Example sentences of "give a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crackling of a fire , the dawn chorus of the birds , the sound of waves upon the shore ; most of these go unnoticed and yet each of them can give a great deal of pleasure if we could only learn to become aware of them . |
| 2 | For example , in a closed institution , such as a factory , a school or a prison , the records will give a great deal of information about people who may be included in a survey . |
| 3 | Beethoven 's Choral Fantasia is recycled ( see above ) to take up over a quarter of the disc , but overall this provides an imaginatively chosen and well produced kaleidoscope of choral favourites which will give a great deal of pleasure . |
| 4 | To sum up , here is an hour of cultivated and thorough musicianship , very well recorded , which will give a great deal of pleasure . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The teacher does not need to know exactly what will happen and can not usefully plan a story line very far ahead , but should give a great deal of thought to the organisation of the lesson : How will groups be divided ? |
| 7 | Unfortunately such questions may give a negative impression of your priorities . |
| 8 | But there is nothing to disappoint the collector here : this is a notable issue , and I look forward to hearing Zimmermann in the Beethoven ; on this showing , he could give a splendid account of it . |
| 9 | Too much negative will give a very rapid descent with high blade speed , while insufficient negative will give a shallow glide with low rotor RPM . |
| 10 | I have no doubt that the Wolverhampton chamber of commerce will give a warm welcome to the Budget , as it did to my speech last Friday . |
| 11 | Perennials like linarias bring a subdued colour to the narrow border and a yellow jasmine around the door will give a warm welcome in the colourless winter period . |
| 12 | This model has all the advantages of the earlier inflationary models , but it does not depend on a dubious phase transition , and it can moreover give a reasonable size for the fluctuations in the temperature of the microwave background that agrees with observation . |
| 13 | It would be harsh to rule 3 out just because the argument demands that only justified beliefs can justify others ; if we can give a reasonable sense to the notion of a belief standing on its own feet , as it were , rather than on those of others , we could easily see 3 as a special case of 2 . |
| 14 | That he won a points decision against the Californian Mark Wills at Wembley will give them some reassurance that the British heavyweight champion could give a reasonable account of himself against an opponent who will not crumple easily . |
| 15 | If the G M B could reg retain the unemployed and redundant , it would give a solid base on which to work . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Any binoculars will give a superb view of this huge system , which is much the brightest of the really large external galaxies . |
| 18 | Or rather it would give a possible base for the possible erection of two or three possible motives . |
| 19 | This table can only give a general feel of the capacity of the corpus to cover the transitions likely to arise in unseen text . |
| 20 | If he considers that it does , he should give a general warning to that team and , if the offence is repeated , he must order the offending player off the field . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) If on an application under this section the applicant lodges with the board , instead of the plan mentioned in paragraph ( b ) of subsection ( 1 ) above , a plan sufficient to identify the site of the premises , together with such description of the premises as will give a general indication of their proposed size and character ( with reference in particular to the sale of alcoholic liquor ) , then ( a ) the licensing board shall deal with the application as if made under subsection 1 ) above ; but ( b ) any provisional grant of a licence made on an application under this subsection shall become ineffective unless affirmed by the licensing board on application made to the board to that effect within 12 months of the provisional grant of the licence , any such application being accompanied by a plan of the premises . |
| 22 | The curve of y = ax ³ + bx ² will give a cubic curve with a pronounced s form near the origin . |
| 23 | If the Shah and the British showed good sense , he remarked , " we may really give a serious defeat to Russian intentions and plans in that area " . |
| 24 | When a solid which contains electric charges , produced by the presence of impurities in the crystal lattice , is subjected to a steadily increasing pressure , it will give a short-lived pulse of electricity — a transient electric current — well before it ruptures . |
| 25 | This scene may give a rare glimpse of Charles 's personal style as king . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the Museum and the Reading Room of the British Library Reference Division share a common entrance , so any simple count of people walking through either of the two entrances to the building would certainly give a correct number of people entering the Museum , but it would not be correct for genuine visitors to the Museum . |
| 27 | While the gravity falls during the fermentation process , the OG does give a useful indication of the strength of beer . |
| 28 | Although the invoicing system is long redundant , the use of the shilling in the name of a beer does give a useful indication of its strength . |
| 29 | Engineering director Alan Girven said : ‘ The Portrack extension will give a major boost to the cleaning of the river Tees and is part of our continuing commitment to improving the environment . |
| 30 | Let me give a concrete example of what I mean . |