Example sentences of "[noun sg] give it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm in fifth gear give it some welly ! |
| 2 | Local chaps the CATHERINE WHEEL give it some rocktastic welly , continuing to show their truer , head-caving colours now they do n't have to satisfy indie sensitivities . |
| 3 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 4 | It is not the authors ' intention to give it this gloss . |
| 5 | But ‘ For A Child ’ only has a slight tempo shift , a trumpet solo and a blast of flugelhorn to give it some extra zest , and it 's simply not enough . |
| 6 | The singer was following an old tradition of adapting the ceremony to give it contemporary relevance , adding to the festival 's famous ‘ four questions ’ about the meaning of Passover a new and troubling one . |
| 7 | Modern technology is now so sophisticated the microprocessor-based design of the teleprinter gives it enormous power and flexibility . |
| 8 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
| 9 | Medirace needed a trading vehicle to give it some cashflow to stay in business . |
| 10 | The addition of oboes to a high melodic cello passage gives it great poignancy , and at the same time counteracts the tendency towards thinness of tone which is apt to be somewhat distressing unless the cellos are both first-rate and numerous . |
| 11 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 12 | Dell has renegotiated an existing $200m revolving line of credit with a group of nine large banks led by Barclays Bank Plc to give it additional flexibility in using the funds . |
| 13 | She had no need to give it further emphasis , it could not have been clearer . |
| 14 | Bellini is soft to the touch , versatile and easy to wear , it is a blend of 45% Alpaca , 38% Pure Wool , 10% Kid Mohair with 7% man made fibre to give it extra strength and durability . |
| 15 | The city saw much conflict during El Cid 's campaigns , as the ebb and flow of conquest and recovery gave it first a Christian master and then a Moorish one . |
| 16 | ‘ Methinks its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live Making it a companionable form , Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling spirit By its own moods interprets , everywhere Echo or mirror seeking of itself , And makes a toy of Thought . |
| 17 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 18 | Huge expanses of fertile land and unlimited supplies of water give it enormous productive potential . |
| 19 | As might have been expected , the larger exhibitions attracted considerably more visitors than the smallest exhibition , but all three received a generally favourable response from the public , with both the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions being rated as Very Good or Good by at least 90% of those who saw them , and with 78% of those who saw the Skinner exhibition giving it similar ratings . |
| 20 | Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good . |
| 21 | ACT FINANCIAL EXPLAINS HOW OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING GIVES IT UNRIVALLED MOMENTUM |
| 22 | Although this has the weight of patristic authority behind it , Hilton very simply outlines the bare essentials of the story and its interpretation giving it particular emphasis to highlight implications peculiarly relevant to the noble lord . |
| 23 | But live performance gives it ten times more urgency and energy than the usual hollow rave PA , mimed to the record . |
| 24 | Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers . |
| 25 | If a suntan is top of that list give it top marks — after all , this is where the Spanish sun comes for its holiday . |
| 26 | Van Helmont envisaged the natural world as a system of seedlike entities , seminal spirits that penetrated matter giving it specific properties . |
| 27 | Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment . |
| 28 | ( In Scotland the Crown at the moment does not have the power to appeal against sentences which it regards as too lenient , although moves are under way to give it such a right . ) |
| 29 | It is also a good idea to give it some toys . |
| 30 | Rather than moving back to a more conventional approach based on genuine consultation , it had opted for a system giving it greater control . |