Example sentences of "it give the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave the poor girl hope , where there was none . |
| 2 | Ownership of this asset accordingly conferred unchallengeable power and influence on a comparative minority , while at the same time working it gave the overwhelming majority of the population their livelihood . |
| 3 | It gave the European plan anonymity by not identifying the author of the plan , while his own copy under his own initials and those of his secretary would tell Mueller and his Detroit colleagues that he had a hand in its formulation , which is what Mueller and Muldoon wanted people to think . |
| 4 | It gave the European Court of Justice the power to fine governments contravening EC law . |
| 5 | He said that he was willing to modify parts of the Driglam Namzha programme and admitted that the current mode of representation in the Tsogdu was imperfect since it gave the Nepalese-dominated districts in the south only 16 seats out of a total of 151 . |
| 6 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 7 | An obvious trophy , it afforded irrefutable proof that the victim was male , and obtaining it gave the additional satisfaction of dishonouring the corpse . |
| 8 | One diplomat observed : ‘ The national colloquium and the discussions leading up to it gave the lower ranking researcher better status , and a feeling of more involvement in his work . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We dropped the name ( and image ) because it gave the wrong impression by sounding like an extension of an army camp , ’ says a Raleigh International spokeswoman . |
| 10 | The name change was necessary , it was argued , because the original name referred to a single event that had taken place over a decade previously , that it gave the wrong image , and did n't properly describe the work being done by the organisation . |
| 11 | For a moment the android was perfectly still , then it gave the slightest nod . |
| 12 | Originally it gave the same reading as the theatre score ; Purcell made the alteration in order to bring it into line with the printed version . |
| 13 | It gives the two bodies until tomorrow to do so the deadline UEFA gave French officials to choose a replacement team . |
| 14 | It has already been stated that the miracle is important because it gives the clearest reason why Jesus healed . |
| 15 | In fact , the consolidated balance sheet is published for little more than completeness : it gives the net debit balances and net credit balances for the organization to be carried forward to the new financial year . |
| 16 | It gives the sequential development of 111 items , selected from the pragmatic , semantic and syntactic systems , grouped into ten major levels . |
| 17 | By curving up its abdomen it gives the false impression that it is about to strike with its tail . |
| 18 | Conservative MP Warren Hawksley says it gives the wrong message to young people . |
| 19 | I do n't think we ought to provide it because that just means it gives the wrong impression to the officers I have to say . |
| 20 | This is not the most familiar approach to quantum theory , but it gives the same results as other methods . |
| 21 | When you have read ( and re-read ) your Medau News we hope it gives the same feeling . |
| 22 | It does , nevertheless , have one benefit in that it makes the identification of the Z3 Carbonate relatively easy because when combined with the leaching profile at the top of the formation , it gives the sonic log a characteristic D-shape which is unique to the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 23 | The second item of erm correspondence is from Bromley 's Bromley 's Social Services , if you remember , we 've got this on going campaign on home helps and along side that we 've got erm , we did hear of t his home shopping erm campaign that Bromley do , apparently quite successfully , the MP has mentioned that , so I thought I 'd get some details of that erm , it gives the whole procedure for , for the er shopping and the delivery and the Social Services pay out for it , they pay a charge , erm if you 'd like this copied , I could get copies for the next meeting , but meanwhile I 'd recommend that erm we take it up with Benefits Action tomorrow on the campaign . |
| 24 | It gives the brief papers to a conference on problem adolescents , held after a five year exchange of child care policy makers , practitioners and researchers from England and the Carolinas . |
| 25 | It gives the 3,200 staff a 7.6 per cent pay increase . |