Example sentences of "[noun] to give a [adj] finish " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is it that links the baseball players , boxers and other athletes , drawn with hyper-realist attention to detail , that people the canvases of Jessica Gandolf ; a combination of sexual imagery and social tension that characterises the work of John Carey ; strident colours and hand-written captions that tell of love and men in the paintings of Irène Hardwicke ; the domestic interiors and nature studies for which Katherine Spitzhoff uses egg-based tempera to give a high-gloss finish ; the pictures of John Spinks , a professor of linguistics , that incorporate printed paper , old book bindings and letters from his father ? |
| 2 | The best type for a luxury lawn , these cut with a scissor action to give a good finish . |
| 3 | Place a simple push-fit polycarbonate stop and cap over the end of the capping bar to give a neat finish |
| 4 | Very often , finding an unusual frame can spark off an idea for an equally unusual picture , and I can not stress too highly the need for a beautifully made frame to give a professional finish to your work , as a cheap or shoddy frame does absolutely nothing to enhance the picture whatsoever . |
| 5 | Smooth the whole cake carefully with the heels of your hands to give a perfect finish . |
| 6 | Finally , hem all round the cloth to give a neat finish . |