A good instrument, or a person with much knowledge, will give different responses to stimuli which differ in relevant ways.

The environment did not look promising - but his instruments gave him better news than he had expected.

It is the degree to which an instrument will give similar results for the same individuals at different times".

These instruments give the holders the right to buy company shares at a fixed price within a specified period.

Delicate instruments gave the place the air of a scientific laboratory rather than a room in a police headquarters.

Even flawed instruments, she told herself, could sometimes give correct readings.

Proceed with caution, because your instruments may give false readings.

The spacecraft's seven scientific instruments give the mission the potential for a wide range of discoveries beyond the water question.

The new instruments gave data such as no astronomer had ever hoped for before.

Not all musical instruments give notes of a particular pitch.