Example sentences of "gives a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Norris has given a further and suggestive explanation : ‘ The possession of a written Constitution whose principles are yet open to all manner of far-reaching judicial review … gives a political edge to questions of textual and interpretative theory that they do not have in the British cultural context . ’ |
| 2 | It is a handsome conversion and gives a catholic flavour to a street which used to be the exclusive preserve of contemporary Western art . |
| 3 | The sun illuminating the canopy of heaven , reflects its lustre on the earth below , and gives a delicate distinction to every distance on the picture , and to every object its due place , in all the regular gradation of aerial perspective . ’ |
| 4 | DIN rating gives a reasonable guide to engine power as installed , particularly as it 's a ‘ production average ’ figure , or should be — some manufacturers actually quote peak figures but quality them by saying that an individual engine may vary within stated limits , while others do n't bother with the nicety . |
| 5 | Aerial photographs reveal little more than the site 's main features , and plotting scatters of surface finds only gives a reasonable guide to its centre , with little information about its extent or shape . |
| 6 | It gives a strange luminosity to the hills , especially under a dark sky , adding almost a lunar atmosphere to the landscapes . |
| 7 | It gives a terrific boost to the volume of your hair , and it can also be used for styling a few special details , because it stays pliable while you create them . |
| 8 | What he means is that although in one sense the competitively won money is very desirable — it gives a terrific boost to Imperial 's research and , because many of the contracts are from industry , keeps the university closely in touch with the real world — it actually contributes next of nothing to the core costs of the college , of which , of course , academic salaries are the largest single component . |
| 9 | The parallelism of " inferior to none in pleasant conceits " and " superior to all in honest conditions " gives a schematic balance to the image of something light ( " pleasant conceits " ) being weighed against something heavy ( " honest conditions " ) , underlining the faulty logic of Euphues 's youthful mind . |
| 10 | It gives a good sense to the idea that a weakly verifiable statement can only be confirmed or disconfirmed , and never conclusively verified . |
| 11 | The intersection of the appropriate output characteristic with the output load line then gives a good approximation to which in turn leads to a better value of from the input characteristics and input load line . |
| 12 | Mervyn Wilson gives a good service to his cricket clients and it is hoped that he was able to put his money where his mouth is and lay this price to all that wanted it to reasonable limits . |
| 13 | The 14 page introduction gives a good background to the history of the area , which really makes you want to get out there . |
| 14 | This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual , as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony . |
| 15 | This list is of vital importance , for it gives a broad approach to the curriculum which can unite the profession . |
| 16 | The unit gives a broad introduction to issues and problems which are treated in more detail in the second and final years . |
| 17 | Islamic History 1 gives a general introduction to medieval Islamic civilisation , and Modern Middle Eastern History 1 deals with the history of the Islamic Middle East since the mid-eighteenth century . |
| 18 | Table 11.1 gives a general guide to the number of time zones between the United Kingdom and other countries . |
| 19 | Poulantzas ' explanation gives a key role to the relation between the capitalist state and capitalist ideology . |
| 20 | One of the first things that struck troops fresh to the Verdun battlefield was the fearful stench of putrefaction ; ‘ so disgusting that it almost gives a certain charm to the odour of gas shells ’ . |
| 21 | An Italian flair does not go amiss in the Elgar : Accardo 's impetuosity gives a new slant to the score , his intensity in the Andante an immediacy . |
| 22 | La plume of the French translator gives a new aspect to several of our old sweet dishes , among them the trifle which as bagatelle , regains something of its lost charm . |
| 23 | Whether or not we will shortly have a passive computer lobby , it certainly gives a new meaning to the hacking cough . |
| 24 | Finding out about the areas I am flying over instead of treating them as legs and turning points gives a new pleasure to flight . |
| 25 | He gives a definite shape to a side in that he gets his hands on the ball and keeps moving forward . |
| 26 | Schumacher , the former West German international who plays for Fenerbahce , and Pfaff who gives a Belgian flavour to Trabzonspor , have fallen foul of a Turkish federation ban on imported players . |
| 27 | It is recommended for publishing students as it gives a useful background to advanced work . |
| 28 | It gives a useful introduction to the subject and via the bibliography the reader will be able to gain entry into the specialist literature . |
| 29 | All this yields a shareholder 's equity of $938m ( about 86% of total assets ) which gives a low debt to equity ratio of 17% . |
| 30 | The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment . |