Example sentences of "give it [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If it disappoints , do n't scrap it at once , but wait for a second year and give it another chance to redeem your hopes and optimism .
2 Medirace needed a trading vehicle to give it some cashflow to stay in business .
3 So you 've got to give it some heat to help the oxygen to work .
4 The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader .
5 A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections .
6 But the SDLP expected to add another seat to its team , giving it eight benches to occupy in the council chamber .
7 Although this has the weight of patristic authority behind it , Hilton very simply outlines the bare essentials of the story and its interpretation giving it particular emphasis to highlight implications peculiarly relevant to the noble lord .
8 Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora .
9 Moltke , by reinforcing his left wing at the expense of his right , had given it sufficient strength to resist attack but insufficient to mount a crushing counter-attack .
10 The Times [ London ] gave it fourteen column inches ; Guardian [ London ] , eight inches ; The Irish Times [ Dublin ] , twenty-four inches ; Sunday News [ Belfast ] , forty-four inches ; and Belfast Telegraph , nil .
11 Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface .
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