19 | It gave enough power , but was far too complicated and weighed 500lb against the Brabham Repco V8 's 300lb . |
| 20 | It gave Spinal Tap the inspiration for ‘ Stonehenge ’ , but otherwise the Reading Festival must have barely registered beyond ‘ laughing stock ’ status in the minds of Barbara 's ‘ intelligent , discerning ’ young music fans . |
| 21 | The upper horizon of the site showed an arrangement of two rows of features , including the shallow basin-floors of huts , hearths , storage pits and walk-in wells ; it gave several C dates on charcoal of 8,100–8,000yrBP . |
| 22 | Sony Corporation 's Tape Recorder Division tried to redesign a small portable tape recorder so that it gave stereophonic sound . |
| 23 | It gave excessive salivation , pains in the belly , and caused the teeth to drop out . |
| 24 | I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press . |
| 25 | The Communist Party , though it gave full facilities to the People 's Vigilance Committee in the Daily Worker and Labour Monthly , continued to deny that the Convention was entirely inspired by the Party . |
| 26 | The foreign ministry in St Petersburg was in the first decades of the century ludicrously overstaffed : under Alexander I it gave ostensible employment to well over 700 people ( including the poet Pushkin ) , many of whom had no real duties whatever . |
| 27 | One of Pater 's subjects for a perceptive essay was Leonardo da Vinci ; it gave special prominence to the painting now generally known as the Mona Lisa . |
| 28 | It gave cultural shape to a world outside school and home . |
| 29 | It gave Scottish athletics one of its biggest boosts since the same pair of athletes won gold at the European Championships in Split two years ago . |
| 30 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |