Example sentences of "[noun] and give a " in BNC.

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1 A better hood , on this type of bag anyway , will be shaped to avoid the extra bulk and give a close fit around the head .
2 Jones was handed the biggest fine in FA history on Tuesday and given a suspended six-month ban for his part in the video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ .
3 The content of the opinion in each case would have a spin-off effect on people who happen to love football and give a lot of time to watching , playing or training for it .
4 For this ballot the scrutineers will prepare a ballot paper listing the names of the candidates and give a copy for the purpose of balloting to each Member of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip .
5 Paul Arkwright looked at Dinah with his bright eyes and gave a hesitant smile with his full lips .
6 ‘ I 'll just feel the cervix , ’ she said , and as Yvette became aware of the gentle examination , she opened her eyes and gave a doleful little whimper .
7 The company then planned to introduce new individual contracts for all journalists and to give a 4.5% pay rise to those who accepted and signed new contracts by 1 January 1990 .
8 Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time .
9 Kelly sat in the jockeys ' stand at Sandown and gave a quiet laugh .
10 He attended two performances of Figaro and gave a concert at the opera house , which included the première of a new symphony he had written specially ( K.504 , known afterwards as the ‘ Prague ’ ) .
11 Lang has also played a part in the admission of rock and graffiti to the cultural fold and given a helping hand to the young unemployed with subsidies for their participation on archaeological digs .
12 Case 2 — A woman of 85 with diabetes controlled by diet presented to the accident and emergency department and gave a history of loss of independence over two weeks and a fall .
13 It encourages rapid draining and gives a clear , streak-free finish .
14 The incomplete tablet V52 + 52b + 8285 has been reassembled from three fragments and gives a list of dedications , including offerings to the gods Poseidon and Paiawon , who was an early forerunner of Apollo .
15 The soft tones of the colour range always produce a successful design and the joy of using all the silvery tones is that they last so well In many cases , the silver-grey effect is created by the very small hairs on the underside of the flower or leaf , which catch the light and give a lovely overall tone to the picture .
16 The book includes facts and statistics on gender violence and gives a list of organisations and publications dealing with the subject in different countries .
17 The book includes facts and statistics on gender violence and gives a list of organisations and publications dealing with the subject in different countries .
18 It has an active data dictionary and gives a relational view of the database .
19 Mark each communication J to S , or G to M or S to M and give a brief word or two about what the communication contains .
20 One set has a length of 75mm and gives a medium cut , and the second a length of 100mm , and gives a coarse cut .
21 Mick Jagger put on a charming little Greek skirt and gave a free performance to thousands in London 's Hyde Park , while Bob Dylan headed down to the Isle of Wight for a three-day festival of dope , sex and rock ‘ n ’ roll attended by 150,000 fans .
22 George came and stood by his side and gave a low whistle .
23 She lolled a little to one side and gave a bleary smile and a screech of laughter .
24 Assigning people to different posts also creates roles and gives a great sense of purpose and value to those on the committee .
25 The best made by far was the Ricoll and given a set of decently engraved keytops this would rate very highly as a direct replacement system and is also quite attractively priced .
26 If one is threatened it can call upon the other 's aid and give a ‘ protected threat ’ to its adversary .
27 There are , of course , occasional appreciative passages , usually referring to Dame Freya 's early books and giving a flavour of phoney objectivity to the whole unworthy enterprise … .
28 It shows someone in obvious mental distress and gives a strong message that the nurse has a positive job to do .
29 The neutralisation technique has been validated by double blind randomised trials , including food trials showing its effectiveness in preventing symptoms.Studies that failed to show effects evaluated the provocation of symptoms by food extracts ( not part of the standard technique ) ; that cited by Kay was also faulty in many respects and gave a wrong definition of the end point .
30 Occasionally the train would swing near the coast and give a glimpse through the trees of a cold sea .
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