Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] give the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'll give the other guy fifty percent . |
| 2 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 3 | I 'd give the two of you a year of happiness at most . |
| 4 | There is evidence that the decline in manufacturing has been arrested , and I shall give the hon. Gentleman that evidence . |
| 5 | I shall give the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) time to read the newspaper cutting that he was trying to wave at us to make his great point . |
| 6 | I shall give the hon. Member the same reply that I gave previously : this is a matter for the Leader of the House , who is in the Chamber . |
| 7 | I will give the right hon. Gentleman no such undertaking ; nor did he expect me to . |
| 8 | I will give the same careful scrutiny to that application , if it reaches me , as I shall give to applications from Princess Margaret Rose orthopaedic hospital , from Lothian college of nursing , from the Victoria infirmary in Glasgow or from any others which express interest . |
| 9 | It is worth getting this formidable reputation into perspective by quoting the words of Edward O. Wilson , the world 's foremost authority on ants as well as the author of Sociobiology : In answer to the single question I am asked most frequently about ants , I can give the following answer : No , driver ants are not really the tenor of the jungle . |
| 10 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 11 | I can give the hon. Gentleman and the House some comfort by saying that over the next two years things will change dramatically . |
| 12 | That will be the case and I can give the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) that undertaking . |
| 13 | The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public . |
| 14 | I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested . |
| 15 | I can give the hon. Gentleman the undertaking — it is of the sort that I gave him in Committee — that I believe that many things should be done with the extra resources that we shall have , and in the context of administrative matters the care of records is relevant . |
| 16 | Then look at each one very carefully , removing any yellowish pieces , which may give the finished dish a bitter taste . |
| 17 | I felt that somebody should give the other side … how such a tragedy brings all kinds of penalties in its wake . ’ |
| 18 | And above all , it was vital not to do anything which might give the Soviet authorities grounds for hindering the return of our own men . |
| 19 | All recognised , however , that it would be the groundswell against terrorism and crime which would give the new body its momentum . |
| 20 | The cause of Northern Ireland must be greater than the individual and it would mean a very unfavourable hearing for many government speakers which would give the wrong impression . |
| 21 | The Law Society , recognising that savings have to be found , has put together a package of proposals which would give the looked-for savings but would not have the damaging effects of the Government 's plans . |
| 22 | Of course , there 's the final qualifying session tomorrow which will give the other Central South teams of Jordan … |
| 23 | The Wadeville killing , the bloodiest in recent months , came a day after political leaders from the Government , the African National Congress and other groups agreed on terms for a transitional executive council ( TEC ) which will give the black opposition a powerful voice in Government decisions . |
| 24 | Selective means that you select those instruments which will give the maximum information for a certain performance , or during a change of performance . |
| 25 | You must give the total gross SSP payments you have made to each employee on your P14 End-of-Year Return . |
| 26 | When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose . |
| 27 | You must give the exact critical values , right , if those critical values that you are using to compare with the regressionally significant whether you have serial correlation or not erm so they 're very very important and they ought to be included erm because otherwise we do n't know whether a test statistic is er statistically significant or not . |
| 28 | ‘ As I have said repeatedly I believe that in a one-off Test you must give the visiting side a 50–50 chance , even us after our isolation . |
| 29 | If you allow more than one or two days to elapse you may either lose your nerve , or find that you have missed your opportunity , or you might give the prospective employer the impression that you are not really interested . |
| 30 | The dearth was of persons who could give the only kind of witness that counts with those looking for help , the kind that is couched in the first person singular ’ ( Trueblood 1961:51 ) . |