Example sentences of "that give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it unreasonable to assume that given a sufficient respite they hoped that Britain 's own nuclear force might become strong enough to act as a deterrent to a Soviet attack on the home islands . |
| 2 | ‘ Out came the most perfect rendering I had ever heard , ’ said Coghill , ‘ except that given a short while before by John Gielgud in his Haymarket Hamlet . |
| 3 | Nevertheless there are important factors that give a strong impetus to a reductivist reasoning . |
| 4 | Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method . |
| 5 | Despite the persistence of huge environmental problems , Western donors and lending institutions are financing only projects that give a good return on investment and are expecting Eastern European countries to pay for much of the clean-up themselves . |
| 6 | I reckon that give a good team he could turn in ( God forbid ) an England player . |
| 7 | The inviolable Gedge formed character traits as a child that give a fascinating insight into his later life . |
| 8 | Throw away all the books that give a stable routine which starts at 7am with morning feed and fills up the rest of the day with activities like quartering and setting fair — most of which none of us have time for ! |
| 9 | Teachers of reading will prefer games that give a running commentary . |
| 10 | He 's also produced language tapes that give a fun way of learning . |
| 11 | For example , we would expect to find cells that give an excitatory response to long wavelength light shone on one part of the retina and an inhibitory response to long wavelength light shone on to an adjacent part . |
| 12 | Yet musicians have on occasion been deceived by editions that give an outward impression of scholarliness . |
| 13 | But as you graph your annual giving year by year , remember that to give an accurate impression you will need to correct for inflation . |
| 14 | The most significant of these was the substitution of a wooden table for a stone altar , a move that gave a visual emphasis to the Protestant belief that the eucharist was not the re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice on Calvary but a remembrance of the Last Supper . |
| 15 | The pupils of this generation of sociologists are people like Howard Becker and Erving Goffman , and it was their work in the 1960s that gave a new lease of life to ethnographic research after it had fallen into some disuse , in British sociology at least , in the 1950s . |
| 16 | In mid-afternoon , they parked on the side of a dirt road and carried their picnic lunch to a grassy knoll that gave a perfect view of the dark blue waters of Lago Albano . |
| 17 | These properties formed a marked contrast to the fine Georgian brick buildings in the main streets and to the recently-acquired , impressive collection of public buildings that gave a prosperous air to the face of the town . |
| 18 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 19 | For example , on his first appearance in the 2nd Division for us , against Blackpool at The Nest on 22 October 1921 , he hit the single goal that gave a weakened Palace side victory , he got another one the following week in an excellent 3–1 win at Blackpool which was our first away from home in the higher division , then returned to Selhurst the next Saturday and headed the goal that disposed of Clapton Orient in a rugged London derby . |
| 20 | Suddenly they were in a huge , enchanting sitting-room , with the sun pouring in through the open French windows that gave a magnificent view out over the bay . |
| 21 | I was startled to read a review copy of a new book that gave a detailed description of an eagle 's nest location . |
| 22 | She made no attempt to disguise the sarcasm that gave an added cadence to her voice . |
| 23 | ‘ We have re-examined the design economics and whole principle of ammonia production , ’ said Pearce , ‘ The result is a design that gives a small plant all the economic advantages of very large-scale plants . |
| 24 | I found the erm structured thought patterns and the span of conception is very interesting in the fact that you do things in threes and obviously that gives a certain logic net to everything that you do and the way that you prepare your presentation . |
| 25 | The simplest form of potential divider that gives a fixed attenuation between input and output is shown in figure 8.1(a) . |
| 26 | These are basically of two kinds : those which are generic to the product category ( clean clothes ; a delicious , easy-to-cook meal ; a safe place for your savings that gives a good rate of interest ; fast , easy , reliable driving ) ; and those which are specific to our product . |
| 27 | ‘ We want a boat that gives a good grounding in trapeze and spinnaker techniques , in all weather conditions , but that is n't too demanding for youngsters joining the class . |
| 28 | In practice it is often difficult to define bibliographical types in a way that gives a reliable guide to content , and the selector is best advised to look at each bibliography individually . |
| 29 | Never forget that it is not the speed that the horse jumps the fence , but the rhythm maintained and picked up immediately on landing and the economy of route both into and away from fences that gives a fast time . |
| 30 | The products , combined with Concurrent 's Intelligent Bus Interface Module for VMEbus provide an intelligent data movement subsystem that gives a Concurrent data acquisition system ‘ enormous ’ data capture capability . |