Example sentences of "it [verb] to give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 2 | As part of this process it intends to give greater support to interdisciplinary proposals relating to the successful management of technical change and innovation . |
| 3 | I do not advocate using a glossy varnish , because it tends to give false readings as you try to shot the float down . |
| 4 | All it takes to give this work a decent hearing is five intelligent and compatible singers , a good deal of rehearsal time , sensitive discussion about the best way of tackling the considerable demands both of the words and the huge span of music , and some recording equipment . |
| 5 | Five years ago , it began to give more autonomy to its parts subsidiary , Acustar . |
| 6 | It appears to give legal authority for an apparently open-ended power to intercept and it fails to constrain that power by an adequate framework of judicial or parliamentary scrutiny . |
| 7 | The college 's development plan reveals that it hopes to give 700 pupils a year a taste of education in one of nine countries funds permitting . |
| 8 | It serves to give some meaning and shape to one 's social existence . |
| 9 | It seeks to give fair coverage to all political viewpoints and to treat all views with a degree of respect not always found in other serious newspapers . |
| 10 | It attempts to give some meaning to notions of relative autonomy at local level and encourages the consideration of actual political processes in determining what is possible . |