Example sentences of "[adj] give [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved . |
| 2 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 3 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 4 | This gives them the major role in making decisions about the most important school resources . |
| 5 | This gives me the terrible dichotomy of knowing that during the stalking season I would dearly love to ruin the day for the fat boors crawling all over Scotland , puffing in their tweeds , but I would hate to disturb Ted and his colleagues at their job , which pays their grocery bills and is their only source of income . |
| 6 | This gives me the basic framework on which to elaborate . |
| 7 | This gives me the basic framework on which to elaborate . |
| 8 | This gives us the broad dates within which Jesus was born . |
| 9 | And this gives us the final say . |
| 10 | A spokesperson for the Council for National Parks said ‘ This gives us the clear message that conversion of derelict buildings for tourism developments in national parks should be sensitive to the quality of the environment . ’ |
| 11 | Does that give you the same answer ? |
| 12 | However , some raw materials and goods , whether they fall into a utilitarian or luxury category , were not always available locally and these give us the clearest testimony of the extent of exchange in early Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 13 | Spend your time in the way that is likely to give you the maximum return in marks . |
| 14 | Recent issues of the journal Nature have featured new research on the sea-level rise which is likely to give us the biggest clues : the rise at the end of the last Ice Age . |
| 15 | I 'll just once more track , do n't say all give you the best possible advice . |
| 16 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 17 | It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ? |
| 18 | Style I incorporates back and sides of Indian rosewood or similar , an ebony fingerboard , ivoroid binding , dot markers and chrome Schallers , while Style II gives you the all-out luxury treatment , including back and sides of Brazilian rosewood , flamed maple or koa , herringbone binding , a bound fingerboard , diamond position markers , gold Schallers with ebony , gold or pearloid buttons , and so on . |
| 19 | There is a psychiatric test for depression which asks you how many friends you have : no friends at all gives you the highest symptom score : an infinite number shows you 're perfectly cheerful . |
| 20 | Before I left I was able to give him the good news about his friend Donald , one of the officers to whom we had given food and clothes on the banks of the Rovacchia . |
| 21 | Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside . |
| 22 | The reason for this advice is that , if you go wrong but the examiner can identify the stage at which you have gone wrong , he is able to give you the appropriate credit . |
| 23 | It is important that I put myself in a position to be able to give you the best possible advice . |
| 24 | Erm I 'm in I 'm in some difficulty because this is this is a matter that 's arisen since the original matters er matters for discussion were drawn up so I 'm not able to give you the formal views of the council in that respect . |
| 25 | In this case you subtract a total of six from the eighty to give you the correct total of 74 . |
| 26 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 27 | Rachel sat there in the back of the Mercedes , unable to give him the stinging retort on her lips because she knew he would do what he promised , and she had a profound fear that the minute he made love to her fully the feelings she was desperately trying to suppress would keel over and completely overwhelm her , leaving her not just vulnerable but absolutely devastated by the reality of what they were . |
| 28 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 29 | King then moved ahead again when a last end 3 gave him the third set 7-5 , but then the Corsie fightback began . |
| 30 | And that if she must choose between love and work , she should never hesitate : it is work , a woman 's own creative work , that gives her the only real satisfaction and makes her life worth living . |