Example sentences of "would give a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd give a great deal , ’ Flavia said , ‘ to know about you , to know what your life is really like ? ’ |
| 2 | " We expect you to knock off three stories a day , " I was told-and I 'd give a wry look and a grin of resignation to the film crew . |
| 3 | Madame would see Boy there , she 'd look at him and she 'd give a whole line straight to him ( Ca n't you see … |
| 4 | If I was in charge on the Brit side , I 'd give a little rope , let things get started , then arrest everybody in sight . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll give you the same chance I 'd give a hungry vixen in a rabbit cage , ’ he growled . |
| 6 | He gives Rachel the blank stare he 'd give a truant officer . |
| 7 | And then we would give a complete project specification to the five participants and er we would invite them to visit a factory , to have a conversation with a sales person , to get a bit of a feeling for the style of thee of the be doing area . |
| 8 | And hopes weakened of a long-awaited cut in interest rates which would give a real boost to the Government 's election prospects . |
| 9 | They need the minimum of tonal variation in order to find this sound from venue to venue and would give a wide birth to any amplifier that offered any more than they think they need , no doubt fearing the onset of option anxiety . |
| 10 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 11 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 12 | I had to achieve an impression of London ; to find a series of marks that would give a visual cue rather than deliver a mass of topographical detail . |
| 13 | An ‘ ideal ’ 5-ASA containing preparation would give a low plasma concentration and urinary recovery but high faecal concentration . |
| 14 | Or rather it would give a possible base for the possible erection of two or three possible motives . |
| 15 | If the G M B could reg retain the unemployed and redundant , it would give a solid base on which to work . |
| 16 | He knew what the boys were fighting for , and was sure that the public would give a right judgement when the proper time came . |
| 17 | A LOT of strikers would give a golden boot to be experiencing the sort of trouble David Hirst is having at the moment . |
| 18 | It would mean so much to us if you would give a regular amount under Covenant , by filling in the Direct Debit form and Deed of Covenant above . |
| 19 | ‘ ( a ) destroys the goods , or disposes of the goods in a way giving a good title to the entire property in the goods or otherwise does anything equivalent to the destruction of the other 's interest in the goods , or ( b ) purports to dispose of the goods in a way which would give a good title to the entire property in the goods if he was acting with the authority of all co-owners of the goods . ’ |
| 20 | The maintenance of full employment would cause social and political changes which would give a new impetus to the opposition of the business leaders . |
| 21 | She knew it would give a nasty sting , but it would n't cut her flesh to ribbons . |
| 22 | If a Z o were produced which decayed into an electron positron pair , observation of both particles in the pair would give a definite identification of the Z o and its mass . |
| 23 | She said the support of other world leaders ‘ would give a great morale boost to those soldiers who are fighting — they have to bear the brunt of the battle to uphold democracy . ’ |
| 24 | I remember telling the Secretary of State that the poll tax was cumbersome , burdening and complicated ; that it would give a great deal of trouble to local council finance departments ; and that it was inevitable that thousands upon thousands of mistakes would be made . |
| 25 | This would give a current account surplus of $9 billion a year , enough to finance a capital outflow of $6 billion a year and to improve confidence in the dollar by reducing liabilities to central banks by $3 billion a year . |
| 26 | The serial rapist is not common , but a simple scanning of the newspapers for matters to do with rape would give a contrary impression . |
| 27 | It would give a clear message : that the nuclear-weapon states have stopped developing new nuclear weapons . |
| 28 | There were other advantages , too , in that the proposed arrangements would give a clear focus for informal carers and relatives ; such carers would no longer have to find their way through a maze of local services . |
| 29 | Perhaps the er chief of a Policy E two in an acceptable form is that it would give a clear signal to the district that it would not be appropriate to have a policy on rural diversification or in in development in the countryside more generally , which is stricter than Government guidance . |
| 30 | As in previous privatisation , activation of the clawback would give a massive fillip to the share price when dealings open next month . |