Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun sg] gives a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ROLLS-Royce unions are threatening a ballot on industrial action unless the aerospace giant gives a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies at crucial talks today . |
| 2 | Binding a cyclopropyl residue at position 1 of the quinolone system gives a considerable improvement in antibacterial activity compared with the corresponding 1-ethyl-quinolonecarboxylic acid norfloxacin . |
| 3 | The Mercator projection gives a popular , rectilinear picture of the Earth 's surface but grossly exaggerates dimensions near the poles . |
| 4 | Coir matting in the drawing room gives a plain background for Turkish rugs and has the bonus that the rugs do n't ‘ walk ’ . |
| 5 | The switch joystick gives a direct digital output corresponding to the direction in which it is moved . |
| 6 | The Bayeux tapestry gives a magnificent cartoon report of the action , but it needs to be seen as a piece of victorious Norman propaganda ; it is to be doubted that the English spent the previous night in carousing whilst the Normans engaged in earnest prayer . |
| 7 | Experience shows that the approval process gives a reliable indication of a centre 's potential to deliver and also encourages effective planning for implementation . |
| 8 | The horizontal distance from the staff to the surveying source is measured automatically : the beam geometry gives a coarse value , and a distance meter on the staff gives a fine value . |
| 9 | The IOR rule gives a benefit to larger mainsail areas versus adding sail area to the foretriangle . |
| 10 | A pot of Parrot 's Feather suspended about 3″ : below the water surface gives a good area of shade for the fish . |
| 11 | The Domesday Book gives a good indication of the status of certain places as caputs at the heads of estates in the eleventh century . |
| 12 | I wish all those people who have glaring substrates and multiple fluorescents/spotlights could see the quite stunning effect of a naturally-lit tank like mine ; I have a wonderful play of light and shade , and the tungsten light gives a very similar effect . |
| 13 | Adding water to a drawing gives subtle washes and blends , whilst intense colour is achieved by drawing into wet paper or lifting off the pencil tip with a wet brush ; flicking the wet brush across the pencil tip gives a spattered , textural effect . |
| 14 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 15 | The presence of equally spaced peaks in histograms is evidence of quantal behaviour , and the peak spacing gives a direct measure of the quantal size ( the postsynaptic effect of a single quantum ) . |
| 16 | An episode is the smallest complete unit of teaching in a lesson — the teacher 's revising of the previous lesson 's work , or explaining an argument to the class , or coaching an individual child on a problem he is working on ( the SCAN paper gives a fuller discussion ) . |
| 17 | But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore . |
| 18 | Eating an apple 15 minutes before a meal helps slimming because the cellulose bulk gives a ‘ full-up ’ feeling and reduces calorie intake at mealtimes . |
| 19 | The industrial-chemicals division gives a host of reasons why it should stay with ICI : synergies with other parts of the group ; benefits from research ( after the second world war the by-products from the dyestuffs industry became , by chance , raw materials for the pharmaceuticals business ) ; the strength of the ICI name ; and so on . |
| 20 | The Burnage Report gives a further sense of the routine culture of teacher racism : |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the high cost of this labour-intensive and time-consuming method has led to the wide use of volatile solvents such as petroleum ether , hexane and benzene as a means for capturing essences of certain flowers — yet the enfleurage process gives a higher yield . |
| 22 | Subtracting the job time from the end time gives a late start time of 16 , the same as the early start . |
| 23 | Subtracting the job time from the end time gives a late start time of 16 , the same as the early start . |
| 24 | THE Cherub Company gives a black and hellish view of Webster 's Jacobean classic , The Duchess Of Malfi , using the shadowy vaults of St George 's Theatre , 49 Tufnell Park Road , London N7 ( tel : 01-607 1128 ) , until November 18 . |
| 25 | With an operating frequency of about 20kHz , the clock circuit gives a delay time from the first tapping of about 10mS . |
| 26 | The market model gives a considerable simplification in the analysis of portfolios — whatever the number of securities contained therein . |