Example sentences of "give [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will give in the confident expectation that their gift will be well received . |
| 2 | This portable burglar alarm will give off a loud shriek when it detects movement — good for unattended tents , caravans or boats , or just for extra security at night |
| 3 | Natural gas is a safe fuel , but did you know your gas appliances can give off a poisonous gas which can kill ? |
| 4 | Planck used the idea of quanta to explain why a red-hot piece of metal does n't give off an infinite amount of heat ; but he regarded quanta simply as a theoretical trick , one that did n't correspond to anything in physical reality . |
| 5 | All you have to do is give up a few square yards of lawn space . |
| 6 | The idea that she 'd give up a precious Friday evening for the pleasure of obliging Canon Wheeler for his beaux yeux was a myth she was happy to dispel . |
| 7 | But why , policyholders may well ask , should they give up a 40 per cent stake in the business ? |
| 8 | I could n't go on living in a place where I was no use , ’ she spoke with the quietness and desperate authority of someone who had discovered they could give up no more ground and live . |
| 9 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 10 | and we will not give up the good things in life for Greenpeace and for a clean environment |
| 11 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 12 | After years of regular waxing , the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back . |
| 13 | For them , classic clothes no longer have to be fussy or stuffy — an increasing number of British men want classic style , but wo n't give up the comfortable feel of the designer clothes they got used to in the Eighties . |
| 14 | For all their talk about the wisdom of the marketplace , the Thatcher government could not give up the paternalistic idea that they had to regulate the independent television companies , with the continuation of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the guise of an Independent Television Commission . |
| 15 | came from the hospital to do her midwifery and there was a boy in Wrexham Hospital he 'd give up the permanent job to go to The Yale |
| 16 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 17 | Would all teachers give out a gentle reminder please . |
| 18 | The remembered light on the empty hayfields would grow magical , the green shade of the beeches would give out a delicious coolness as they tasted again the sardines between slices of bread : when they were away the house would become the summer light and shade above their whole lives . |
| 19 | Look just packet of crisps you 'd give out the whole packet . |
| 20 | [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade . |
| 21 | Taken over an average hard disk this could give around a 15 per cent saving in space . |
| 22 | Did you erm , give in a formal letter ? |
| 23 | For external comparison , we give in the right hand column of the table , a comparable figure ( where available ) derived from a fairly representative sample of modern English . |
| 24 | Such knowledge will be the basis of the advice we give in the next chapter for promoting adjustment after a time-zone transition . |
| 25 | And this is why at a late stage in À la recherche , Marcel says that it is a mistake , particularly where the artist is concerned , to accept , and I quote , ‘ It 's a mistake to accept things as they are in reality , names as they are written , people as photography and psychology give in an unalterable idea of them . ’ |
| 26 | Stuck with posters advertising the return of a group called Sttonehenge ( sic ) , ‘ Il Coraggio di Essere Giovani ’ , apricot coloured walls give off a lazy warmth . |
| 27 | ‘ You give up a nice bed to come out here ? ’ he asks . |
| 28 | Work on restoring the Wimpy to its former self is proceeding well , thanks to its loyal band of workers , many of whom give up a considerable amount of spare time to work on the aircraft . |
| 29 | For the first time companies seem willing to bend a bit , maybe even give up a cherished shibboleth or two . |
| 30 | The Bosnian Serbs under Karadzic are against the plan drawn up by mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen because it demands they give up a third of the territory they control and proposes dividing Bosnia into ten ethnic cantons . |