Example sentences of "[noun prp] gave [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PRIMO LEVI gave each chapter of his autobiographical ‘ micro-history ’ , The Periodic Table , the title of a chemical element . |
| 2 | His marriage to Beatrice of Aragon gave new impetus to the collection , for she brought with her humanist scholars from Italy . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Devereux gave specific instructions not to be disturbed . ’ |
| 4 | Richard Branson gave some hundred press interviews , sipping discreetly at his champagne , acutely conscious of being , in his own phrase , ‘ on duty ’ , while the majority of passengers , blissfully unaware of the dramas of the last forty-eight hours — or the last four months — drank themselves into a condition of happy oblivion . |
| 5 | SPEEDY great gran Iris Blackwell gave two burglars a run for their money — at the age of 75 . |
| 6 | Alejandro gave another bellow of laughter . |
| 7 | Currie put Barnsley in the lead at Leicester but second-half goals by Walsh , Mills ( penalty ) and Wright gave promotion-chasing Leicester a 3–1 victory . |
| 8 | Edward gave successive popes few grounds for complaint with regard to episcopal appointments . |
| 9 | The ECJ gave short shrift to these supposedly gender-neutral justifications . |
| 10 | A Mori poll for ITV 's First Tuesday gave Labour 40 per cent , Tories 37 , Liberal Democrats 20 , others three . |
| 11 | MARCO VAN BASTEN gave further evidence that he is one of football 's most lethal strikers with a devastating performance for AC Milan . |
| 12 | The German co-producers were shocked when they found that the contract for Melancholia gave this right to the BFI , since in Germany final cut is almost always given to the director . |
| 13 | Streamlined jockey Michael Roberts gave Lyric Fantasy the chance to find her feet in the early stages , but a sudden surge of speed at the furlong marker clinched the money . |
| 14 | Judge Hill gave two year conditional discharges to Philip twenty one from Southampton and Keith nineteen of nearby Hythe for unlawful intercourse . |
| 15 | Johnny gave one of his great shouts of laughter , reaching towards her and saying , ‘ Oh Cassie , I do love you . |
| 16 | Nasser gave Soviet warships access to the port of Alexandria for servicing , and facilities for storage and repair were constructed ashore . |
| 17 | Nkrumah gave total commitment to Lumumba from the start : other non-aligned were more cautious . |
| 18 | In January 1987 a pilot project in the village of Nomgaana gave 48 villagers ( half of them women ) an eight-week intensive course in literacy . |
| 19 | Caledor gave this great honour to the Reaver Knights for their loyalty and to this day , over five thousand years later , the Reaver Knights still rigorously patrol Ulthuan and a place in their ranks is much sought after . |
| 20 | The admission of five of the newly independent former Soviet Moslem republics to the Economic Co-operation Organization ( ECO ) in February gave new significance to this grouping , hitherto involving only Iran , Pakistan and Turkey , first created in 1965 as the Regional Co-operation for Development and reactivated and renamed in 1985 [ see p. 34499 ] . |
| 21 | To illustrate the possible pattern in England and Wales , Mr Rees gave some figures , taken from the Scottish Law Commission report , of sequestrations in Scotland since recent changes in the law there . |
| 22 | Mildred gave one last , long look into Maud 's eyes , but she could see that there was no hope of Maud recognizing a half-mad frog as her best friend . |
| 23 | A ceremony at Madrid 's only synagogue marked the 500 years since , on March 31 , 1492 , King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain gave Spanish Jews the choice of conversion to Christianity or expulsion under threat of death . |
| 24 | PETER Mandelson gave Labour the red rose and it 's said a whole new bloom to its image . |
| 25 | On June 17 the Bundestag gave final approval to controversial legislation reforming the structure of the federal banking system . |
| 26 | The head waiter came towards them , and Anthony gave another name , not his , and they were ushered to a table in the window , overlooking the terrasse where a few customers were sitting in the open , a glass or two in front of them in the freshening air . |
| 27 | Pete gave another look over the Princess , and wondered what Ted would have thought of the berthing arrangements had he been here to see them . |
| 28 | On Nov. 27 Kanemaru gave sworn testimony at the Odawara Municipal Hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture , during which he was reported to have acknowledged that his links with Ishii had been instrumental in halting the Nihon Kominto 's campaign against Takeshita . |
| 29 | The exact date of the Vendôme charter , in which Count Bouchard gave full details of the military service owed to him from the area of Vendôme , is still controversial ; but it is now accepted as an authentic document of the time of Fulk Nerra or Geoffrey Martel . |
| 30 | On 26 October 1856 Alexander gave written instructions to Nazimov to collect the ideas of the north-western gentry more systematically . |