Example sentences of "give [noun] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Jean-Georges Noverre in his Letters on Dance ( 1760 ) described the seven movements which give steps their varying qualities , namely : to bend , stretch , rise , jump glide , dart and turn . |
2 | Most of the chemical reactions that give groundwaters their characteristic qualities occur near the surface . |
3 | Freeze marking is used by a growing number of owners to give animals their own serial number and put off thieves . |
4 | With the match level at 5–5 , Andrew Dennison who was unbeaten throughout the championship and Jonathan Cowan won the crucial doubles to give Ulster their ninth victory in a row . |
5 | Then Chris Bailey , the 6ft 5in Norwich player , caused the shock of the day by beating top seeded American MaliVai Washington 7–6 ( 7–5 ) 6–2 , to give Britain their third success in a row . |
6 | But Brenda Howe and Bollington scored in the closing minutes to give Chemsford their first league point . |
7 | They are hoping their pace can produce the goals to give Palace their first victory of the season . |
8 | Now the fear of renewed terrorism sparked by war in the Gulf has emptied airports and aeroplanes , giving airlines their harshest times in living memory . |
9 | Our brain also colours the image , making grass a vivid green , turning skies a brilliant blue or dull grey , and giving flowers their beautiful hues . |
10 | Communist Party thought that how that by giving peasants their own land it would give them the incentive to increase production which |
11 | By sheer luck I had given Reuters their biggest news scoop since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 . |
12 | A FREE KICK goal two minutes from the end by Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough their first victory , 2–1 over Tranmere , in five League games and improved their Second Division play-off hopes at Prenton Park . |
13 | Scotland 's Sarah Gourlay , from Prestwick , gave Scotland their first victory in the women 's world indoor singles championship in Guernsey last night with a 3–1 final win over defending champion England 's Mary Price . |
14 | In the women 's event at Perth , Jean Miller , Sandra McLeish , Agnes Melrose and Jeanette Conlon gave Scotland their only success when they beat England 25-18 in the fours final . |
15 | ENGLAND gave Chile their hardest match so far in the third World Limited Handicap Championship at the St Cristobal Polo Club in Santiago , Chile , but lost 6–4 in the semi-final . |
16 | Souness was still grumbling about the decisions that went against his team — the penalty that gave Coventry their first goal , the free-kick that led to their second , an offside flag that never came for the third and the sending off of Jamie Redknapp . |
17 | Three minutes from the end the hard working Gardiner bowed out in style with a header that gave Crusaders their third goal of a confident display . |
18 | His emphatic win gave Dunlop their second victory in two races and virtually erased any doubts over the tyres ' performance in the crucial rubber war . |
19 | Gleeson equalised for London when he met a cross at the far post from his fellow winger Wyke , but Ralph then gave Oxford their first win since they beat Cheam on October 21 . |
20 | This success also gave City their first League double of the season , but it was a little ironical that in a game where the respective goalkeepers played a prominent part in keeping it goalless for 70 minutes , an error by the Halesowen custodian should have produced the match winning goal . |
21 | Just as the press gave African nationalism its primary means of dissemination and propaganda , so today , along with radio and television , it gives politicians their prime means of reaching national audiences and of attempting to secure a national following . |