Example sentences of "give it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has time to dissolve minute quantities of minerals which can give it definite characteristics such as hardness or taste . |
| 2 | We can change the terminology , we can give it different words , we can talk about making a commitment to Christ , we can talk about salvation , we can talk about conversion , the word , they 're not the important thing it 's this act of a new birth of receiving God in Christ for ourselves , believing that he died for us and are receiving this new life . |
| 3 | It is primarily this area of work which has prompted many supporting agencies to identify with WACC and give it financial resources . |
| 4 | We will restore public control of the National Grid and give it new duties and powers to ensure the long-term security of electricity supplies . |
| 5 | I 've got ta be catched I wo n't actually do it I 'll just come in run a mo just give it complete customers and and help |
| 6 | If a suntan is top of that list give it top marks — after all , this is where the Spanish sun comes for its holiday . |
| 7 | I am to fingerstyle bass playing what Lemmy is to pick playing — we both give it fair amounts of welly ! |
| 8 | By the time it had found it , a lot of people in the old movies and new news business were shouting very angrily at one another down telephones , and some of them were feverishly trying to give it new instructions . |
| 9 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 10 | The vacancies came to light as the Department of the Environment announced a reorganisation of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , prior to giving it new powers in the ‘ green ’ Bill . |
| 11 | Van Helmont envisaged the natural world as a system of seedlike entities , seminal spirits that penetrated matter giving it specific properties . |
| 12 | As might have been expected , the larger exhibitions attracted considerably more visitors than the smallest exhibition , but all three received a generally favourable response from the public , with both the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions being rated as Very Good or Good by at least 90% of those who saw them , and with 78% of those who saw the Skinner exhibition giving it similar ratings . |
| 13 | As indicated , in various parts of the country experimental projects have developed a co-ordinator role , giving it different titles , key worker , case manager , care co-ordinator , nominated social worker . |
| 14 | Later discoveries about genetics , molecular biology , population dynamics and behaviour have given it new dimensions . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 17 | Pugin 's advocacy of the Gothic as a Christian , not pagan , architecture , had given it moral overtones . |
| 18 | ( Like many new proteins this has been discovered by different groups , which have given it different names . ) |
| 19 | Section 4(1) of the Police Act 1964 states that it is the duty of every police authority to secure the maintenance of an adequate and efficient police force for the area and gives it certain responsibilities in relation to the establishment , buildings and equipment . |
| 20 | The double X gives it the chance to be red and black , while the Y gives it male characteristics . |
| 21 | The type of guest for which a hotel caters gives it special characteristics and atmosphere : for example , some hotels are family-type hotels with a fair proportion of residential guests , while others are commercial hotels usually catering for commercial travellers continually in transit . |
| 22 | ‘ Methinks its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live Making it a companionable form , Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling spirit By its own moods interprets , everywhere Echo or mirror seeking of itself , And makes a toy of Thought . |
| 23 | Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good . |
| 24 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |
| 25 | Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers . |
| 26 | Her long blonde hair seemed to come alive in the sunlight which gave it golden highlights . |
| 27 | We also gave it top marks for looks . |
| 28 | They gave it double smiles and blank silence |
| 29 | ‘ The thing about McGahern is that although 6 out of 8 Irish critics were against it most of the foreign reviewers , including The Observer and Guardian and New York Times , gave it glowing reviews . |
| 30 | Shortly after the sack , Stamford was granted its great Charter of Incorporation by the newly acclaimed Yorkist king Edward IV , which gave it considerable rewards for its loyalty ( an earlier charter of 972 , which was a post-conquest forgery , and only referred to the mint at Stamford , was still celebrated in 1972 ) . |