Example sentences of "[modal v] give [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The combination of a national broadcaster and the world 's leading sports management agency must give Britain the best chance of success in a difficult contest . ’
2 All server versions of CICS should give programmers the same familiar application development environment and rich set of programming interfaces to hide the underlying machine and network — it 's easy to see why this will aid downsizing , but it is not going to do much for IBM 's hardware sales .
3 Grammar school rock may give Morrissey the perfect adoring audience for his ramblings but it does not help the wider case of rock or rock 's present stagnance .
4 There is even the new risk that undue stress on the ‘ truth ’ of APRs may give people the wrong idea about the actual money cost of their credit , so that if , for example , they compare six-month credit with two-year credit they may think the shorter loan five times as costly — in comparison with the longer one — as it really is .
5 What 's more , we 'll give families the economic and technical support they need to irrigate land , grow crops , raise livestock and so provide a better future for their children .
6 Announcement of the England team , originally scheduled for 10.00am , had been delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news .
7 The announcement of the England 12 for Lord 's was delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news .
8 I could give people the last part , be careful in the second one .
9 They argue that this effluent fee would give motorists the proper incentive to ensure that exhaust emission control devices were efficiently maintained .
10 ‘ What will give companies the competitive edge is the quality of the way their people treat customers and that is linked to the way they are treated by managers .
11 Dumping at sea : New powers governing dumping at sea will give Britain the widest controls in Europe .
12 The facts that will now be provided will give parents the missing information which will allow them to judge a school overall .
13 The forms that are issued will give householders the first indication of the valuation band their property has been placed in and which will be used to calculate the level of council tax .
14 Manchester City player-manager Peter Reid shares a joke with Mike Sheron yesterday , and is banking on his ace winger to hit the goals which will give City the last laugh on rivals United tomorrow .
15 Combined with the preparatory work now being undertaken , that will give councils the maximum time to prepare themselves before April 1993 .
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