Example sentences of "[noun] give it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Methinks its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live Making it a companionable form , Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling spirit By its own moods interprets , everywhere Echo or mirror seeking of itself , And makes a toy of Thought . |
| 2 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 3 | As might have been expected , the larger exhibitions attracted considerably more visitors than the smallest exhibition , but all three received a generally favourable response from the public , with both the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions being rated as Very Good or Good by at least 90% of those who saw them , and with 78% of those who saw the Skinner exhibition giving it similar ratings . |
| 4 | Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good . |
| 5 | But live performance gives it ten times more urgency and energy than the usual hollow rave PA , mimed to the record . |
| 6 | Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers . |
| 7 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 8 | If a suntan is top of that list give it top marks — after all , this is where the Spanish sun comes for its holiday . |
| 9 | Van Helmont envisaged the natural world as a system of seedlike entities , seminal spirits that penetrated matter giving it specific properties . |
| 10 | Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment . |
| 11 | It is also a good idea to give it some toys . |
| 12 | Now is the time to give it those tools . |
| 13 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 14 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |