Example sentences of "a [noun sg] give a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rating gives a numerical value to some kind of judgement usually assuming equal intervals in the rating scale . |
| 2 | It is quiet , pleasant , unexciting , but there is a good walk near the end of it where , from the farm of Inverchoran , a path goes up a side glen to reach a ridge giving a splendid view across the desolate Glen Orrin to Sgurr Fhuar-thuill and companion heights of Glen Farrar . |
| 3 | The Office of Fair Trading already looked into this in 1982 and offered a judgement giving a guarded acceptance of the closed shop . |
| 4 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 5 | Ministers won a vote to give a private company , Scallop Kings , exclusive rights to farm shellfish over an area of seabed along the shore south- west of Fort William . |
| 6 | A reply giving a general definition of sabotage as ‘ everything from turning a tap off to blowing a pipe up ’ had been juxtaposed to questions on party strategy , he said , adding that it was ridiculous to imply that he had supported violent acts . |
| 7 | Black is the usual choice , but a stippled grey/black/green or brown/green/black dabbed on with a sponge gives an interesting effect . |
| 8 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 9 | If a person who was occupied a considerable time in a search gave an additional fee to the parish clerk , saying , ‘ I wish to make you some compensation for your time , ’ that would be a voluntary payment . |
| 10 | The woman who answered Bernadette 's ad for a childminder gave a false name , no proper address , was evasive about her phone number , and had no references . |
| 11 | Every repetition of a libel gives a fresh cause of action against the persons responsible for the repetition . |
| 12 | Into most theatrical productions there was somehow woven a patriotic strain ; at the close of a performance celebrating the birth of Molière , Marthe Chenal appeared draped in a tricolor to give a passionate rendering of the Marseillaise ; and at the music halls , a night seldom went by without the singing of the new favourites imported by the British , Tipperary and Rose of Picardy . |
| 13 | Let us face it , it helps to know a person to give an effective compliment , or constructive criticism . |
| 14 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 15 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 16 | A frequency measure of , say , four times a week gives a misleading impression of the severity of the problem if each tantrum lasts for four hours . |
| 17 | They 'd only taken a few steps when a man gave an appreciative wolf whistle . |
| 18 | Remove from the oven and push the edges in with a knife to give a neat shape . |
| 19 | In the Williams incident , a caller giving a false name and claiming to be from brokers Hoare Govett rang the Guardian and other newspapers with a story earlier this week claiming that a stake of over 3 per cent had been built secretly by the Barclay brothers . |
| 20 | The Umpires ' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb . |
| 21 | To cut through a floorboard to give a short piece to raise , it must first be lifted up from its neighbours . |
| 22 | There is of course no reason why this should be the way in which library skills are taught , even in library periods ; but the use of resource-based learning as an important strategy in a school gives an excellent opportunity to build in the acquisition and practice of library research skills as part of a " natural situation " . |
| 23 | Another important aid to analysing syntactic variation is the production of a concordance ; in addition to a reference location to word forms in a text which have been previously input , a concordance gives a certain amount of surrounding context . |
| 24 | The police officer personally listened to the complete tapes of the interviews and I am therefore not in a position to give a conclusive answer to the question . ’ |
| 25 | A patient who believes his delusional thinking may not be in a position to give an informed refusal of medication , because he does not believe he is ill . |
| 26 | She bobbed a curtsey to give a good impression . |
| 27 | One possibility being envisaged is the creation of a document giving a detailed description of a sculpture which would accompany the work whenever it was sold . |
| 28 | ‘ ( a ) destroys the goods , or disposes of the goods in a way giving a good title to the entire property in the goods or otherwise does anything equivalent to the destruction of the other 's interest in the goods , or ( b ) purports to dispose of the goods in a way which would give a good title to the entire property in the goods if he was acting with the authority of all co-owners of the goods . ’ |
| 29 | A booklet giving a detailed description of the Centenary Way is available by sending an sae to : The County Surveyor , . |
| 30 | The Way is waymarked , though a booklet giving a detailed route description is available from : |