Example sentences of "which give [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To complicate the picture even further , there are a number of other devices which , although not strictly security interests in the sense of vesting some type of proprietary interest in the creditor or which give him possessory control over assets of the debtor company , nevertheless act as security .
2 Now let A , B be general , and let the equivalent transformations which give them canonical form be PAQ , RBS , where P , Q , R , S are non-singular .
3 The bat 's ear is similar in design to ours , but with refinements which give it great sensitivity at ultrasonic frequencies .
4 While the new group can be satisfied by the establishment of alternative facilities , which give it public presence and identity , its distinction from oppositional groups is reasonably clear .
5 Nearer to the shape of the Flexi , though sparless and using a multiple line bridle system , is the Wolkensturmer Paraflex with a span of 240cm ( 94½in ) and sixteen cells which give it exceptional lifting power .
6 So then you start thinking about visual images which give you this impression of power and menace , something like the Nuremberg Rallies of the 1930s , and use that as the basis of your inspiration .
7 ‘ It is times like these which give us all hope , ’ she said .
8 The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men .
9 When at last she gained some independence by taking a job which gave her some income of her own , she suddenly put her foot down .
10 The garden had to be shared with the bottom flat , so a dividing wall was built which gave them total privacy .
11 In the late 1930s the Liverpool Police brought in a new ‘ discretionary movement ’ in which constables made half-hour points , which gave them relative freedom on the beat .
12 Most damaging to the action man myth of JFK was his serious adrenaline disorder , Addison 's disease , which gave him acute back pain .
13 In late August González had been granted extraordinary powers which gave him total control over central government , federal agency and state company finances and the administration of enterprises operating under the Public Works and Defence ministries .
14 The book of which gave him most satisfaction was William Neil 's One Volume Bible Commentary .
15 But it was the ability to become a socially responsible landlord which gave him most satisfaction .
16 True , he was an All-State footballer which gave him some excitement and fun ; but he always stayed in Neptune with Lorraine and with Mud .
17 For example , in Variation 5 of the above-quoted work , Bach kept all intervals true in the successive canons by inversion at the 6th , 3rd , 2nd , and 9th — a Herculean task , and surely one which gave him some satisfaction .
18 Mr Cross walked to the signal box at Girvan and waited until the train was belled off Kilkerran which gave him sufficient time to drive to Pinmore .
19 Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park !
20 I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature .
21 I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then .
22 They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails .
23 During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone .
24 I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service .
25 For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences .
26 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 ) .
27 Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility .
28 According to the theory of universal grammar , children start outlife with a universal grammar or language ‘ blueprint ’ in the mind which gives them some idea of the form that any language will take .
29 He would later describe the king as " one of the most brilliant statesman I have ever been privileged to meet , with a fantastic memory and a third eye which gives him great sensitivity and extraordinary perception . "
30 This will include : ( i ) the mother ; ( ii ) the father if he was married to the mother when the child was born ; ( iii ) the father , if he was not married to the child 's mother when the child was born but he has since married her or now has a residence order , a court order which gives him parental responsibility or a formal parental responsibility agreement made with the mother in accordance with s4(2) of the Act ; ( iv ) a guardian of the child which in this context means a testamentary guardian appointed in accordance with s5 of the Act ; ( v ) anyone who holds a custody or residence order relating to the child ; ( vi ) a local authority which has a care order in respect of the child ; ( vii ) anyone who has been granted an emergency protection order ; ( viii ) in the case of an adopted child , the adopters in place of the natural parents .
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