Example sentences of "give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I continued to work in the bank and give private lessons at weekends . |
| 2 | They give little thought to , what they have to do in a day and how long each task may take . |
| 3 | And yet most people give little thought to their use of the spoken word . |
| 4 | A local newspaper has suggested that Indonesians tend to waver between extremes of toleration and banning , but give little thought to the middle ground — restricting becaks to well-defined areas of the city under supervision and control . |
| 5 | I give little coverage to the associated subject of the setting up of the model . |
| 6 | Give little Laura my love . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately , theological colleges give little specialist training in the area of new church planting or moribund church rejuvenation . |
| 8 | Some through passage takes place in spring , between March and early May , and in autumn up to the end of November , but recent records give little idea of the scale of these movements . |
| 9 | In this , legislative controls on cosmetics give little help . |
| 10 | Hence , their files give little indication of misdemeanours , which take up whole pages when girls were involved . |
| 11 | Perhaps conflict between parents and foster parents , or religious dilemma ( coming from an orthodox background , Salomon described himself as ‘ only liberal ’ ) , contributed — the records give little indication . |
| 12 | The relevant legislation ( Schedule 1 , Part 2 , Trade Union and Labour Relations Act , 1974 ) and the provisions of the Code of Practice give little guidance to tribunals as to how they should approach the problem of dismissal following on a conviction , and it is to be questioned whether firm guidelines would be beneficial . |
| 13 | For example , Ambrose , Harper and Pemberton 's ( 1983 ) small study of men after divorce found that just over half their sample relied on parents and/or siblings for support , but they give little detail about the type of support offered and it may well have been practical as much as emotional . |
| 14 | The chroniclers report the campaigns in muted terms , and give little impression of a will to war amongst either the nobility or the community generally . |
| 15 | claimants ' knowledge of their rights of review and the procedures was limited , and most authorities give little information and publicity about this ; |
| 16 | However , they give little information about the obstetric features of their cases , which might be quite important since matching is essential with such small numbers — for example , were the babies predominantly born during preterm labour or were they delivered electively for some obstetric complication ? |
| 17 | Little help for either view may be found in the accounts of the life of Fahreddin Acemi in the early sources , however , for particularly in regard to the critical period after the death of Molla Fenari they give little information . |
| 18 | Some of the finest melodies give little hint of the harmonies that go with them . |
| 19 | Many vote for the same party every time they vote , and probably give little attention to the personalities or policies of specific candidates . |
| 20 | They give little attention not only to how it is understood and experienced but also to the relations between bureaucracies and elected politicians . |
| 21 | Robert Lowe , one of the bitterest opponents of the 1867 Act , warned : " Once give working men the votes , and the machinery is ready to launch those votes in one compact mass upon the institutions and property of this country . " |
| 22 | Qureshi and Simon 's ( 1987 ) work , on exchanges of assistance between elderly people and their kin , and Wilson 's ( 1987 ) findings on grandparents ' support for their grandchildren , both show that women as well as men give economic support to younger generations , but there are some gender differences in the type of support given . |
| 23 | Most textbooks give greatest weight to the family of theories based on an organic ‘ primeval soup ’ . |
| 24 | At best they serve to legitimize the system , give political experience to a wide cross-section of society and criticize government policy from the perspective of members ' regions and constituencies ( White et al. |
| 25 | In a real way , the mass media give political systems their contemporary form and operational concepts within the political system their contemporary flavour . |
| 26 | While many older children will be able to understand the proceedings and give coherent instructions , others may not because their capacity to understand is hampered by permanent or temporary disability . |
| 27 | The local Coleraine and District give advance details of their forthcoming ‘ Radio Expo ’ to be held on Sunday , August 29 next , from 12 noon , the venue being the Lodge Hotel there . |
| 28 | There are lots of fluids out there , they are there for the embalmer to increase his expertise and to help him make his cases better , the chemical companies give technical support and do a lot of research into their products . |
| 29 | Give each Brownie in turn one minute to put her hand in the bag and identify the objects . |
| 30 | Play the game : Pair work : Give each pair a Yes/No coin and two counters . |