Example sentences of "[vb past] give [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The CLRC did give serious consideration to dividing indecent assault into two grades , so the idea of grading is not entirely alien to England . |
2 | Most were hired annually , and the employment did give young women a measure of choice and relative economic independence . |
3 | If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould . |
4 | But it did give considerable encouragement to the growth of services , particularly community services , and to the improvement of public understanding of the problems of mental disorder , and it was , accordingly , widely welcomed . |
5 | However , an important data set did give clear indications that , although not increasing the likelihood of long-term unemployment , temporary working was linked to recurrent unemployment . |
6 | But the discussion did give added weight to the demand for reform at a time when concepts of national interest were more frequently deployed — wartime . |
7 | Despite the then Education Secretary Keith Joseph 's almost instant equivocations , the recommendations of the Report did give some legitimacy and impetus to local education authorities ( LEAs ) and schools already tentatively and sometimes vigorously pursuing one or another variety of multicultural or antiracist policy . |
8 | Yeah , she did give some away |