Example sentences of "give a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm they all give a water apart from the one that 's just with the metal right , so water 's a good bet . |
| 2 | Here , how give a bribe ? |
| 3 | By the introduction of a 75 x 75mm ( 3 x 3in ) square-section hollow steel post sited close to the centre of the room for the support of heavy timber trimmers , it was possible to construct a gallery which extends between the flank walls on modestly-sized 38 x 150mm ( 1–1/2 x 6in ) joists , carrying boards which give a platform 2m ( 6–1/2ft ) wide overlooking the larger part of the living-room . |
| 4 | Organised by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 's honorary local representative Mrs Mavis Robson , the concerts give a platform to distinction holders in their exams , from elementary grades to more advanced levels . |
| 5 | It was doubly refreshing to hear the GMB 's general secretary , John Ed-monds , give a keynote speech under the monumental shadow of an antique branch banner in which he announced the GMB 's active ( and financial ) commitment to the development of new computer-based communications technologies within the union . |
| 6 | 3 The surrounding words in an utterance that give a word or structure its particular meaning . |
| 7 | If possible , give a daytime telephone number . |
| 8 | Please give a daytime telephone number , if possible . |
| 9 | The last two verses give a glimmer of hope . |
| 10 | ‘ Daffodil , tulip , snowdrop and crocus bulbs are inexpensive and , planted in the autumn , give a mass of spring colour . |
| 11 | Give a wave bye bye to mummy . |
| 12 | ‘ Give a rating on a scale from 1 to 20 to indicate the risk you are feeling at the moment the tone sounds . |
| 13 | After each film was seen subjects had to decide whether they had seen the film section before or not and give a rating of their confidence in their decision . |
| 14 | Risk rating : ‘ Give a rating on a scale from 1 to 7 to indicate the risk you would feel in if you were the driver in that situation . |
| 15 | We give a turn the special name , a right angle . |
| 16 | Please authorise us to debit your account and , where possible , give a day-time telephone number in case of query . |
| 17 | ‘ Give a man a weapon and he 'll use it , ’ Mr Sanderson argued . |
| 18 | The essence of it is summed up in the old proverb : " Give a man a fish and he is satisfied for a day : teach him how to fish and he will be satisfied for the rest of his life . " |
| 19 | Give a man the best kind of pleasure he 'd get this side of the Fields of Aarru . ’ |
| 20 | In many societies David McKnight tells me the man who does the circumcision who actually chops off the foreskins as it were , owes you a wife for it and he says in many of them if you give a man your foreskin then you 've got a right to demand a wife . |
| 21 | The family historian who has traced his ancestors back to nineteenth-century Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire or south Derbyshire will have seen parish registers that time after time give a man 's occupation as FWK . |
| 22 | Give a madwoman the strength of a tigress ? ’ |
| 23 | Never give a sub-committee a complex task ; rather split the job into several items , managed by other small sub-committees . |
| 24 | Mr Brady does not , in fact , give a fig for global perspective or , for that matter , the dollar 's value on the foreign exchanges ; he wants further cuts in American interest rates . |
| 25 | Using a 110mm diameter piece of plastic tubing as a former , a pair of coils wound with 24 turns/coil of 0.2mm wire give a coil constant of 3.95 gauss/ampere . |
| 26 | Although the design target was 20kHz to 22kHz , tolerance around IC1 give a spread but this is not critical in any way ; three prototype models gave figures of 21.7kHz , 23.5kHz and ( the last one ) 22.5kHz respectively . |
| 27 | ‘ I give a toast to you all this joyous , happy Christmas , ’ said Mr Priddy , raising a glass of homemade raisin wine . |
| 28 | Once more , you want to aim with your research not just to acquire enough facts spread over your pages to give a feeling of the times , but to acquire so many that you have enough and to spare and can choose among your store for the one that does more than merely give a notion of the time you are writing about . |
| 29 | We also give a round-up of opportunities for those setting their sights on distant horizons Clare Keen finds you need music and a sense of humour for the jungle |
| 30 | In 1978 , it was decided to select ten small towns which , because of their beautifully preserved old quarters , ambience of arts and crafts , and situation away from the routine tourist tracks , would be a family unto themselves through their subtle relationship of styles , and give a cross-section of Swiss life of today and yesterday . |