Example sentences of "give a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this may seem to be of more interest to a mountaineer it does give a most convincing sense of reality to his hills and this without a sterile exactitude . |
| 2 | Okay I want , , research , help us , erm , help erm , help us give something like that , help us give a best possible start to them , help us give them , to help us , to them , |
| 3 | This will give a properly formatted listing . |
| 4 | Curtains that are draped back and held in position with tie bands can give a completely different appearance to those that hang down straight . |
| 5 | Wonderful Town was the work of the Bernstein/Comden/Green team responsible for On The Town , and although Wonderful Town is a little patchy in recording , ( which does not give a particularly strong idea of the show as a whole ) , there are plenty of excellent numbers , and their variety is refreshing from the barber-shop style ‘ My Darlin' Eileen ’ to the bluesy ‘ Ballet at the Village Vortex ’ , passing through the remarkable ‘ Swing ’ , which defies description . |
| 6 | Smooth-trowelled finishes can be slippery in winter , so it 's best to finish with a wooden float as this will give a slightly textured surface . |
| 7 | If a mass of hot and a mass of cold gas were brought together , then it was very highly improbable that they would not mix and give a uniformly warm mixture ; but there was a small probability , and Maxwell imagined a demon who might assist the process , that the warm gas might separate out into a hot and a cold portion , in defiance of the Second Law . |
| 8 | This total sample of 25 buyers should give a reasonably representative view of events in this particular market for product " X " , since between them they purchase 25% of the total , but in order sizes varying from large to small , in proportion to the structure of the trade . |
| 9 | Although not exhaustively comprehensive , it does give a reasonably accurate picture and its most serious defects arise not from the register as such but because English law lacks a satisfactory system for classifying personal property security interests . |
| 10 | The facts about Molla Husrev 's Muftilik are by no means certain , but the does give a fairly clear picture of the circumstances leading up to his becoming Mufti . |
| 11 | In our study we find , where you can give a fairly reliable diagnosis , people will know the situation and can plan . |
| 12 | If you feel very inhibited by the artificiality of the situation you will give a very inaccurate impression of the sort of person you really are , perhaps even overcompensating for nerves by being too gregarious and obvious and making it clear that you are not good at handling yourself in a social situation . |
| 13 | Madam Deputy Speaker I was gon na give a very illustrative example of what I 'm talking about but perhaps I will allow the house to have that example on another occasion because I actually would prefer not to be er er er prevented from giving you the most vivid story of what I 'm talking about . |
| 14 | This , of course , could only give a very broad idea of the scope of the research . |
| 15 | Undoubtedly , this approach is absolutely necessary but because technology advances and changes so rapidly , failure to keep up will give a very limited life to any industry . |
| 16 | To illustrate this approach , let me give a very simple example . |
| 17 | ‘ We should have beaten them a couple of weeks ago when we finished all square and I have every faith in the boys , ’ asserts Nelson , ‘ Since then we went very close against Tipperary and given the self-belief the team now possesses I think we can give a very good account of ourselves on Sunday . ’ |
| 18 | It ai n't gon na give a very good impression . |
| 19 | The list is not exhaustive , but what this present section sets out to do is give a very substantial selection illustrating the range of material which can be drawn on by the researcher . |
| 20 | Interpretations of settling characteristics based on the most minute elemental particles , of which many thousands may combine naturally to produce flocs or aggregates , may give a very misleading guide to the energy levels in the depositional environment , for flocs settle at much greater rates than their individual component particles . |
| 21 | I 'm beginning to think we must give a very chilly welcome to visitors here . |
| 22 | It does n't give a very realistic picture ; again a lot of the costume in museums , it gives a distorted view because the clothes that people keep are generally their best clothes — their ball dresses , their wedding dresses . |
| 23 | The drawback is that this method allows very little latitude for error or changes of plan , but it does give a very realistic effect with excellent colour matching . |
| 24 | One special type of reflector lamp is the PAR ( parabolic aluminised reflector ) , which can give a very defined beam , and has the advantage that it is resistant to changes in temperature , making it ideal for use outside . |
| 25 | Too much negative will give a very rapid descent with high blade speed , while insufficient negative will give a shallow glide with low rotor RPM . |
| 26 | If you think about it , it is pretty unlikely that , if you yourself were reading a magazine , even if you looked quite hard at an ad , you could give a very detailed description of the ad even quite soon afterwards . |
| 27 | We 'd like to see the er government give a very clear signal to er the police that they want these laws not to be enforced in this prejudiced and discriminatory way . |
| 28 | Experiment with both methods , but wrapping does give a very bulky outline . |
| 29 | A bad interviewer can give a potentially excellent employee such a negative impression that he or she loses interest in the job . |
| 30 | So for oceanographers , used to data returned from ships in commercial shipping lanes , ERS-1 will give a totally global picture of the seas . |