Example sentences of "[noun] have given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ministero dei Beni culturali has given a firm ‘ no ’ to the latest plans from the office of architect Renzo Piano , co-designer of the Pompidou Centre in Paris , for the restoration of the Palladian Basilica complex in Vicenza . |
| 2 | ‘ Faced with the myriad opportunities for the concealment of fraudulent activities which companies and trusts provide , Parliament has given the Serious Fraud Office the power to call upon a suspected person to come into the open , and to disclose information which may incriminate him . |
| 3 | WIGAN 'S Martin Dermott has given the new season the ‘ Big E ’ — by dislocating his elbow just weeks before kick off . |
| 4 | The first is where the Act is silent or ambiguous on any given point and the second is where the court in a decided case has given a particular interpretation to a section of the Act ( or to the same section in the original Act of 1893 ) . |
| 5 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 6 | The present chapter has given the level-of-analysis problem a new dimension . |
| 7 | Now Prabhakar , a 34-year-old applied physicist , is poised to become head of NIST , to which the Clinton administration has given a leading role in stimulating the US economy . |
| 8 | By the 11th Summerchild has given the new formation a temporary designation , which will prove to be permanent , and has provided a wealth of possible addresses , colleagues and procedures . |
| 9 | The advent of poststructuralism has given a great impetus to interpretive productivity , since all the literary texts that were once interpreted to show organic unity and complexity of meaning can now be interpreted to reveal underlying clashes . |
| 10 | The pulling-back of 6th Armoured Brigade had given the Divisional Commander the force he needed to destroy the enemy . |
| 11 | The lawyer had given a gloomy shake of his head . |
| 12 | What the blustering and bullying of Henry VIII had failed to do in the 1540s , the gentler approach of Henri II had now achieved triumphantly ; the Scots had given the French king what they had refused to the English one , control of their queen and , it seemed , control of their country . |
| 13 | It is also a moment of generalisation for the twenty-one-year-old second mate who on this voyage from Australia , carrying grain and bent on winning the famous gain-race , had had to contend with an arrogant and hostile captain and who had cast off his boat , after a collision in the dark had given a mortal blow to the Blackgauntlet and he had waited in vain for orders . |
| 14 | The possession and mastery of one 's own instrument , and the opportunity to contribute to an ensemble have given an exciting new dimension to music-making . |
| 15 | This work has given a close insight into problems of pollution , congestion , intense company group pressure , sexism and racism . |
| 16 | The taxi-driver had given a rude sign to Myeloski 's disappearing back before turning to a bemused Duncan for support . |
| 17 | In the midst of the depression and a welter of screen bullets and punches Cagney had given a new definition of realism to the movies and this was a definition that Hollywood was delighted to accept . |
| 18 | It quoted him as saying that " if the Iraqis had given a positive response to our call sooner , the situation would be different now " , but also as adding that it had become " evident " that " the USA and its allies are pursuing wider aims than Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait " . |
| 19 | Glamorgan have given a six-week trial to former Kent allrounder Mark Dobson , 24 . |
| 20 | The council 's community and leisure services committee have given an extra £3,100 to Bordon CAB and £3,700 to the Alton office in the financial year starting on April 1st . |
| 21 | This glaciation has given the Outer Hebrides a complex relief of rock knobs , and small , peat- or water-filled hollows , and intersecting linear grooves or valleys often occupied by lochs and lochans . |
| 22 | The Gulf War has given an enormous boost to the cable television industry in India . |
| 23 | A company director has given a whole new meaning to the term ’ house painting ’ . |
| 24 | In the latest award , the MoD has given a five-year contract ( possibly doubled if options are exercised ) , worth up to £20 million to Hunting Aircraft to conduct initial flying training at RAF Topcliffe , in north Yorkshire . |
| 25 | erm but , but certainly the , the er er the period has given the Communist Party er quite a large number of trained cadres which will be able to go out into the villages in a way that they had n't been able to in because it would , that was all too soon . |
| 26 | COURTAULDS has given a local school a leg up the business ladder by helping them ‘ set up shop ’ as scientific equipment suppliers . |
| 27 | Courtney 's canoeists with ten Folbots ( see diagram p. 25 ) were the first of what became the Special Boat Section , formed after their leader had given a practical demonstration of the canoe 's military potential , a potential doubted by even the adventurous characters in Combined Operations headquarters until Courtney paddled out one summer night in 1940 to a carrier ship moored in the Clyde . |
| 28 | In Ecuador there has been little unionisation , but organisations based on ethnicity have given the indigenous rural population an effective foundation for action . |
| 29 | Complaints sent from Malaysian businessmen to government officials have given an unprecedented insight into the extent of illegal rainforest logging in country . |
| 30 | If you suspect your meter has given an incorrect reading , you can ask for a check by government examiner . |