Example sentences of "[noun] to give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hot flushes are caused by the capillaries suddenly filling with blood to give a sudden rush to the face , neck and shoulders , with extra body heat and perspiration . |
| 2 | More importantly , the existing upper floor of this outshot proved to be too close to the lean-to roof to give a habitable room-height , so rather than raise up the roof level of the entire extension , it was decided to reduce the level of the upper floor to create adequate headroom . |
| 3 | Wall-to-wall carpeting , luggage racks running lengthways above the windows , supplemented by space for cases and bags between the seats , provide an uncluttered spaciousness to give a relaxed atmosphere on the longest of journeys . |
| 4 | Provided the series converges , this may be solved for ε in any suitable way ; often a regression procedure , beginning with ε = 0 on the right-hand side to give a new approximation on the left , will solve the equation in two or three steps . |
| 5 | 1977 , however , brought a big failure with ‘ Jazz ’ , an attempt to give a contemporary slant to old jazz tunes . |
| 6 | A trick used in FAI contests is to use the ‘ idle up ’ switch to give a high blade RPM as the throttle is closed . |
| 7 | Although the tournament was based on a knock-out scenario , the final positions are based on league performances to give a fairer reflection . |
| 8 | Receiving a copy of the AGM Minutes from the Branch prompts Air Mail to give a little space to describe the activities and efforts being made by the Branch Committee , a committee which has been virtually unchanged since the Branch was re-activated six years ago . |
| 9 | Ministers won a vote to give a private company , Scallop Kings , exclusive rights to farm shellfish over an area of seabed along the shore south- west of Fort William . |
| 10 | What is it that links the baseball players , boxers and other athletes , drawn with hyper-realist attention to detail , that people the canvases of Jessica Gandolf ; a combination of sexual imagery and social tension that characterises the work of John Carey ; strident colours and hand-written captions that tell of love and men in the paintings of Irène Hardwicke ; the domestic interiors and nature studies for which Katherine Spitzhoff uses egg-based tempera to give a high-gloss finish ; the pictures of John Spinks , a professor of linguistics , that incorporate printed paper , old book bindings and letters from his father ? |
| 11 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |
| 12 | He closed his own eyes to give a silent prayer of relief that his own son had never wanted to ride a machine like this . |
| 13 | Billingsley and Chance ( 1988 ) used the no-arbitrage condition for an individual future to give a no-arbitrage condition for an intracommodity spread by differencing the no-arbitrage conditions for the constituent futures contracts . |
| 14 | It should be noted here that the recognition output such as ‘ \ ’ and ‘ - ’ are strokes of the pen which the recogniser has been unable to join to any other stroke to give a possible letter . |
| 15 | Although it is direct , there is not enough feel or weight to give a proper impression of how much grip is left . |
| 16 | The best type for a luxury lawn , these cut with a scissor action to give a good finish . |
| 17 | It is beyond the scope of this chapter to give a full summary of the SFA Rules . |
| 18 | However , where a single battery is used to power both the radio equipment and the gyro motor , the battery pack normally supplied with the radio equipment will not have sufficient capacity to give a reasonable safety margin . |
| 19 | In most cases of the conversion of schools that incorporate this feature , the owners have wisely left space between the edge of the added floor and the window to give a mezzanine platform overlooking a ‘ double-height ’ living-room , as in the arrangement adopted at the west end of the main wing of Airton school . |
| 20 | These feature non-vibratory massaging ‘ fingers ’ which softly manipulate the flesh in gently circular movements to give a natural massage . |
| 21 | Divide each rectangular cake in half widthways and sandwich one on top of the other with buttercream to give a four-storey cake . |
| 22 | This year the Chancellor has been insisting that the pound can not be allowed to go any lower , because of the dangers of inflation ; and he has allowed the Bank of England to give a strong endorsement of his argument . |
| 23 | This special art involves slightly fanning out and cramping the fore-edge to give a firm surface , and then painting on it , in very dry watercolours , a landscape or conversation piece . |
| 24 | The Russian leader threw the carefully arranged welcome into chaos when he slipped past the RAF guard of honour to give a brief interview in his own language to Russian reporters . |
| 25 | Madge Main bought an old building near her home to give a local band somewhere to practise . |
| 26 | If the rated winding current is 3 A , hand the voltages required in a bilevel drive circuit to give a current rise time of 1 ms . |
| 27 | Place a simple push-fit polycarbonate stop and cap over the end of the capping bar to give a neat finish |
| 28 | Press a sieve gently over the basket to give a textured effect . |
| 29 | Each bundle is then clipped with garden shears to give a clean cut . |
| 30 | This is a difficult question to give a well-defined meaning to when the very structures of space and time themselves are subject to the uncertainty principle . |