Example sentences of "give a good [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although one is definitely much more ‘ mainstream ’ than the other , doing two should give a better idea of the scope of design ideas from this very interesting maker . |
| 2 | ‘ It would give a better idea of the effectiveness of co-operation if the public had a chance to look at the frequency with which bombs are transported into Northern Ireland in vehicles stolen in the Republic . |
| 3 | Use of such a set of unnormalized operations may give a better indication of the accuracy of an arithmetic calculation . |
| 4 | It is easy to feel stifled with the massive tower blocks and hordes of people , and a trip up the hills behind the city or on a boat out into the South China Sea helps give a better perspective of the place . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think the speakers would give a better quality of sound if I moved them further apart ? ’ |
| 6 | Before we come to that ; however , it may give a better picture of the dynamics and movement of theology itself if we approach it more chronologically , and deal in turn with the two main impulses stemming from Germany and Switzerland which largely set the tone in the period from 1920 to 1960 — those associated above all with Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann — with trends outside Germany in that same period , and then with the movements which have received the widest attention in the last twenty years or so . |
| 7 | We also need meaningful alternatives to measuring performance by averages , and the report argues that looking at centiles ( for example , the time within which 90% of patients were seen ) may give a better view of the situation . |
| 8 | It is anticipated that the results produced will give a better understanding of firms decision making processes regarding depot location in addition to valuation of road network improvements . |
| 9 | At Aonach Mor there is a small dam which provides all the fresh water for the day lodge facilities and which will give a good head of pressure for the cannon at night . |
| 10 | If you have done enough of the right type of training , there is no reason why you should n't give a good account of yourself . |
| 11 | Erm I suppose having this great exten extended crane there does give a good impression of height , but , the action is here and i it 's a little small in the frame and , but although I 'm sure , you know , there 's quite a fe I imagine there 's a lot of people standing around watching and so on , but as a photograph at the end of the day I 'm not sure it has quite enough impact to be erm terribly interesting . |
| 12 | The palace has almost disappeared and the church has been poorly restored and does not give a good impression of the original . |
| 13 | As XPS is useful for the study of surfaces it can give a good deal of information about species adsorbed on catalysts . |
| 14 | and they add that it is only reasonable to do so ; for the parrot alone can give a good imitation of the human voice . |
| 15 | While these figures refer to crimes committed by juveniles , they do give a good indication of the extent of class differences in crime statistics generally , given the high proportion of offenders who are juveniles . |
| 16 | Most test kits are quick and easy to use and give a good indication of the quality of your water . |
| 17 | The coins , therefore , should give a good indication of examples in circulation at the very end of the fourth century . |
| 18 | the type of department where the student was registered did not always give a good indication of the research area being covered ; |
| 19 | Brains themselves do not fossilize but skulls do , and the cavity in which the brain was housed-the braincase — if interpreted with care , can give a good indication of brain size . |
| 20 | The legends are consistent in widely separate places and give a good cross-section of the main themes . |
| 21 | In Spring and Autumn , the traditional publishing seasons , lists of forthcoming books with substantial annotations give a good indication of the content of the publisher 's output for the next four month period . |
| 22 | Not only does a Jack Russell give a good indication of the whereabouts of ferrets and rabbits underground but it saves time , giving an accurate indication of where to begin sweeping the ground with a locator . |
| 23 | You give a good impression of being Superman , but you 're not really , and I 'm definitely not Superwoman . |
| 24 | These are in many ways ideal , since they aim at comprehensiveness , are arranged in classified order , and give a good deal of information with each entry . |
| 25 | The fish are n't large and you are unlikely to return home with one that you could pop straight into a glass case , although you might well do so ; but they fight hard and give a good account of themselves . |
| 26 | Alpha is made up of two components of magnitudes 3 and 5 ; the separation is 231 seconds of arc , so that binoculars give a good view of the pair even though it is not in the least prominent . |
| 27 | The line numbers given here give a better sense of the preponderance of dialogue over narrative in the Shipman 's Tale , a ratio of about 2:1 . |
| 28 | Why may unnormalized floating-point arithmetic give a better indication of accuracy than normalized arithmetic ? |
| 29 | England 's second encounter with West Indies was at Adelaide , where they were given a good start of 121 by Broad and Athey . |
| 30 | Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention . |