Example sentences of "[be] [verb] give [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These courses , which are organised in collaboration with the Small-Scale Miners ' Association of Zimbabwe and the Intermediate Technology Development Group , are designed to give intensive practical training in basic geology , gold prospection , surveying , sampling , orebody evaluation , business and financial planning as well as covering mining law , mine engineering , beneficiation methods , etc . |
| 2 | Johnson Matthey Holland has introduced a range of white frits based on new opacification technology , which are designed to give high gloss and whiteness with an exceptional level of surface perfection . |
| 3 | Governing bodies are recommended to give careful consideration to this area and to ensure that , when appropriate and with parental approval , testing of youngsters can take place . |
| 4 | A total of 61 witnesses have been cited , although not all are expected to give oral evidence . |
| 5 | Social fund officers are expected to give high priority to requests for loans for the above purposes . |
| 6 | We are endeavouring to give maximum flexibility to how clauses 1 to 14 are considered . |
| 7 | By producing this Bill , and by everything that they have done , are doing and will do , the Government are endeavouring to give British Coal the time and the means to meet what we perceive as longer-term needs . |
| 8 | The highest quality food results can be achieved and the oven has been designed to give optimum performance in this function . |
| 9 | But since competition has increased ( the British banks were joined by American , continental and Japanese ones as well as so-called M&A boutiques ) and business activity decreased , the banks are seeking to give corporate financial advice anywhere they can — even involving $20m , low-profile deals . |
| 10 | At various times proposals have been made to give local authorities general enabling powers akin to those of continental authorities — power to do anything not forbidden them . |
| 11 | More than this , many constitutional authorities have become uneasy about the behaviour of governments in the light of the doctrines of mandate and the manifesto which are said to give effective power to party activists and extremists outside of parliament . |
| 12 | Really we 're trying to give young people a voice , put them in the driving seat . |
| 13 | Not only is the creature convincingly modelled and animated , but ray tracing and lighting effects are used to give accurate refraction and reflection so that it really does look as if it is made of water . |
| 14 | A similar situation exists in orthopaedics , where hip replacement has been demonstrated to give good value for money ( Williams , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | They are employed to give infinitesimal steerage-changes to the Salyut and Soyuz vehicles as they manoeuvre to dock in space . |
| 16 | ( Paragraph 32 : " Countries which desire to reduce their birth rates are invited to give particular consideration to the reduction of fertility at the extremes of female reproductive ages because of the salutary effects this may have on infant and maternal welfare . " |
| 17 | One type of regression equation that has been employed to give empirical content to the question of taxation and labour supply is where |
| 18 | Many have poor accommodation , are poorly resourced and , a number when inspected by HMI , are found to give inadequate standards of education — yet parents are willing to pay quite substantial fees to send their children to these schools . |
| 19 | So , while the GLC estimates that there are almost one million houses in London that are more than 70 years old and in need of modernisation , councils are having to give top priority to repairing more modern buildings . |
| 20 | Some low-grade salt mixes have been found to give high nitrate readings , as have some algae fertilizers |
| 21 | But although no two dyes obtained from plants will be exactly alike , the colours are soft and subtle , and the mixtures can be blended to give sophisticated hues and tints equal to any of the manufactured colourings . |
| 22 | The rotation of the colour changer can be adjusted to give slow or rapid colour change . |
| 23 | However the Tube is not designed as anything more than a temporary tent so it should n't be expected to give normal tent performance . |
| 24 | Mr Sands said : ‘ While I appreciate that Conservatives ministers need to be vigilant , I do not believe that my staff should be expected to give personal details , which will be kept on police computers , merely to help a political party publicise its election campaign . ’ |
| 25 | Fifty-two per cent of over-65s could be said to give regular practical help to other individuals ( Social Trends , 1984 , Tables 11.4 and 11.6 ) . |
| 26 | All this gives a new palette of sounds and colours which can be exploited to give vivid and poetic new sensations . |
| 27 | Traffic lights can be reprogrammed to give public transport instant priority over other road users . |
| 28 | Should you arrive at a delicatessen counter when a salame is just being started or finished , you may be lucky enough to collect the end chunk which can be used to give extra flavour to spaghetti sauces or risotto-type dishes . |
| 29 | Its pectoral fins , freed from the job of providing lift , could be used to give great refinement to the fishes ' control of movement , and their swimming skills reached near-perfection . |
| 30 | The temporary building will be used to give additional space for church activities . |