Example sentences of "gave a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below : Buffalo 's officers gave a rousing cheer to the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord Sterling as they passed by abroad the Royal yacht , Britannia |
| 2 | The middle-class organizations and parties who dominated the Conference gave a rousing reception to General Kornilov , the new Supreme Commander . |
| 3 | The afternoon sun , peeping almost shyly though the small lattice window , touched her hair with gold and gave a warm glow to the range of tools lying on the littered bench . |
| 4 | I am glad that my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department gave a warm welcome to the principle of a national lottery when he spoke in the House the other day . |
| 5 | That evening Carter gave a warm toast to the Shah in which he spoke of the great importance of Iran 's relationship to the United States . |
| 6 | As Gary Carter gave a warm toast to the Shah personality emerged that night . |
| 7 | Secondly , the interest rate cartel before 1983 set rates which gave a reasonable return to most societies and inevitably therefore to some who were comparatively inefficient . |
| 8 | Locally , for example , Thirsk ( 1973 , p. 262 ) notes that ‘ The nature of the farming economy in each agricultural region gave a certain bias to its bylaws ; communities inhabiting the same kinds of countryside upheld some regulations with great fidelity , while others did not ’ . |
| 9 | The engine compartment had to be outside the cockpit for acoustic and thermal insulation so we introduced a vertical backlight for good rear visibility and blended it into the fins sloping down from the roof , which gave a certain lightness to the rear pillars , This solution has become a constant feature on all Pininfarina Ferraris up to the Testarossa . |
| 10 | GINA thinks the Royal weddings of the Eighties gave a real boost to ‘ occasion wear ’ . |
| 11 | The judgment in Chambers v Goldthorpe gave a prominent role to the influential concept of a professional " holding the scales " between the parties . |
| 12 | In 1900 Edinburgh Waverley Station boasted forty lady operators working in the telegraph department , sending out 4,000 messages a day.a But it was of course the First World War which suddenly gave a tremendous fillip to women 's employment in stations . |
| 13 | THE cause of national liberation , suggests Jeremy Harding , ‘ gave a moral language to the disputes in Africa . ’ |
| 14 | Ben stood and , unexpectedly , gave a small bow to the T'ang . |
| 15 | Density might have remained the most accepted form of classification but for three developments in the 1970s which gave a great impetus to the classification of rural populations into different typologies or groupings : |
| 16 | It 's been another year of achievement for the society the panto Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was a great success and gave a great start to the year . |
| 17 | The advent of the NHS Training Authority in 1985 gave a great boost to management development nationally . |
| 18 | A GRIEVING mother wept over the body of her daughter , then gave a loving hug to the niece who killed her . |
| 19 | Mr Lang gave a passing nod to enhanced status for vocational education , but he will not find the feedstock for economic dynamism in gilded memories . |
| 20 | Mrs Garfitt , fat , voluble and slovenly , paused for breath and gave a perfunctory stir to something that looked like workhouse broth on one of the meatless days . |
| 21 | The Arts Council gave a substantial grant to this scheme as it felt that it emphasised artists ‘ opportunities and practice , rather than the institution and its curatorial staff . |
| 22 | We know something about the views of Mr. Bickerstaffe because he gave a substantial interview to the New Statesman and Society recently . |
| 23 | BRITISH and American newspapers gave a favourable reception to the acquisition of the Boston Five Bancorp by Citizens Financial Group . |
| 24 | The advent of work with apprentices gave a new dimension to the Eastern District 's overall programme : alongside the expansion in trade union provision and the increase in branches and branch membership , they contributed to the growing self-assurance of the District by the later 1950s . |
| 25 | ‘ Quiz shows with glittering prizes , fast-moving adventure series , drama series and soap operas and spectacular live variety , gave a new look to British TV , ’ recalled one IBA executive ( David Glencross , 1985 ) . |
| 26 | Marriage gave a new thrust to Paul 's collection . |
| 27 | Marriage gave a new thrust to Paul 's collection . |
| 28 | The new station , consisting of the by then classic steel , concrete , and glass concourse with facilities around its outer flanks and with steps and ramps leading down to the platforms below , gave a new twist to the separation of passengers and baggage regarded as an ideal at so many American stations . |
| 29 | Far to the west , however , a change had taken place which gave a new twist to relations between the Great Powers . |
| 30 | By the middle of the decade , they had formulated their auteur theory , which gave a new gloss to film studies . |