Example sentences of "[det] [noun] gave a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A superb trout hooked itself firmly and during a breathtaking few minutes gave a spectacular display and a wonderful fight . |
| 2 | It was further claimed that the wage determination mechanism conducted on this basis gave a strong impetus to inflation . |
| 3 | After 1952 and until 1967 this setup gave a forward position which included extra capacitance in the circuitry to give the neck pickup a ‘ bassier ’ sound , allowing it to supply bass-ish lines . |
| 4 | Frontline workers this week gave a different picture of implementation from senior managers , many of whom are reporting all is well ( News , 8 April ) . |
| 5 | The mixture consisted of a dialysed solution of FeCl 3 ( parchment or animal gut could be used for this ) resulting in a solution of FeO(OH) to which NaCl was added — this mixture gave a thixotropic sol that set in about an hour and closely resembled the brown-coloured holy relic in Naples . |
| 6 | This option gave a married woman the right to a dependent wife 's retirement pension at 60 per cent of a full single person 's rate , once her husband had retired . |
| 7 | On the third day tenant reps on each team gave a full presentation of their team 's proposed solution . |
| 8 | The lower one is barrel vaulted ; the upper hall is approached via steps and lofty porches ( the south one is now destroyed ) and these porches gave a cruciform plan to the building . |
| 9 | As these doors gave a wide opening , the flanking bulkhead windows were correspondingly narrow . |
| 10 | All elements gave a linear response except calcium , which had a reduced recovery at the higher spoked levels , but all levels in the diluted gastric juice were on the linear part of the graph . |
| 11 | We will meet with exactly the same words in the Hebrew again in 1 Samuel 4.5 , when the ark is brought into the Israelite camp and , the storyteller reports , ‘ all Israel gave a mighty shout ’ ( it is a pity that variations in the English translations of the verses obscure the echoes in the original ) . |
| 12 | After that Charles gave a wide berth to The Antelope , Chester Square , and until Clarissa 's return to London , even his own flat . |
| 13 | In 1880 , this had already been discerned , but most men gave a growing acceptance to democratic institutions because they seemed to provide not a threat to , but a guarantee of , liberal standards . |