Example sentences of "[adv] to give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was prepared merely to give a general picture of the Business in order to help potential Purchasers decide whether or not they wished to enter into more detailed negotiations to acquire the Business . |
| 2 | In writing an auto-biography or the story of my life , or the intimate journals or diary of myself , it would be well perhaps to give a few details concerning my birth ; a date or two might add a little dignity also . |
| 3 | It all ties together to give a simple scheme of explanation . |
| 4 | How these claims and dependencies are reconciled , how the views of the different disciplines fit consistently together to give a total picture of the one world of experience is a problem both vast and baffling . |
| 5 | The answer to these doubts is that not one of these three measures is adequate on its own , and that all three should be taken together to give a proper guide to costs . |
| 6 | This traditional-style comfort room shows how plains , patterns and stripes can be used together to give a lived-in look . |
| 7 | She managed to open her eyes even wider ; wide enough to give a suicidal Spaniel decent competition . |
| 8 | Thus , by selecting the right ‘ task ’ , we have constrained a system we know , because we designed it that way , to be organized redundantly to give a double dissociation . |
| 9 | Their applications followed that of Austria in July 1989 [ see p. 36822 ] , on which the EC Commission had still to give a formal Opinion . |
| 10 | Work around cake , adding more icing to parts that have dried a little to give a 3-D effect . |
| 11 | It is not the intention here to go into great detail on the subject of nutrition , but rather to give a simple guide that may be useful to those who want to make sure that the elderly parent in their care is being properly nourished . |
| 12 | Most of the functions attributed to rises are nearer to grammatical than attitudinal , as in the first three examples given below ; they are included here mainly to give a fuller picture of intonational function . |
| 13 | I suppose this was originally to give a sterile wife a period of grace — she could tell her husband she was pregnant but owing to the machinations of some female rival , the child was ‘ asleep ’ . ’ |
| 14 | The insect head presents many morphological problems but it is convenient here to give a descriptive account of the head-capsule and cephalic appendages before discussing the more important theories of the segmental composition of this region . |
| 15 | There is not space here to give a detailed account of all religions , nor is it the purpose of this text to do this . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been brought here to give a full account of Captain Meredith 's dealings . |
| 17 | Enough survives today to give a compelling impression of the extent to which the crown supplied visual evidence to its subjects of the splendour of Scottish monarchy ; the buildings may be small-scale by comparison with those of wealthier kings , but they are also lovely , and imposing , and above all utterly fashionable . |
| 18 | It would be appropriate here simply to give a brief outline of events , and then limit any review to the ways in which it is relevant to John Howard and his cause . |
| 19 | Both the border and the single motifs can also be used upside-down to give a solid edge at the bottom and an irregular edge at the top . |
| 20 | Roll out the coloured icing to a 20cm ( 8inch ) square , very thinly to give a marbled effect . |
| 21 | If necessary rescheduling should be carried out either to give a new completion date or to increase resources ( or reduce time allocated ) in order to get back on schedule . |
| 22 | Similarly , it is not possible for him either to give a hard-and-fast definition of Truth . |
| 23 | It is meant primarily to give a final reminder that English spoken at something like full conversational speed is very different from the slow , careful pronunciation of the early Tape Units . |
| 24 | Brush lightly to give a lighter tone and use more pressure to give a darker ‘ shadow ’ around the edge of the fruit . |
| 25 | Though Fox was never to give a distinguished lecture , his friends were triumphant . |