Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seats and other fittings will be installed in due course to give the already huge exhibit even more scale — how small mankind has become alongside its creations ! |
| 2 | The pungent smell gives the impression of a powerful cleaning agent . |
| 3 | Cichlasoma carpinte is the name European fishkeepers give the Texas Cichlid , where as the Americans regard Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum as the true Texas Cichlid ; in Europe we sometimes know this latter species as the Cuban Cichlid . |
| 4 | Then when Britain 's political geography gave the Tories a parliamentary majority in 1951 they too were able to sustain popular support in more than one election . |
| 5 | She 's all of five feet five but I suppose her slim build gives the impression of being petite … |
| 6 | To be sure , coffee-breaks in molecular biology laboratories are as marked by speculation as in any other field , but the published literature gives the impression that its authors are more concerned with the correctness of their observations than with their significance . |
| 7 | The versatility of Lear 's lithographic technique gave the art of bird-drawing a new delicacy of form and texture . |
| 8 | In order to facilitate a quick arrest under difficult circumstances — ‘ the crowd was jeering and becoming unpleasantly restive ’ — Robert Mark then confesses that he indulged in a little police brutality , by using his strictly non-regulation rubber truncheon to give the offender ‘ a hefty whack on the shin' which apparently broke his leg . |
| 9 | This concluding part gives the findings of the subsequent Prussian court of enquiry , and describes and illustrates the dormeuse . |
| 10 | In the 1670s it became clear that this was not the case and that the English really did intend to have a network of trade among all English possessions to give the colonies a safe if restricted market in England and to allow England — and London in particular — the whole re-export trade from the entire empire . |
| 11 | The finance had been provided by one of his banks in co-operation with French and German organizations to give the place an international reputation . |
| 12 | Then inversion of the expressions so obtained for the transforms of the dependent variables gives the viscoelastic solution for these variables . |
| 13 | At such points , quotation and a slightly closer narrative attempt to give the reader some idea of the reality behind the colourless abstractions of ‘ England ’ , ‘ Germany ’ or ‘ Russia ’ . |
| 14 | The Oxford English Dictionary gives the original definition : |
| 15 | A celebrated pianist gave the performance , and her reputation drew in the public — and the critics . |
| 16 | A slip and lock mechanism allows quick movement of the holding brackets along the steel tube , and a threaded turnscrew gives the facility for a final tighten-up . |
| 17 | The strongly evoked historical setting gives the story substance and originality . |
| 18 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 19 | A few stuck behind a sink and framed with wooden beading gives the effect of an old-fashioned washstand , and is an easy project to tackle . |
| 20 | It would only take a marginally improved thrust to give the aircraft a vastly improved ground-to-air time , a higher ceiling and a greatly boosted top airspeed . ’ |
| 21 | The meeting agreed to set up a working group on whale-watching but a British proposal to give the IWC a role in monitoring whale-watching and preparing guidelines to minimise disturbance to the animals was opposed by Japan and Norway and their supporters . |
| 22 | Anyone in contact with scientists is aware how often general accounts of recent scientific work give the facts but not the mental attitude of the researchers . |
| 23 | Afterwards Tim Butler said it had been a very interesting meeting giving the local farming community the opportunity to put their points across to a senior union official . |
| 24 | A distinct midrib and 3 to 4 thick , longitudinal veins give the leaf surface a ribbed appearance . |
| 25 | American and British reviewers gave the film a thumbs-down when it was released at the end of 1972 . |
| 26 | Shannon 's sherry-coloured eyes danced with a mixture of amusement and pleasure as the short , rather portly director gave the classic command . |
| 27 | Marine investigators gave the Celtic Pride the all-clear to sail again yesterday after a preliminary probe . |
| 28 | Over 50 per cent of social workers gave the questions in all dimensions a rating of 4 or 5 . |
| 29 | For poly ( methyl methacrylate ) samples , which were prepared under different conditions to give the three forms , resonances at τ = 8.78 , 8.95 and 9.09 were observed , which were assigned to the isotatic , heterotactic , and syndiotactic triads respectively . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend gave the details and I shall return to them in a moment . |