Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] gave the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 2 | An innovative renewal programme gave the urban poor legal protection , provided basic amenities and encouraged self-help work . |
| 3 | The new coalition government gave the Prime Minister an increased majority in parliament , but observers commented that this might not translate into electoral support . |
| 4 | This is not so much in narrative coherence — the programme book gave the complete synopsis — as in dramatic timing . |
| 5 | According to Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , the new licensing strategy — see front page — should , for example , enable the Sparc compatible community to get its hands on the company 's next-generation Viking , or SuperSparc technology — being co-developed with Texas Instruments Inc — much more quickly than the best part of a year that elapsed between the launch of the Sparcstation 2 ( UX No 308 ) , and the day Sun gave the green light for the LSI Logic Inc made 40MHz Sparc chip sets to be sold on to Sun wannabe 's ( UX No 356 ) . |
| 6 | Little more was said about the case except that several days later , the Sunday Mirror gave the sad outcome of the victim 's ordeal : HOSPITAL AGONY OF THE BIG ‘ UN . |
| 7 | HTV 's presentation announcer gave the first news in the late-night closedown . |
| 8 | Fortunately , Northants ' post-war rebuilding programme gave the 29-year-old keeper a chance of regular Championship cricket , and he immediately created a favourable impression at the County Ground . |
| 9 | The Piccadilly money-lender gave the young man not only the £150 he needed but a £10 diamond ring and an £8 gold watch . |
| 10 | The public inquiry into the expansion of the Windscale nuclear reprocessing factory gave the anti-nuclear movement the impetus it needed not only to challenge the official estimates of risks , but also to question repeatedly the idea that the simplistic estimation of the numerical size of a risk should govern its regulation . |
| 11 | Britain 's biggest building society gave the extra £750 million an instant vote of thanks in the bid to kick-start the struggling housing market . |
| 12 | The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes . |
| 13 | However , the Madiun revolt gave the Dutch a big opportunity . |
| 14 | The celebration of feasts such as Easter , Christmas , Whitsuntide , Rogationtide , and the Harvest Thanksgiving gave the local community a much needed opportunity for a collective expression of its religious values . |
| 15 | Wang Sau-leyan gave the slightest bow of his head , as if in deference to Wu Shih 's greater age and experience . |
| 16 | Again Wang Sau-leyan gave the slightest bow . |
| 17 | A coded warning issued 25 minutes before the City bomb gave the wrong location . |
| 18 | The multiple linear regression analysis showed that access to a hospital dietitian gave the second largest contribution to explaining variance in the random haemoglobin A 1 value . |
| 19 | The Gulf affair gave the two sides something interesting to talk about . |
| 20 | The police officer gave the young man a strange look and Billy cut in quickly . |
| 21 | Cinema-goers in the North East gave THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS a warm reception . |
| 22 | Aboard his recently acquired Aprilia , the Whitehall rider gave the best expert class performance in the Waterlooville Club trial , which was contested on a very difficult course at Budden 's Bank , near Chalton on Saturday . |