Example sentences of "[noun pl] and give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 2 | Today , kd lang is changing her tune again , forsaking country music for torch songs and giving free range to a voice that reaches from Alberta to Berlin . |
| 3 | The action revolves around a failed robbery and the attempts of the various hoods involved ( all dressed in black suits and ties and given colour-coded aliases ) to figure out which one of their number is an undercover cop . |
| 4 | Love makes concessions and gives mutual support . |
| 5 | General manager Alan Roberts said : ‘ We have listened long and hard to the needs of our supporters and given great consideration to our long-term aims at home and in Europe . |
| 6 | He was fined 300-pounds and given six penalty points for careless driving . |
| 7 | There are already plenty of pointers and anomalies , and I 'd like to go through them with you to try to sift out the red herrings and give due precedence to the important facts . |
| 8 | It 's been forced to shut 350 of its 2,000 UK shoe shops and give 1,700 workers the boot , at a cost of £32 million . |
| 9 | Our intuitive arguments will still apply to these homoclinic orbits and give some understanding of the way in which the structure of the attractor changes . |
| 10 | The band have a live intensity that 's missing on their recordings and gave added depth to Let Me Down . |
| 11 | Using Appendix B it can be shown that the contractions and give equivalent results : the Ricci tensor is thus the unique contraction of the Riemann tensor . |
| 12 | It must come first , and then we can implement it through a sensible reform policy that encourages farmers to get closer to the market , helps them with environmentally friendly farming , does not discriminate against the United Kingdom , helps those in the less-favoured areas and gives early retirement to those who are prepared to restructure their farms . |
| 13 | Wing Commander Tim Woods says they will help transport casualties and give immediate treatment if needed to any injured troops . |
| 14 | Training and Enterprise Councils will be retained , reformed and made more broadly representative of their local communities and given stable budgets . |
| 15 | The journal carries audio-visual , book and parish programme reviews , keeps catechists and teachers up-to-date with vital research in the area of RE and catechetics and gives useful ideas on teaching the faith from round the world . |
| 16 | She added : ‘ Prisoners have to be checked at regular intervals and given proper exercise . ’ |
| 17 | It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities . |
| 18 | The Water Saver ECO-NO-MISER Cistern Dam is fitted in minutes and gives instant savings . |
| 19 | The Halifax Building Society has also produced a booklet called Home Help for Widows , which has been compiled in conjunction with the National Association for Widows and gives practical advice on property matters . |
| 20 | Whether or not there is a place for a trade union Ombudsman to carry out investigations and give general advice to unions , it is considered that this task should not be given to the Commissioner in view of the benefit to be derived from her maintaining an independent position . |
| 21 | Is to abolish the law that embarrasses the employers and gives minimum protection of low paid working people . |
| 22 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 23 | a sketch of a page for printing showing the position of text and illustrations and giving general instructions . |
| 24 | We were split into groups and given some clues . |
| 25 | Recent discoveries of hitherto unknown kinds of jawless fishes ( agnathans ) , together with re-examination of known agnathans and advances in systematic methods , have revitalized debates about the relationships of ancient fishes and given fresh insights into early vertebrate history . |
| 26 | Either its organisation is in so parlous a condition that it has to rely on active service units of such incompetence that they can not place bombs and give effective warnings . |
| 27 | Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime . |
| 28 | The changes included lowering taxes and giving extra help to the farming sector . |
| 29 | Our main role will be to assist in an advisory capacity in the development of future business plans and to give financial guidance . |
| 30 | Much of the heat has by now gone out of these arguments , and it is fairly generally accepted , first that college librarians should be appointed on teaching scales and given academic status by nature of their work , and secondly that the work of a college librarian implies the librarian 's own active participation as a librarian in the college 's educational programme . |