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 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 .
8 Every repetition of a libel gives a fresh cause of action against the persons responsible for the repetition .
9 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 .
10 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% ) .
11 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% ) .
12 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 .
13 Remove from the oven and push the edges in with a knife to give a neat shape .
14 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 .
15 To cut through a floorboard to give a short piece to raise , it must first be lifted up from its neighbours .
16 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 .
17 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 . ’
18 She bobbed a curtsey to give a good impression .
19 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 .
20 ‘ ( 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 . ’
21 A booklet giving a detailed description of the Centenary Way is available by sending an sae to : The County Surveyor , .
22 The Way is waymarked , though a booklet giving a detailed route description is available from :
23 As with other invertebrates the combination of brachiopod types in an assemblage gives a quick clue to the age .
24 1977 , however , brought a big failure with ‘ Jazz ’ , an attempt to give a contemporary slant to old jazz tunes .
25 Although in terms of outgoings this type of mortgage is the most expensive , it arguably provides the best value since , having repaid the mortgage , the balance of the pension fund ( 75% ) is applied to purchasing an annuity giving a guaranteed income for life .
26 So it was on Tuesday the twenty-third of April , 1968 , an occasion given a special fin de siècle luminosity by the knowledge that , for many of us , it was the last such event in our Oxford careers .
27 ‘ Then I suddenly had an urge to give a gentle push and the baby just fell out !
28 Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame .
29 Answer guide : An asset gives a future benefit whereas with an expense the benefit is used up .
30 Answer guide : The major point to drive home here is that an asset gives a future benefit .
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