Example sentences of "had given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided that it was perhaps because they were n't possessive and had given no other human being the feeling that having been once disgorged he was n't safe and at any moment might find himself gobbled up again and back in the confines of a body not his own . |
| 2 | Hawke immediately denied the allegation to the federal parliament , claiming that he had given no such promise and that a decision about the tax was not made until a month after the lunch . |
| 3 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman , said Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action . |
| 4 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman , said Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action . |
| 5 | Mr Robin Cook , the shadow Health Secretary , who advised the Government to call in the arbitrators rather than the army , said that Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action . |
| 6 | Mr Robin Cook , the shadow Health Secretary , who advised the Government to call in arbitrators rather than the army , said that Mr Clarke had given no satisfactory explanation for his precipitate action . |
| 7 | Along with their tickets the refugees had bought landing permits from the Cuban director of immigration , who had given a personal guarantee that they would face no difficulties entering his country . |
| 8 | The Saar settlement had given a strong boost to Franco-German relations , while those with Britain had deteriorated because of the failure of the Suez venture . |
| 9 | Yes , those ladies had given a useful fillip to his prestige . |
| 10 | It should transpire that twice a week those who cared could learn to cook ; but apparently Millie herself was to be given no choice ; she was sent , with another five girls , to the kitchen at three o'clock and , there , came under the influence of Sister Cecilia , to whom God had given a nice nature and a light pair of hands with pastry . |
| 11 | When asked by Topaz if the procedure was not a waste of time , Lady Angela had given a shocked squawk . |
| 12 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 13 | As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom . |
| 14 | Referee Jimmy Johnston had given a general warning about foul play only a few minutes earlier . |
| 15 | It has been shown that 10 per cent of the 400 people interviewed in Birmingham had given a lower age to gain admission to Britain , and now can not gain a pension at the proper time ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
| 17 | Courtney 's canoeists with ten Folbots ( see diagram p. 25 ) were the first of what became the Special Boat Section , formed after their leader had given a practical demonstration of the canoe 's military potential , a potential doubted by even the adventurous characters in Combined Operations headquarters until Courtney paddled out one summer night in 1940 to a carrier ship moored in the Clyde . |
| 18 | In his school career , Gazzer had given a great deal of time , energy , and thought to getting round various people , to making sure that they did not take out their boredom , frustration or spite on him , the most obvious victim , the smallest and puniest boy in the class . |
| 19 | He recalled how she had given a great deal of help to the group of residents who in 1981 formed Project ‘ 81 — now the Hampshire Centre for Independent Living — which developed a structure to enable disabled people to leave residential care and live in the community . |
| 20 | To that , also , the King had given a great part of his attention , but when , late in the spring , word came of the sighting of ships from Normandy in the Clyde , he left his wife and household at Perth , where they had stayed a full week , and rode with a small retinue westwards to meet them . |
| 21 | The lawyer had given a gloomy shake of his head . |
| 22 | Just before leaving France in 1940 he had given a final dinner party at the Ritz in Paris to members of his unit , but had inadvertently left without paying the bill . |
| 23 | In response Lúder had given a disciplinary " warning " to Cáceres which Menem , in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces , had refused formally to endorse . |
| 24 | In the midst of the depression and a welter of screen bullets and punches Cagney had given a new definition of realism to the movies and this was a definition that Hollywood was delighted to accept . |
| 25 | The taxi-driver had given a rude sign to Myeloski 's disappearing back before turning to a bemused Duncan for support . |
| 26 | He had never been to a theatre in London , but he knew now , after the performance she had given a few minutes ago , that Mother Bombie was the greatest actress in the world . |
| 27 | About five months earlier he had attended an open day at the power station during which the Acting Administrative Officer , Hilary Robarts , had given a short preliminary talk . |
| 28 | It quoted him as saying that " if the Iraqis had given a positive response to our call sooner , the situation would be different now " , but also as adding that it had become " evident " that " the USA and its allies are pursuing wider aims than Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait " . |
| 29 | First of all , in the elections to the assembly , the people had given a resounding vote of confidence to three parties , all of which were opposed to de Gaulle 's constitutional principles . |
| 30 | Why we feel comfortable with such art , however grotesque , whereas the greatest art always leaves us a little bit uncomfortable , as though the earth we stood on had given a sudden lurch . |