Example sentences of "[noun] gives [pers pn] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 2 | Defoe gives us a splendid picture of an industrial landscape in the time of Queen Anne or shortly after . |
| 3 | Apart from primates , some of the best known tool users among the mammals are the African and Asian elephants , whose prehensile trunk gives them a considerable advantage when it comes to holding and manipulating objects . |
| 4 | Planning our future gives us a greater sense of internal control and increases self-esteem . |
| 5 | The Undo command gives you a second chance when you delete a block of text in error by allowing you to replace it in the document exactly where it came from . |
| 6 | Indeed , every time I hug him , my old mate , the White Poplar gives me a new lead , a hotline to earth . |
| 7 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 8 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 9 | I mean you could use group investments , I mean what you did with the investment trusts gives him a better spread , |
| 10 | There is more than a hint of classical Greece in the architecture , and the blue river seen through the sand-coloured columns gives it a Mediterranean freshness . |
| 11 | But the fact that you were a close and dear friend to my parents gives us a close bond , nevertheless . |
| 12 | PortKnox gives you a high level of security , but setting up the program can be extremely time-consuming |
| 13 | The feast gives us a graphic picture of the character of God , showing how he loves to redeem those who have been lost , to restore the lives which have been wasted . |
| 14 | Her big beaky nose gives her a masculine look . |
| 15 | This self-reliance gives them a competitive edge when the base rate ( set by the Bank of England ) , is high , while when it is low , societies can switch to these wholesale funds to cut costs . |
| 16 | The satellite picture gives us a good indication of what 's to come this weekend . |
| 17 | The apparent simplicity of polar land ecosystems gives them a special value for modelling and quantitative studies . |
| 18 | Our specialists can advise you on the type of cover you need — and our experience and understanding of business gives us a big advantage when it comes to identifying key persons and assessing the size and type of cover necessary . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ The fact that we are guaranteed a play-off place gives us a solid base to go to Molineux . |
| 20 | We all do that , although I must admit the TARDIS gives me a wider range of opportunities than most people have . |
| 21 | They say BA already dominates at Heathrow and the takeover gives it a big foothold at Gatwick as well . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend realise that in dealing with things that we hold so dear we want to make sure that the European Community gives us a good bargain and that what we give to it will be given back to us ? |
| 23 | There are many times when the Bible gives us a special insight into the hearts and minds of some of the people whose lives are described in the Old and New Testaments . |
| 24 | However , as with the similar topic of literacy , I would argue that it is important to separate out bilingualism and bilingual education because teachers ' personal experience and education gives them a particular view of the phenomenon . |
| 25 | There 's no guarantee that you will hit the perfect shot , but using this procedure gives you a stronger chance . |
| 26 | Allied 's extensive choice of easy-care carpets gives you a tremendous number of plain and textured options for every room in your house . |
| 27 | Nikolaus Pevsner gives it a whole page in his Buildings of England series , which is praise indeed . |
| 28 | The magistrate gives him a three-week remand in custody . |
| 29 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |
| 30 | And the faintly ghoulish Earthquake ride gives us a juddering inkling , as if from the inside of the special effects of that now forgotten movie . |