Example sentences of "[noun pl] and give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Paul Arkwright looked at Dinah with his bright eyes and gave a hesitant smile with his full lips . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Assigning people to different posts also creates roles and gives a great sense of purpose and value to those on the committee . |
| 8 | 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 … . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Before applying , them it is a good idea to use an exfoliating cream to remove patches of dry skin , or these areas will tend to absorb more colour than smoother areas and give a patchy result . |
| 11 | The guest speaker was Mrs. J. Atkinson who demonstrated decorating Easter cakes and gave a variety of tips in the use of soft icing . |
| 12 | The No 1 — called accelerato but in fact the slowest — calls at all the main stops and gives a good , overall impression of Venice . |
| 13 | If your dry garden borders on to paving , many of these plants will spill over and even colonise the cracks , softening up hard lines and giving a mellow feel . |
| 14 | Even F. Nansen , the esteemed Norwegian co-ordinator of many other foreign relief organizations , could on occasion be carried away by his emotions and give a semi-fictional account of conditions in the Volga provinces . |
| 15 | They will be drawn from the top 50% of the lean selection index of each of the seven participating flocks and given a full veterinary inspection before the sale . |
| 16 | Two whole racks of lamb cooked out to just pink perfection in under 15 minutes and gave a markedly superior eating quality , and a best method for roasting a 4lb boned lamb averaged out over all tests with remarkably only an 8 per cent weight loss . |
| 17 | The conflict bred solidarity among Arab oil states and gave a new impetus to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) , a cartel of the major non-US oil producers which had previously been rendered ineffective by internal divisions . |
| 18 | This ‘ cleanness ’ was not an exclusively English taste ( even if it is elaborated for us in the poems of an exceptional writer ) , for Sir Gawayn and the Green Knight is outstandingly ‘ French ’ among the English romances and gives a superbly articulate voice to international courtly values at a time when art-historians begin to speak of an International Style in the visual arts . |
| 19 | These are used for accent lighting , to pin-point objects and give a strong punch of light whenever and wherever needed . |
| 20 | This split first became public in early 1952 , when a group of twenty- seven RPF parliamentarians broke ranks and gave a vote of confidence to the conservative prime minister Antoine Pinay . |
| 21 | Once we were there we were geared up with riding hats and given a horse . |
| 22 | He noticed the flattering knee-length skirt and the black stockings and gave a smile . |
| 23 | The legends are consistent in widely separate places and give a good cross-section of the main themes . |
| 24 | The sword hilt offered scope for embellishment ; sometimes the pommel and guard are decorated , inlaid or gilded , embellished with runes and given a loose ring ( Hawkes and Page 1967 ; Evison 1967 ) . |
| 25 | On public holidays , including the major religious festivals , carpets are hung over the balconies of public buildings and give a festive air . |
| 26 | Local reporters were keen to know how he managed to carry out his civic duties , to which Mr Snyder replied blithely that fellow committee members sat beside him during screenings and gave a running commentary ‘ to fill me in when the screen goes silent ’ . |
| 27 | Just announce the productions and give a vague whoofle-pouffle — something like , four enchanting productions starring Karl Gesner , world famous tenor . |
| 28 | The ‘ motivation ’ for the session we watched was a backcloth of a ski slope ; the children were divided into 2 teams and given a skier each to race down the slope . |
| 29 | YAM Chairman Ian Robinson addressed the delegates and gave a brief outline of the Museum 's growth and commented ‘ we see the future as very rosy ’ . |
| 30 | Chief Executive Neville Chamberlain welcomed the delegates and gave a general review . |