Example sentences of "give it [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when product design has lost its way , the gallery fails to provide a proper historical context that might give it some sense of direction . |
| 2 | It 'll give it some form of protection which we have n't got round to doing the erm oh |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll give it another quarter of an hour or so , ’ Laura said , ‘ and I 'll try for another reduction . |
| 4 | The sale proceeds will be used to pay off Heywood Williams 's debts and give it net cash of £65 million to fund expansion . |
| 5 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |
| 6 | The bat 's ear is similar in design to ours , but with refinements which give it great sensitivity at ultrasonic frequencies . |
| 7 | The advantages of the Lucas bus is that the rubber tyres give it better grip on steel and help to reduce shocks on the chassis . |
| 8 | The very flexible hooves of the mountain goat give it maximum grip on precarious slopes and dizzy ledges . |
| 9 | Then give it another wash with moss killer to keep it clean . |
| 10 | ‘ Give it another couple of minutes and I 'll show you . |
| 11 | And er you get out give it another coat with a thingummy and then you work straight across straight across and you just gradually add maybe just a wee drop of methylated spirits till you get all that oil and you see it glistening . |
| 12 | Its agreement with Matsushita and Marubeni also give it important access to Japanese methods for miniaturising circuits and other such devices . |
| 13 | We give it proper attention by placing it first ) . |
| 14 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 15 | In Third World countries , in particular , where governments are seeking efficient ways of adopting scientific and technological know-how , the characteristics of English as an international language already give it considerable advantage over others in the commercial competition to ‘ sell ’ such language training . |
| 16 | Dell has renegotiated an existing $200m revolving line of credit with a group of nine large banks led by Barclays Bank Plc to give it additional flexibility in using the funds . |
| 17 | I mean the point would be to give it that kind of pzazz that the young kids love so much . |
| 18 | In the coils adjacent to his wrists he located the python 's cloaca and managed to give it one hell of a goosing . |
| 19 | Death rates increased all the time , as hormonally charged adolescents flocked to give it heavy Brando on Honda C50s . |
| 20 | To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions . |
| 21 | To suggest that there is an interested and informed big brother , on whom one side could lean , to give it some advantage over the other , is only to prolong the agony . |
| 22 | Business impact upon policy formation and implementation extends beyond this veto power to give it active control of all policy-making relevant to capitalist interests — as the detailed sequence and pattern of extensions to state intervention in the modern period makes clear . |
| 23 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
| 24 | However , treating knowledge about language systematically and giving it explicit mention in the syllabus is not universal in our schools . |
| 25 | Cuba 's proximity to the United States has given it great value for Soviet intelligence , surveillance and communications operations . |
| 26 | Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room . |
| 27 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 28 | All this gives it some importance in bringing the workforce to acceptance of the new work disciplines of the industrial revolution . |
| 29 | If the process of taking evidence abroad is to serve its purpose , the evidence must be in a form which makes it admissible and gives it proper weight in the proceedings for which it was prepared , and this requires the authorities of the country in which the evidence is to be taken to show considerable flexibility in allowing , and it may be operating , modes of procedure which are quite unfamiliar . |
| 30 | The National Front 's vote increased from 10.4 per cent to 15.7 per cent , which gave it second place behind the candidate of the centrist Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) . |