Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [subord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , my dear , we had a little difficulty over which should adorn the top of the tree , the star of Bethlehem which is of course the only proper thing as well as being the only thing countenanced by the Rector , or an immensely glittering and unsuitable fairy doll someone was so ill-judged as to give to Helen . |
| 2 | But giving £10,000 credit for one month can be less risky than giving £5000 of credit for six months . |
| 3 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |
| 4 | She knows that even something that seems so simple as giving a wash has to be thought about and done in a sensitive way . |
| 5 | In the key province of Ontario — which contained one-third of the country 's population — the majority in favour was so tiny as to give only a Pyrrhic victory to the supporters of the accord . |
| 6 | Of the second here illustrated , the Moss Provence , Miller said that it had not long been known in London and the first time he saw it ‘ was in 1727 in the garden of Dr Boerhaave near Leyden who was so good as to give me one of the plants , but from where it came I could not learn . |
| 7 | Only the feeling of mute resistance , the chill sense of acquiescence so grudging as to give pain . |
| 8 | If the regulations are so framed as to give the directors an unfettered discretion the court will interfere with it only on proof of bad faith and since the directors will not be bound to disclose either their grounds or their reasons , the difficulty of discharging the onus of proof is especially great . |
| 9 | Programmes of study should be so constructed as to give all pupils the opportunity to enjoy work in a wide range of literary forms . |
| 10 | And I wonder , ’ she went on as Melissa murmured a polite and hypocritical response , ‘ if you 'd be so kind as to give me a lift to the school this morning ? |
| 11 | Even then , it is not so bad as to give you taxi syndrome . |
| 12 | So , naturally we started to feed them separately and became more careful when giving them titbits . |
| 13 | Giving credit for extended periods is always more risky than giving it for shorter periods . |
| 14 | ‘ What could be more democratic than to give people a direct say in these things ? |
| 15 | They may find this rather more awkward though given the abrasive edge which Kilkenny possess . |
| 16 | There is , perhaps , nothing more difficult than to give a precise and consistent meaning to the word ‘ property ’ . |
| 17 | I was a bit worried that the jolt it delivers would do something rather more permanent than give Mr Heron a deterrent shock , but apparently not . |
| 18 | It is also useful when giving a delivery date . |
| 19 | Providing the right foods to the player on the course can be almost as important as giving the correct playing advice . |
| 20 | The eminence referred to is not a striking local geographical feature , and the ‘ small Rivulet ’ is presumably the Fleet River , which was so often flash-flooded as to give the area towards Battle Bridge ( Kings Cross ) the name of ‘ Pancras Wash ’ . |
| 21 | I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback . |
| 22 | Nitroxynil and levamisole are also very efficacious when given in the water . |