Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] the [noun] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) 5.18(2) confers the right on an applicant , licence-holder , objector or complainer who appeared at the hearing to request that the board give their reasons for their decision in writing . |
| 2 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 3 | GHI verdict : Our testers , heavy with cold , found that the vaporiser gave them a good night 's sleep ; even their husbands/partners slept better . |
| 4 | Conditioning I 've just had a perm and I 've been blow-drying my hair every day , I found that the conditioner gave my hair a lovely shine and added a bit of life to it as well . |
| 5 | For our purposes , the executive will be understood to refer to the body of government ministers together with permanent senior officials ( bureaucrats ) who are involved in the basic decisions over what policy proposals to initiate and pursue and the priority to give them . |
| 6 | She had believed Thomas was shy of the Dane , but now she realised that the child gave nothing out because he received nothing back in return . |
| 7 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 8 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 9 | If you can prove this question of causation and show that the doctor gave you incorrect advice then your claim ought to succeed , in which case the damages will be substantial . |
| 10 | Dismount ( in the case of a threeday event , wait until the steward gives you permission ) and loosen the girths and the nose-band a couple of holes then walk the horse quietly back to the box for washing down . |
| 11 | ( Note any fears or uneasiness you might feel as the Chalice gives you what you desire . ) |
| 12 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 13 | They can see that the UN gives them a position at the bargaining table . |
| 14 | A priest was then brought in to mediate and the men gave themselves up . |
| 15 | Nor could the citizens of Northern Ireland claim that the agreement gives them a legal right ( although possibly a moral or political right ) to a referendum before the British Parliament passed pertinent legislation . |
| 16 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 17 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 18 | Peck steadfastly adhered to protocol and insisted that the gentleman give his name and address . |
| 19 | ‘ We knew we had to battle but the players gave me everything . |
| 20 | But most would agree that the Bible gives us principles — rather than precise rules — and that we have to work out how to put these in to practice . |
| 21 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 22 | Consider the two underlined phrases : ( 3 ) I 'll get some German hock for the party I 'll get some German beer for the party Speaking of the latter phrase , we may say that the noun gives us an initial outline " semantic target area " beer while the adjective , by specifying an additional property , restricts the issue to just that part of the target area which the writer wishes to discuss . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope and pray that the decision to give me the Nobel Peace Prize will encourage all those who pursue the cause of peace to do so in a renewed spirit of optimism and strength . ’ |
| 24 | I 've heard them say if the owners gave them their fare home from Lowestoft to Darsham , that 's all they had . |