Example sentences of "which give [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The river was generally utilised to make water defences and it is these which give to the châteaux the picturesque quality which so many possess . |
| 2 | The soldier bolted the door which gave onto the platform and sat down opposite me . |
| 3 | ‘ Think so , ’ I said , checking the pockets of my parka which gave off the odour of Hoy Sin sauce mixed with Mocha-Mysore coffee ( filter-ground ) . |
| 4 | Herodotus can not bring himself to believe in a story which gives as the cause of centuries of rivalry ‘ nothing worse than woman-stealing on both sides ’ ( 42 ) , for he does not think the Greeks could possibly have gone to war over anything so trivial , and indeed he appears to concur with the Persian view that ‘ no young woman allows herself to be abducted if she does not wish to be ’ ( 42 ) . |
| 5 | A fountain system was uncovered at one end of the dining room , which gives onto the swimming pool , together with a room with a hot bath adjoining . |
| 6 | The organized community or social group which gives to the individual his unity of self may be called the ‘ generalized other ’ . |