Example sentences of "[noun] and give [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , kd lang is changing her tune again , forsaking country music for torch songs and giving free range to a voice that reaches from Alberta to Berlin . |
| 2 | They found that most parents opposed closure and gave educational reasons for their attitudes . |
| 3 | The total share of local spending met by the centre was allowed to fall , putting more of the burden on the local ratepayer and giving local councils a financial and political incentive to economise . |
| 4 | The action revolves around a failed robbery and the attempts of the various hoods involved ( all dressed in black suits and ties and given colour-coded aliases ) to figure out which one of their number is an undercover cop . |
| 5 | Love makes concessions and gives mutual support . |
| 6 | General manager Alan Roberts said : ‘ We have listened long and hard to the needs of our supporters and given great consideration to our long-term aims at home and in Europe . |
| 7 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 8 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |
| 9 | The band have a live intensity that 's missing on their recordings and gave added depth to Let Me Down . |
| 10 | The concrete walls are six feet high and from there to the eaves spaced timber cladding breaks the wind and gives good ventilation . |
| 11 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 12 | Using Appendix B it can be shown that the contractions and give equivalent results : the Ricci tensor is thus the unique contraction of the Riemann tensor . |
| 13 | It struck a devastating blow at the presidency as an institution and gave powerful new impetus to the collapse of trust in government that had begun some years previously . |
| 14 | It must come first , and then we can implement it through a sensible reform policy that encourages farmers to get closer to the market , helps them with environmentally friendly farming , does not discriminate against the United Kingdom , helps those in the less-favoured areas and gives early retirement to those who are prepared to restructure their farms . |
| 15 | Wing Commander Tim Woods says they will help transport casualties and give immediate treatment if needed to any injured troops . |
| 16 | We will reverse the present planning presumption in favour of opencast coal mining and give top priority to local people and their environment . |
| 17 | That would put people back to work and give long-term benefits to the economy . |
| 18 | Training and Enterprise Councils will be retained , reformed and made more broadly representative of their local communities and given stable budgets . |
| 19 | In fact just to race at this level means setting up base in England and giving full commitment to the sport . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher will today announce that she is to double the British contribution of £3 million to the UN Environment Project in Nairobi and give new money to tropical rain forest schemes . |
| 21 | Mrs. Burke 's petition is therefore a timely reminder of the issue and gives considerable support to the position that the United Kingdom has adopted in the EC . |
| 22 | The journal carries audio-visual , book and parish programme reviews , keeps catechists and teachers up-to-date with vital research in the area of RE and catechetics and gives useful ideas on teaching the faith from round the world . |
| 23 | She added : ‘ Prisoners have to be checked at regular intervals and given proper exercise . ’ |
| 24 | It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities . |
| 25 | However , when used in poorer conditions , particularly thawing ice , some climbers feel they tend to cut down through the ice and give poor support . |
| 26 | Cornered in a garden shed , the frightened cat was caught by the vet and given protective injections . |
| 27 | The Water Saver ECO-NO-MISER Cistern Dam is fitted in minutes and gives instant savings . |
| 28 | Then , as specifications and drawings are produced , the law of copyright comes into play and gives parallel protection . |
| 29 | The Halifax Building Society has also produced a booklet called Home Help for Widows , which has been compiled in conjunction with the National Association for Widows and gives practical advice on property matters . |
| 30 | Labour will sign the European Charter of Local Self-Government and give local councils a general power of competence , in line with other European countries , so that councils can develop new and imaginative services . |