Example sentences of "the [noun sg] give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | More wounding than the question is the inability to give a coherent answer . |
| 2 | ‘ Never mind the rights or wrongs of the decision , we should never have given the referee the opportunity to give a penalty in a situation like that . |
| 3 | In the darkness the Prince gave a short , barking laugh , ingested a large mouthful of water , choked and expelled it in panic through nose and mouth at once . |
| 4 | Out of the corner of his eye he saw the stretcher give a great jump . |
| 5 | Would it not help if the board gave a written assurance to the people who 've been complaining here that they will meet them on any occasion to discuss the problem in writing please because from Brenda it appears that it just does not happen . |
| 6 | In the garden scenes , the technique gives a tangible impression of organic growth , of nature recycling itself , now buds and shoots evolving out of the rotting vegetation of last year 's earthly fruits . |
| 7 | The afternoon gives a first real taste of the majestic Canadian Rocky Mountains . |
| 8 | The rules of the referendum gave a vote to anyone who had been permanently resident in the republic since before Nov. 3 , 1989 . |
| 9 | If , as is becoming increasingly common , the contract gives a female executive maternity leave rights which are more generous than the minimum legal requirement , the employer must of course comply with those terms . |
| 10 | The endowment gives a glimpse of Gloucester 's retinue at this early stage in his career and reveals the blurring which existed between his affinity and his brother 's servants . |
| 11 | The endowment gives a glimpse of Gloucester 's retinue at this early stage in his career and reveals the blurring which existed between his affinity and his brother 's servants . |
| 12 | As an example , every three months the buyer gives a 12 months forward forecast . |
| 13 | That time my father was on the deck giving a dramatic blow by blow account of Dunkirk , which was overheard by a family from Stoke-on-Trent who promptly dived for their life jackets . |
| 14 | The grant gives a significant boost to the National Park Authority 's Barns and Walls Conservation Scheme to protect drystone walls and scattered stone field barns in upper Swaledale and Arkengarthdale . |
| 15 | But to say that my experience is ‘ experience of God ’ is to move beyond the experience to give a particular interpretation of it . |
| 16 | However , as I said before , for tuck and slip one positions the point cams two stitches in from the edge of the knitting to give a neat edge . |
| 17 | The mare gave a sigh and a great shudder ran through her . |
| 18 | The application still ran close to the user to give a crisp look and feel . |
| 19 | The usual dog-legs associated with a bomber raid were inserted into the route to give a false impression of the ultimate destination , and the Mosquito Light Night Striking Force carried out spoof attacks on either side of the main track with " Window " attacks and actually dropping T IS on probable targets along the route . |
| 20 | In my view the trial judge , dealing as he was with a most difficult and distressing case under the necessity to give a decision immediately , did not sufficiently take into account the degree of pressure required to constitute undue influence in the case of a patient in the position of Miss T. I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that there is abundant evidence which would justify this court in coming to the conclusion that she was subjected to the undue influence of her mother which vitiated her decision . |
| 21 | Camping on the floor of the Ngorongoro crater is much more exciting : there are all sorts of beasties roaming within its walls and the noises of the bush around the campfire give a true sense of the wild . |
| 22 | Sometimes the dictionary gives a phrase showing how the word is used . |
| 23 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |
| 24 | The light gives a honeyed sheen to the barley and wheat . |
| 25 | Kurecolor Brush Pens can be used from the point or from the side to give a variety of stroke qualities and they flex as they are drawn along the paper surface , adding character to the marks . |
| 26 | The non-enrollers who did not want to do a course in the future gave a variety of responses but financial factors , not needing the qualification at work , and being interested only in the ‘ target ’ course were their main reasons . |
| 27 | Over the microphone the DJ gave a loud whoop of laughter . |
| 28 | Another entrepreneur establishing a sack-making factory with limited protection , may find a relative of the president given a licence to import freely the same product . |
| 29 | His pledge came after the president gave a dramatic special pardon to former Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five top aides of former President Ronald Reagan . |
| 30 | The figure gives a detailed breakdown of patients included and excluded from the study . |