Example sentences of "was [vb pp] give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was intended to give legal sanction to regulations introduced in November 1990 , under which a doctor intending to perform euthanasia was obliged to consult a second doctor and to inform the coroner after the patient 's death . |
| 2 | The compensatory financing was designed to give temporary support to countries facing short-term fluctuations in export earnings , predominantly primary producing nations . |
| 3 | A machine dating from 1908 which was designed to give eight minutes of reproduction from cylinder records . |
| 4 | Shortly after paying out , a decision was made to give individual ticket holders their money back or the choice of going to one of the Prince concerts due to be held this summer . |
| 5 | Clynol 's Gel Forming Spray was used to give subtle hold to these sexy long tresses . |
| 6 | I had a friend who had one of those ancient slide machines which was used to give light shows , and you could make the slides out of coloured oils and inks and put them together between two sheets of glass and when they 're heated up inside the machine , they went , splat , splat , and made these rather beautiful moving colours . |
| 7 | The new Retro hairdryer from Clairol was used to give natural movement to this sleek , glossy look |
| 8 | Bishop Gray , with the Bishop of Chester , the Rt Rev Michael Baughen , and the Rev Dr John Newton , had jointly made efforts to bring the extra funding that was needed to give some hope to Cammell Laird . |
| 9 | Originally it was thought to give better protection to the crew ejecting at high speed and provide them with a ‘ shirt-sleeve ’ environment . |
| 10 | Krishna Pal , a 35 year old carpenter , injured his shoulder and one of Carey 's fellow missionaries , John Thomas , was called to give medical aid . |
| 11 | The Redundancy Payments Act of 1965 was introduced to give redundant workers some recompense for losing their jobs and to encourage companies to release labour they no longer required ( feather-bedding ) , thereby encouraging labour mobility in the face of growing changes in the technological make-up of industry . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State for Wales was authorised to give financial assistance to LEAs for the teaching of Welsh or the use of Welsh as a medium for teaching other subjects . |
| 13 | Valerie was asked to give regular classes and hopes to be able to start these in the autumn . |
| 14 | What we did : Hair was cut to give more texture and shaped well around the neck and sides . |
| 15 | Originally , in 1955 , a select committee was appointed to give specialized attention to the nationalized industries : when a full range of select committees were established in 1979 , the Committee on Nationalized Industries was discontinued and its responsibilities transferred to the appropriate functional committees , e.g. energy and transport . |
| 16 | ‘ Hunterston pulled out all the stops to get the spare transformer readied for shipment , a section of the fence was removed to give easy access for the low-loader , and the transformer was moved to the docks at Ardrossan and loaded on to the Fisher . |
| 17 | And the electorate 's view of the Conservative Party would depend upon its success in creating a Defence policy that was perceived to give reasonable security at lower cost . |
| 18 | But Norman was determined to give full value for money . |
| 19 | In Oz13 and It33 a letter from a ‘ surrealist group ’ including jazz singer/writer George Melly was published giving twenty-one reasons why they needed ‘ Danny the Red ’ Cohn-Bendit , the media 's nominee for ‘ leadership ’ of the May Events . |
| 20 | The word length of 40 bits was chosen to give suitable accuracy for the type of fixed-point binary calculations for which the computer was designed ( hardware floating-point arithmetic having been rejected ) . |
| 21 | The unusual size was chosen to give more space to the visuals and to stand out from the standard A4 size so common in offices . |
| 22 | Accordingly , submitted Mr. Collins , such an undertaking was required to give immediate effect to Community law . |
| 23 | A party congress in January 1991 was required to give final approval to the changes , designed to move the party towards social democracy and to increase its electoral support . |