Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the hood down my summer sun bleached hair might give the wrong message ? |
| 2 | Of the seats where the Liberal Democrats are second , there are 16 where Labour is a poor third and a switchover by the bulk of the Labour vote would give the Lib Dems victory . |
| 3 | ‘ A delegated budget will give the opportunity to respond rather more accurately to perceived needs . |
| 4 | We know that for people who can already read , the first sight of a foreign script can give the impression that all the words look alike . |
| 5 | I hope that my hon. Friend will give the House a commitment on the timing of that replacement . |
| 6 | The busted door would give the game away when the others come . |
| 7 | There is no point in sending out actual photographs with every press release , but a clear photocopy will give the reporter a good idea of the building and may persuade his editor to send a photographer to take special pictures for the newspaper . |
| 8 | Blue watchers are saying that IBM chief John Akers will be out by March or April and that the company in its infinite wisdom will give the job to one of those retired IBMers it just just brought back from the pasture , probably Kaspar Cassoni . |
| 9 | The problem of mixing incompatible effect units through an amplifier 's send and return loop can give the guitarist a giant-sized headache . |
| 10 | The reason why Hope should advocate Scott in particular , when a limited competition might give the ecclesiologically sounder Street the work , may have been that Scott was more likely to carry out the work successfully . |
| 11 | For example , the following program will give the error message " Not LOCAL at line 400 " . |
| 12 | In terms of faith development , such personal involvement will give the possibility of added meaning being brought to actions which in adolescence are in danger of becoming mere external observances e.g. prayer and attendance at Mass . |
| 13 | Where the application has been submitted by an estate agent or other agent acting on behalf of the vendor , a direct approach at this early stage may give the developer ’ the edge ’ ( a slight advantage in any later sale or disposal arrangements ) . |
| 14 | This unusual system would give the scallop superb eyesight , were it not for a design fault . |
| 15 | These machines generally have a well known soil load and the appropriate amount of sanitiser used on a regular basis will give the required degree of protection against bacteria . |
| 16 | Similarly , a good front-of-house manager can give the customer an insight and appreciation of the chef 's ideas and foods . |
| 17 | Perhaps the only disappointment is that the money is to be shared equally , when a winning bonus would give the event the edge it deserves . |
| 18 | In mounting his assault on Wednesday , Kingfisher chief executive Geoffrey Mulcahy claimed a successful takeover would give the group 22 per cent of the British retail electrical market . |
| 19 | In mounting his assault on Wednesday , Kingfisher chief executive Geoffrey Mulcahy claimed a successful takeover would give the group 22 per cent of the British retail electrical market . |
| 20 | Certainly , no-one devising a system of government for a late twentieth-century industrial democracy would give the right to alter legislation to a group of people whose only qualification is the fact that at some time in the dim and distant past a grateful monarch rewarded the loyalty , bravery , intrigue , obsequiousness or blackmail of an ancestor with the grant of a title and the profits of plunder . |
| 21 | The above discussion may give the impression that this is a predominantly quantitative study . |
| 22 | I should also like my right hon. Friend to look carefully at what extra help the Territorial Army can give the civilian population in civil disasters . |
| 23 | Application of the local magnetic variation to the recorded heading will give the true heading . |
| 24 | It also said that a single agency would give the public easier access to environmental information . |
| 25 | Adding together the totals for each shelf display unit , wall fixture , gondola or free-standing unit will give the total shelf measurement for shop |
| 26 | ‘ We do have a firearms unit which attends incidents when an armed response is appropriate but I think a full-time unit would give the wrong signals to the people of Cheshire , ’ he said . |
| 27 | This included a commitment that " if one of the two states should become the target of aggression , then the other side will give the aggressor no military aid or other support " . |
| 28 | If one of the two states should become the target of aggression , then the other side will give the aggressor no military aid or other support and will take all measures to end the conflict using the principles and procedures of the United Nations and other structures of collective security . |
| 29 | Using one of these you can look up the code number on a can of beans , magazine , or whatever , and the relevant entry will give the string of text for that particular code . |
| 30 | According to an early draft , the new Programme would give the CPSU the task of carrying out ‘ historically progressive aims ’ ( not necessarily communism ) , and socialism itself was defined as a society of ‘ economic effectiveness , social justice , political democracy and human solidarity ’ ( but not necessarily of public ownership ) . |