Example sentences of "gives it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 4(1) of the Police Act 1964 states that it is the duty of every police authority to secure the maintenance of an adequate and efficient police force for the area and gives it certain responsibilities in relation to the establishment , buildings and equipment . |
| 2 | Having been criticised for giving no information , BR now gives it all the time with endless repetition , except when you really want it . |
| 3 | I try to be out when he comes begging but that stupid Nutty gives it all away . |
| 4 | Typically , the way he describes it gives it all an edge , a challenge , like he 's looking out to make sure no one can get the drop on him . |
| 5 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 6 | " Variety 's the very spice of life That gives it all its flavour . " |
| 7 | ‘ He who controls the past controls the future ’ is the message of his last utopia : a sense of history is ultimately power , since a people is guided and governed by a collective sense of what it means to itself and to the world , and history gives it that sense , and only history . |
| 8 | At the terminals the gas is processed and measured for quality and quantity and injected with an odorant which gives it that recognisable smell . |
| 9 | American herbs such as this one have a history associated with the original Indian inhabitants of the North American continent including Canada , and it was Oswego Indians in particular who used the leaves as the beverage which gives it one of its common names . |
| 10 | And they it gives it warm . |
| 11 | The addition of oboes to a high melodic cello passage gives it great poignancy , and at the same time counteracts the tendency towards thinness of tone which is apt to be somewhat distressing unless the cellos are both first-rate and numerous . |
| 12 | It has a horizontal division across its pupil which effectively gives it four eyes — the two lower halves for seeing underwater , the two upper for doing so in air — and the fish can swim along the surface looking for food above and below it at the same time . |
| 13 | It must therefore be acquired and taught in a way which gives it general significance . |
| 14 | In the end , the only character who lifts the play from the ruck and gives it lasting interest is the virtuoso himself . |
| 15 | I think that all that this policy does is make that more explicit , it gives it greater clarity . |
| 16 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 17 | ACT FINANCIAL EXPLAINS HOW OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING GIVES IT UNRIVALLED MOMENTUM |
| 18 | I always worry about whether he 's going to go lame on his off-fore , he gives it such a hammering when he 's madly digging . ’ |
| 19 | Softboard has a spongy texture , which gives it good sound and thermal insulation properties . |
| 20 | The type of guest for which a hotel caters gives it special characteristics and atmosphere : for example , some hotels are family-type hotels with a fair proportion of residential guests , while others are commercial hotels usually catering for commercial travellers continually in transit . |
| 21 | But live performance gives it ten times more urgency and energy than the usual hollow rave PA , mimed to the record . |
| 22 | The World Bank in Washington DC has placed an order with Reading , Berkshire-based Racal-Redac ( UK ) Ltd for 154 of its CadStar printed circuit board design packages and 57 advanced MS-DOS routers : the products will be used by participants in India 's Impact programme , set up with the help of the World Bank , to provide the country 's leading educational institutions with electronic design automation tools and other software ; Racal-Redac reckons the deal gives it some 50% of the Indian printed circuit board design software market . |
| 23 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 24 | All this gives it some importance in bringing the workforce to acceptance of the new work disciplines of the industrial revolution . |
| 25 | The screen shields it from light coming from one direction , which gives it some " idea " of where the light is coming from . |
| 26 | Now iron is the crucial element there , and it gives it this red coloration . |
| 27 | If the process of taking evidence abroad is to serve its purpose , the evidence must be in a form which makes it admissible and gives it proper weight in the proceedings for which it was prepared , and this requires the authorities of the country in which the evidence is to be taken to show considerable flexibility in allowing , and it may be operating , modes of procedure which are quite unfamiliar . |
| 28 | ‘ Italy needs to vote in a system which gives it stronger political groups , ’ he added . |
| 29 | Unlike the spinal column of any other mammal , it has a network of interlocking protrusions from its vertebrae that gives it enormous strength and resistance to crushing . |
| 30 | Modern technology is now so sophisticated the microprocessor-based design of the teleprinter gives it enormous power and flexibility . |