Example sentences of "give its [noun] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Syria , having given its support to the United States-led anti-Iraq coalition in the Gulf crisis , was currently enjoying the consequent improvement in its image in the West , and it was noticeable that there was hardly any international condemnation of its action in Lebanon . |
| 2 | They comprised the Bullhouse corn mill , a fulling mill ( later a wire mill ) which had given its name to a new settlement at Millhouse Green , the Ecklands bridge paper mill ( later an umbrella works ) , the Plumpton cloth mill , the Thurlstone corn mill and another cloth mill which had been erected in 1740 as an oil mill for crushing rape and linseed . |
| 3 | Irouléguy is unique : it has given its name to the one wine that is still produced in the whole of the Basque country . |
| 4 | One is Delta Cephei , which has given its name to the whole class of short-period variables . |
| 5 | The ruling body of the International Tropical Timber Organisation ( ITTO ) has given its approval to the continued logging of key tropical forests in Malaysia and the Amazon . |
| 6 | The British colony , already fretting over whether China will give its nod to an expensive new airport in the territory , can ill afford the economic blow of a change in China 's status . |
| 7 | Murten has considerable significance in Swiss history , as it gave its name to a critical battle fought close by in 1476 . |
| 8 | Another , more austerely intellectual , centre was Elea , which gave its name to the Eleatic school whose most famous representatives ( Zeno , who is not the same Zeno as the fourth-century founder of Stoicism ; and Parmenides ) addressed themselves to philosophical problems of being and identity . |
| 9 | Nicolas Poussin 's ‘ A dance to the music of time ’ ( 1639–40 ) which gave its name to the famous series of novels by Anthony Powell , was recently returned to its place in the Great Gallery following restoration by Herbert Lank , Simon Bobak and Nonie Tasker . |
| 10 | From Brunnen it is only 5km ( 3 miles ) distance to Schwyz the cantonal capital which gave its name to the whole country with only a slight change of vowel . |
| 11 | Called the Public Expenditure Survey , it gave its name to the whole process PES . |
| 12 | At p. 700F , the court gave its approval to a shortened version of the direction ( which , in the court 's view , could properly be given at any stage ) . |
| 13 | Sand-le-Mere now gives its name to a large caravan site which is nearby . |
| 14 | Fyllo in Greek means ‘ leaf ’ which is why it gives its name to the wafer-thin filo pastry that is used in the preparation of Middle Eastern pastries . |