Example sentences of "to give a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Richard , who always put each section of his life , when it was finished with , quietly behind him , and liked to be able to give a rational explanation for everything , could not account for this , his attachment to Lord Jim . |
| 2 | An important stated purpose of the Act was to give a legal framework for credit which was compatible with present-day commercial realities , and flexible enough to suit rather than restrict future developments in the credit industry — instead of the old framework , inflexibly moulded to outdated patterns of credit use . |
| 3 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 4 | But they did serve to give a contemporary use for the institutions of statelessness and therefore , perhaps , to reinforce the image with fibres of relevance . |
| 5 | Textile works that use surface or bore-hole water generally have several lodges or reservoirs to give a uniform stock for use . |
| 6 | The significance of this was to give a much-needed niche for future leaders of the Third World in the years after 1945 to prepare themselves for their daunting task . |
| 7 | It is not fair to give a political explanation for the Hungarian data . |
| 8 | The only way to remove this Government is to give a decisive vote for the Labour Party to ensure they form the next government and undo as soon as possible the damage caused in the past years . |
| 9 | Choose styling products formulated to give a natural-looking hold for casual styling . |
| 10 | The nineteenth edition , published in 1979 , included Phoenix schedules which merged 329 and 324 to give a new schedule for the Political Process , and provided a completely new schedule for Sociology . |
| 11 | The text pronounces that so far as the words are concerned no trust is created , but then goes on to give a moral reason for holding one to have been created ; it ends by referring to a similar decision of Marcus Aurelius . |
| 12 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |
| 13 | Assignment by statute is governed by the Law of Property Act 1925 , s136 which provides that : Any absolute assignment by writing under the hand of the assignor ( not purporting to be by way of charge only ) of any debt or other legal thing in action , of which express notice in writing has been given to the debtor , trustee or other person from the assignor would have been entitled to claim such debt or thing in action , is effectual in law ( subject to equities having priority over the right of the assignee ) to pass and transfer from the date of such notice : ( a ) the legal right to such debt or thing in action ; ( b ) all legal and other remedies for the same ; and ( c ) the power to give a good discharge for the same without the concurrence of the assignor . |
| 14 | Apply foundation over your lips and then powder to give a good base for your lipstick . |
| 15 | You should use a plain paper , to give a good background for the pressed flowers , and ensure that it is fairly thick to absorb the glue without becoming transparent . |
| 16 | The major significance of the Government 's changes is highlighted by the fact that , whereas SERPS held out the prospect of guaranteeing every pensioner an income above the supplementary pension level , no Government minister had felt able to give a similar guarantee for the Thatcher pension reform . |
| 17 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 18 | ST preparations may be left uncovered but sprayed with a polyurethane resin to give a protected surface for general microscopy ( Moussa , 1976 , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | Billingsley and Chance ( 1988 ) used the no-arbitrage condition for an individual future to give a no-arbitrage condition for an intracommodity spread by differencing the no-arbitrage conditions for the constituent futures contracts . |
| 20 | I figured a man like Truro Daine , who is well known for being up to his knees in dirt year in year out , would have a lot of use for their product , and decided to call on him to give a heavy pitch for the latest range of fine-bristled superswift specials . |
| 21 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 22 | He is confident that the new acquisitions will play an important role in future growth , and believes that ‘ the momentum of the first half will be maintained to give a satisfactory outcome for the full year . ’ |
| 23 | Regrettably this has resulted in the TEC being unable to give a permanent contract for 1992–93 to a very small number of training providers , including Bishop College of Beauty . |
| 24 | It is water , as lakes , tarns or rivers , which is used to give a bright setting for the mountains , often distracting the attention from the , perhaps , less satisfactory classical neargrounds . |
| 25 | Abstracting from these difficult matters , an attractive approach to inequality would be to look at the lifetime purchasing power broadly defined over goods and services enjoyed by individuals , appropriately discounted to give a common basis for comparison . |
| 26 | As it was on such a steep gradient , a large basement was built under the rear end to give a level floor for the tracks . |
| 27 | Apathy is usually ascribed only to one side — the parents — and that is sometimes thought to give a sufficient reason for teachers and schools to give up the struggle of recruiting them as allies . |
| 28 | Teachers are not required to give a confirmed level for a pupil at any one moment during the key stage . |
| 29 | May I ask each member of the panel to give a brief message for the general practitioner . |
| 30 | A notice of severance or declaration of trust whilst being effective in equity , would have no effect on the register unless it was completed by an application to register a restriction so that the register shows that the survivor of the former two joint tenants is no longer able to give a valid receipt for capital monies ( see Precedent 14 ) . |