Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a full social programme to give them a good impression of Scotland and its people . |
| 2 | He has persuaded the French Federation to give him a new consultancy role . |
| 3 | Convincing wins The game had been close throughout with Spectrum looking good for a win after Terry Parvin had hit a basket and a free throw to give them a last minute lead by 47 points to 45 until Lockey decided to steal the limelight to give Consett a 48–47 win . |
| 4 | Their builder clad the tower in old stone to give it an ancient appearance . |
| 5 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |
| 6 | What I 've put down here is the way you alter that simple description to give you a continuous weight rather than a binary weight . |
| 7 | Instead , they were taken over for institutional use , sometimes in a public-spirited move to give them a new lease of life , sometimes for exploitation as large areas of relatively cheap floor space . |
| 8 | Ross turned his dark head to give her a broad smile of approval . |
| 9 | All my young ferrets get a similar introduction to give them the necessary experience for bigger operations within major burrow systems . |
| 10 | It is they who have misused the democratic system to give them an unfair majority of power . ’ |
| 11 | His senior secretary had been instructed to cancel his engagements for that evening to give him a few hours ' peace before a six-month period in which his diary was entirely filled . |
| 12 | Not someone or some thing using his poor little body to give us a dreadful warning . |
| 13 | As widely expected the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of — Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) won a majority of seats at national and provincial level to give it an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 14 | You can lay cold-roll macadam over old concrete , paving or existing macadam to give it a new surface , but it 's difficult to lay over hardcore with an ordinary garden roller — you need to put down two layers and use a hired plate vibrator to get a good result . |
| 15 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
| 16 | Campaigners say single mothers are in particular need of better childcare to give them a fair chance in the labour market . |
| 17 | ‘ Or worse still , if he was going to have her killed , it would be a nice tidy thing to give me the same treatment , and Joel too . |
| 18 | So it is probably not a good idea to give yourself a facial just before going out . |
| 19 | Cracks in bitumen felt can be sealed with a bitumen mastic , but even if you find the roof surface in relatively good condition , it would be a good idea to give it a nice thick coat of roofing compound , such as Isoflex , by Roncraft . |
| 20 | He wore a flat , battered cap on his head , pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air . |
| 21 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 22 | Men lift their ponchos over one shoulder to give themselves a free arm . |
| 23 | The straps had been painted in Renaissance fold mixed with cadmium red light to give it a warmer , redder appearance . |
| 24 | There was no doctor , no magic seer to give her the golden branch and lead her into the underworld , only yet another pretty young woman , the radiological technician . |
| 25 | In such cases there is a reluctance to part with the house except on impossible terms : on a short lease or without any land to give it a moderate degree of privacy ; or there may be restrictions on the uses that are allowed — community uses only , perhaps , to be financed from public funds , which are not forthcoming . |
| 26 | Some detectors incorporate the two types in a single unit to give you a better performance . |
| 27 | We have spent £110 million enlarging the terminal and creating a spacious new environment to give you a better standard of service . |
| 28 | I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you . |
| 29 | If you persist in interrupting me , it is unlikely in the extreme that I will have sufficient time to give you the complete picture which you say you are so anxious to get ! |