Example sentences of "which gives [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will run community care , a programme which gives co-ordinated help to the old and feeble . |
| 2 | I enclose for your interest a copy of Sports Participation in Scotland 1988 which gives overall participation rates , outdoor and indoor , and individual figures for those sports where the sample size was adequate . |
| 3 | Welcome back : The Anglo-Italian Cup … a new football competition which gives first division teams the chance to play in Europe kicks-off at the Manor Ground tonight with Central South rivals Oxford and Swindon playing each other … |
| 4 | For although Force Orders inevitably direct that such material will be submitted for assessment , it is typical that in a task-orientated institution which gives low priority or credence to the academic tome , the systems to ensure submission of the essays , or the ability to make much use of any useful ideas they contain , often remains sketchy . |
| 5 | North Uist is circled by a most convenient road which gives easy access to some marvellous beaches : the magnificent sweep of Valley Strand , guarded by deserted Valley Island ; Traigh Leathann , by Claddach Kirkibost and Kirkibost Island ; small , secret coves , at Scolpaig , Raikinish and Hougharry ; near the Balranald Nature Reserve , home of rare red-necked phalarope and grating corncrake . |
| 6 | It meets the running costs of the Public Health Laboratory Service , which gives technical assistance , for example , to local districts facing an outbreak of an infectious disease , perhaps spread from abroad . |
| 7 | Many states in the United States recognise the authority of a ‘ living will ’ , which gives prior authorisation for the cessation of life-prolonging medical intervention in the event of terminal illness or irreversible brain damage . |
| 8 | On the vital Finance Committee , they have only 11 seats out of 20 , which gives substantial leverage to dissidents . |
| 9 | A common modern technique is similar to guitar finger style using a CC-G-C or a similar fifth and octave tuning which gives greater versatility without re-tuning and can be further extended by the introduction of an extra fret between the 6th and 7th . |
| 10 | A true geodesic has a criss-cross of poles which gives greater stability in high winds |
| 11 | This , from an administration which routinely blocks moves to a cleaner sea , which gives occasional wrist slaps to regular industrial polluters , which encourages the import of dangerous waste for processing , which has starved rail freight services and increased road haulage and which somehow thinks the answer to the giant car-park which masquerades as the M25 is to add yet more lanes in which to crawl . |
| 12 | In the light of this worrying development the C.C.P.R. has negotiated a Civil Liability Insurance policy , on behalf of all its members , which gives wider cover , for more people , at lower premiums that our own current policy . |
| 13 | But it is the very acuteness of his suffering from this starvation which gives such poignancy to his art . |
| 14 | Etched into Kinder Scout 's northern flanks , the clough provides pleasant rock-hopping as it twists and turns upwards until you enter a fine , hidden amphitheatre which gives good scrambling up rocky steps . |
| 15 | Stadex Industries , of Wrexham has introduced a water-based copolymer emulsion adhesive , Stafix C5065 , which gives good adhesion to UV varnished boards , eliminating the need to strip off varnish where adhesive is to be applied . |
| 16 | To maximise the natural curls , Guy used a slick Cossack Hair Gel for Men ( £1.85 ) , a no-flake formula which gives firm hold and washes out easily . |
| 17 | It is he who is in contact with pollution ( or whatever problems cause concern ) and his discretion which gives practical expression to regulatory policy . |
| 18 | It contains a statement of the offence ( section 20 ) and a generally worded definition of ‘ misleading ’ ( section 21 ) and provides for a code of practice to be approved by the Secretary of State which gives practical guidance ( section 25 ) . |
| 19 | It publishes a particularly useful book called Alone Again — Help for the Divorced , Separated and Bereaved , which gives practical advice and lists other support agencies . |
| 20 | For criminal law practitioners , good practice standards were published in January in the Magistrates ' Court Guide , a praised new publication which gives practical advice on every aspect of the preparation of magistrates ' court cases . |
| 21 | Cleveland County Council is granting £13,782 to the Eldon Street resource centre which gives practical advice on car repairs , offers a woodcutting service and advice on painting , decorating , gardening and fitting smoke alarms . |
| 22 | The experimental GROPE system , which gives tactile feedback , is being developed at the University of North Carolina . |
| 23 | The balance is covered by an acrylic housing which gives normal visibility and access to all controls . |
| 24 | He puts forward an ethic consisting of habits of mind and of behaviour to which he thinks one will inevitably move to the extent that one has rational insight into the human situation and is under the control of that rational part of one 's nature which gives one unity as a personality . |
| 25 | ‘ The work goes on , one week like another , and pretty incessant until Friday night , and then the break which gives one time to get one 's breath again , ’ he wrote to his mother two months after becoming Prime Minister . |
| 26 | Large numbers of calculations are to be done , so that the design aim is to choose a word size which gives suitable precision , and to do all arithmetic in the most efficient way , using fixed or floating.point binary format . |
| 27 | The intention , to create a curriculum which gives equal opportunity to all , is admirable . |
| 28 | Horbury and Ossett preserve a healthy independence which gives each town its own special character Photographs : Simon Warner |
| 29 | This is a fascinating document which gives great insight into the formative years of an important children 's writer who in later life emerged as a conservationist and landowner , endowing the National Trust with fifteen Lakeland farms and 4,000 acres . |
| 30 | Can an overall school policy which gives appropriate weight to equal opportunities , health education , political literacy , personal , social and moral education and the other emphases described in Lawton 's analysis be planned , implemented and , in general terms , managed without a detailed understanding of what is needed to handle each issue ? |