Example sentences of "give it an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some , including Mr Townsend himself , would give it an absolute priority . |
| 2 | We 'll try install , bu but give it an explicit path . |
| 3 | There are some special features about the Klasies River Mouth site , which this book draws attention to , that give it an important place on maps of the prehistoric world . |
| 4 | The most vociferously opposed union maintains that all the problems could be solved were the government to remove the PTT from the financial tutelage of the finance ministry and give it an independent budget . |
| 5 | It may be full of microbes and rotting vegetation , but these are natural and organic and only give it an attractive flavour . |
| 6 | The political crisis which vastly increased its recruitment could not help but give it an unusual character . |
| 7 | Their builder clad the tower in old stone to give it an ancient appearance . |
| 8 | The role of the European Parliament must be enhanced , to give it an effective power of co-decision within the Community . |
| 9 | National Power was given 70 per cent of the CEGB 's generating capacity in order to give it an economic mix of power . |
| 10 | I have to give it an important-sounding name . |
| 11 | Foucault specifies the difference between them by contrasting their relation to the document : the historians of total history have been engaged above all in the interpretation of documents , attempting to reconstitute the past , to give it an inner meaning ( always available only to the historian ) , to recover a voice and allow it to speak . |
| 12 | As widely expected the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of — Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) won a majority of seats at national and provincial level to give it an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 13 | We are optimistic about the prospects of the scheme , and I hope that , in due course , the hon. Member for Hammersmith will be able to bring himself to give it an unqualified endorsement . |
| 14 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 15 | Indeed Michael Blair did it full justice several times last night and who says Josef Locke was n't standing in the wings giving it an envied ear … |
| 16 | And as counting started again early today at the Guildhall , the SDLP looked set to gain its predicted 17 seats , giving it an over-all majority on Derry City Council for the first time . |
| 17 | The total value put on the business is 12.3m Novell shares , giving it an indicated value of $323m . |
| 18 | It also co-operated extensively with similar organisations throughout the world , which has given it an international orientation from the outset . |
| 19 | Which you and you 've given it an extra name of mumsy S L P . |
| 20 | In her memory it was too bleak , too desolate , and that had given it an added power . |
| 21 | And it means nothing to the layman , two Greek words meaning ‘ grey ’ and ‘ marrow ’ , so we 've given it an easier name , infantile paralysis , which at least is English . ’ |
| 22 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 23 | Highly charged personal reminiscence is bound up with the anthropological perspective which gives it an impersonal respectability . |
| 24 | The National Curriculum Council 's own guidance : A Curriculum for All ( NCC 1989a ) , not only presents the National Curriculum as a common entitlement , but also gives it an ideological pedigree . |
| 25 | It is avarice that enhances a jewel and gives it an artificial beauty , but the stones of the sea are valueless so their beauty is real . |
| 26 | If the rat does not run when given some signal ( such as a light coming on ) , the experimenter gives it an electric shock . |
| 27 | Certainly ‘ Scarlet Ribbons ’ was one he used to sing to her ; here Sinead tremulously gives it an elegiac quality with tin whistle and uileann pipes and painful memories nearly overwhelm her halfway through . |
| 28 | Leach 's has a forked tail which gave it an alternative name of ‘ fork-tailed petrel ’ . |
| 29 | The church 's provinces , dioceses and parishes gave it an extensive infrastructure , its carefully-ranked personnel and tiers of assemblies a hierarchy of control into which the king could tap . |
| 30 | Whilst it was still airborne you gave it an almighty swipe and endeavoured to send it further than your opponent . |