Example sentences of "give [pos pn] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has given its owners a greater degree of mobility than they hitherto possessed but the social and environmental cost has been considerable . |
| 2 | Some friends of mine have given their Oscars a ping-pong ball ( the plain white type — avoid the coloured ones as they seem to be painted ) . |
| 3 | Many parents who have given their children a clear understanding of right and wrong , and those who have laid the foundation of Christian faith , may feel at this stage that their children are rejecting their values once and for all . |
| 4 | TIME 'S ON MY SIDE HARRY Bassett hopes his act as Old Father Time will give his Blades a greater cutting edge — bringing forward their New Year form by four months Picture : PHIL SPENCER |
| 5 | Some dealers have machines — the best of which is the Keith Monks model — which will give your discs a brisk scrub for around £1 each . |
| 6 | So why not give your legs a golden glow with a little fake tan ? |
| 7 | ADAM & EVE is a simple to use but sophisticated piece of software to help all language teachers give their students a wide variety of exercise material tailored to their needs . |
| 8 | To raise the cash they need , managers give their bankers a three-year business plan . |
| 9 | Non-cumulative preference shares , by their nature , give their shareholders a preferential interest in the company 's profits for the year , and on liquidation of the company , after settlement of all creditors , entitle the holder to repayment of the nominal value of the shares before the ordinary shareholders are repaid . |
| 10 | Far from hurling a newly laddered pair into the nearest rubbish bin in a rage , three-quarters of women give their stockings a second chance . |
| 11 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 12 | Give your eyes a rosy touch with a rose-tinted eyeshadow on the browbone , to meet a subtle grey-brown in the socket . |
| 13 | • Join a toy library and give your children a constant supply of new playthings at very little cost . |
| 14 | You 're not old enough to shave yet , just give your hands a good wash and do n't leave a mark in the sink . |
| 15 | It would give me a chance to see your wrist plaster has dried correctly and give our students a rare opportunity to see how fit and active a lady of your age can be . ’ |
| 16 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 17 | I had failed miserably to give my readers a true picture of the visual delights awaiting those who followed in my footsteps . |
| 18 | One does get the feeling , none the less , that many traditional teachers still think of film as being a classroom novelty useful to give their students a welcome treat : yet many students , watching the grey , flickering images uncertainly projected on to unsuitable screens by elderly and noisy equipment in stuffy ill-curtained rooms , may be forgiven for wanting a bit of first-rate formal teaching as a relief . |
| 19 | The scale and importance of the nationalized concerns are so great that ministers are not prepared to give their managers a free hand . |
| 20 | But that opportunity is circumscribed , nonetheless , and in a country where Rupert Murdoch , Robert Maxwell and Lord Rothermere , with their powerful and partisan views , control 80 per cent of national newspapers , there is an understandable reluctance to give their newspapers a blank cheque to attack political enemies . |
| 21 | to give their purchasers a nice surprise . ) |
| 22 | Yet Rider Haggard seems to have been dissatisfied with his presentation of the character ( and naturally he must have been influenced , as a professional novelist , by the enormous popularity and sales of She ) and he did not resist the temptation to give his readers a further insight into her . |
| 23 | Telling MPs why he was off to the ‘ icy wastes ’ of the backbenches , the ex-Fun Minister said he felt like Captain Oates — the member of Scott 's Antarctic expedition who walked out into the snow to die to give his companions a better chance of survival . |
| 24 | In one of the most striking of his letters to his brother , the Emperor Joseph II , he stresses the need for a ruler always to be willing to give his subjects a complete account of the finances of the state and of their administration ; such action , he writes , is ‘ glorious , useful and just ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Sure , we want to make profits to give our shareholders a reasonable return on their investment , and to enable us to maintain and enhance our capital base so that we can give a steadily better service to an ever larger number of customers . |
| 26 | We are excited about our new discoveries and about the opportunity to give our shareholders a significant return on their investments — and we want to convey our sense of excitement to our shareholders . |
| 27 | Our brief was simply to give our clients a good day out with lots of climbing . |
| 28 | We believe it is valuable to give our trainees a rounded appreciation of our business from the outset , not least because so much of what we do depends upon high levels of teamwork . |
| 29 | Every year I try to give our decorations a rich look . |
| 30 | ‘ Each year I try to give our decorations a rich look — both at home and in the shop . |