Example sentences of "[adj] give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clean changes were possible given a little patience , but moving from first to second was reminiscent of shovelling coal — sometime the lever slid into place , sometimes it jarred my whole body . |
| 2 | When you tell a story or describe an experience the children should illustrate , you must be careful to give a suitable subject . |
| 3 | We hope that you enjoy some benefit from your NCT membership and that you might be prepared to give a little bit of time back to the branch occasionally . |
| 4 | We hope that you enjoy some benefit from your NCT membership and that you might be prepared to give a little bit of time back to the branch occasionally . |
| 5 | English law draws a distinction between central government ( the Crown ) and other governmental bodies : if one of the latter wants an interim injunction , it must be prepared to give an appropriate undertaking as to damages . |
| 6 | The light is quite strongly directional , and to avoid excessive variations in contrast within the depth of the scene you should set the light as far back from the subject as possible within the limits of what is acceptable to give a good exposure , each doubling of the distance reducing the brightness of the scene by a factor of four . |
| 7 | This is adequate to give a good reverberation effect , but the unit can not provide very long reverberation times of the type associated with spring-line reverberation units . |
| 8 | Last night Mr Portillo said the phrase ‘ full compensation ’ was meaningless because people lived in different homes in different circumstances and that there were too many variable factors that made it impossible to give a specific figure at present . |
| 9 | Fortunately it turns out to be impossible to give a simple answer to this question and possible to give a more complex answer allowing both possibilities . |
| 10 | Carolingian sources usually refer to counts without specifying their civitates at all ( which explains why it is impossible to give a complete list of counts for any ninth-century county ) . |
| 11 | As I pointed out there , it seems to be impossible to give a full description of a linguistic variety ( whether it is ‘ standard ’ English , or a dialect , or a style or register ) without making decisions about what the ‘ norms ’ of the variety are , that is , without making decisions about what the speakers agree on as structures that are appropriate for that variety . |
| 12 | In this short article it has been impossible to give a full account of the increasing impact of bioceramic research in medicine and dentistry . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it is impossible to give a full account of English law without discussing the impact of European Community law , and this will receive attention at various points . |
| 14 | It is impossible to give a full account of all the activity that took place but a look at one , a poetry session , will give a flavour of the whole . |
| 15 | It is impossible to give a meaningful figure of the total personnel employed in social services , as definitions vary too much , but the social services are now an important sector of employment , and many of the personnel involved require training . |
| 16 | Accordingly , the law must still be sought mainly in the decisions of the courts and it is impossible to give an intelligible account of the developed law without a brief historical sketch . |
| 17 | And Ronald Reagan accepts $2m from the Japanese to give a single lecture . |
| 18 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two-goal lead away to a First Division side and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 19 | It is too early to give a confident forecast of the use that will be made of the SE . |
| 20 | It would be hard to give a satisfactory explanation if he were found in that part of the house so late at night . |
| 21 | ‘ Of the contenders lining up to replace me it 's hard to give a definitive verdict . |
| 22 | As far as the actual word graphs output from a particular utterance , it is hard to give a clear answer to the question : what are the average number of choices on the word graph at any particular point ? |
| 23 | It is very hard to give a precise answer to this question as , to a certain extent , it will vary from person to person . |
| 24 | It is hard to give a precise picture of the extent of poverty in 1870 , since no reliable statistics exist . |
| 25 | The definition of the species ‘ man ’ is supposed to give a real definition of man , an account of his ‘ form ’ , ‘ essence ’ , ‘ nature ’ , or ‘ substantial form ’ . |
| 26 | In general , simple cottage garden type flowers are the best ; highly bred double varieties and hybrids are less likely to give a good seed crop . |
| 27 | Moreover , a reduction of frequency from four to three following an intervention is equally likely to give a misleading impression of the efficacy of the intervention . |
| 28 | While there are inevitable deviations and eccentricities such a survey is likely to give a fair indication of : |
| 29 | Thus only counts covering this entire area are likely to give a true indication of winter status . |
| 30 | It is only possible to give a general description above on how to go about it , since every helicopter requires its own particular technique to produce the desired result . |