Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our judgment the answer has to be ‘ No ’ and it would be peculiar in the extreme if Dr. Hayes could in effect be ordered to give evidence of their contents merely because he was no longer in Crown employment . |
| 2 | The cylinders were intended to give control over the elastic characteristics of the haulage system . |
| 3 | Her legs were threatening to give way at the knees . |
| 4 | TECHNIQUEST is designed to give fun to people of all ages and abilities and is ideal for family outings , school trips , birthday parties , coach trips , business lunches and office parties . |
| 5 | But the name of Powell is invoked to give legitimacy to the event ; it 's rather like getting the priest to bless your car . |
| 6 | Whilst the law is designed to give succour in times of difficulty to those who do their best , it will show little mercy to those who are at the receiving end of proceedings who can not demonstrate that they have given the highest priority . |
| 7 | The council is allowed to give relief to non-profit making organisations whose main objects are ‘ charitable or are otherwise philanthropic . ’ |
| 8 | One example of their work : Bernard Flanagan was asked to give direction to the works stores . |
| 9 | He never discovered how Uncle Titch was persuaded to give refuge to Mary Moxton and her hidden embryo . |
| 10 | It was also , we think , common ground and is certainly correct that , against this background , any ambiguity in the Act should be resolved in favour of consistency between the Act and the Convention , the presumption being that the legislature was seeking to give effect to the principles of the Convention and would not lightly legislate inconsistently with the United Kingdom 's treaty obligations thereunder : see Garland v. British Rail Engineering Ltd. [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 751 , 771 . |
| 11 | In ancient Rome only witnesses with both testicles in place were allowed to give evidence in court . |
| 12 | The mixture of sand and fibre is designed to give consistency of bounce , controlled footslide and controlled shock absorbency . |
| 13 | Moreover , the struggle for control of what little surplus was produced gave rise to various forms of bonded labour which created further barriers to economic development . |
| 14 | Under ancient Roman law only men with two testicles were allowed to give evidence in court . |
| 15 | Several hearings were held , and as a teacher involved with the family , and as someone who 'd been asked officially to ‘ socialise , them , Mr M was asked to give information to the Children 's Panel . |
| 16 | While this permitted access to public life by more of the natives ( standard national education was required to give access to all ) , it excluded the Europe of Latin-speakers and the immediate inheritance of religion . |
| 17 | Surgeons in are being told to do less emergency operations because of the extra costs involved and in surgeons are ordered to give priority to patients who come from G P budget holders because there 's more money coming from those budget holders , nothing to do with basis of need . |
| 18 | These people were needed to give advice on policy and industrial matters . |
| 19 | Paragraph ( b ) requires that the signature be intended to give effect to the will . |
| 20 | The location is no longer industrial but , instead , is a zone of consumption where artefacts from its productive past are used to give colour to its present . |
| 21 | Biological differences were seen to give rise to different needs , interests and abilities . |
| 22 | John Evans , 112 , Britain 's oldest man was asked to give evidence at a public inquiry to help prove a footpath linking Fforest-fach and Gowerton in West Glamorgan , has always been public . |
| 23 | While as early as Elizabethan times crime chap-books were published to give news about recent crimes , Wagner suggests that it was only toward the end of the seventeenth century that a diverse crime literature appeared . |
| 24 | Similar considerations apply in the case in which English proceedings are stayed to give effect to an arbitration agreement . |
| 25 | If community care is intended to give priority to the most vulnerable groups in society , the rising numbers of people with dementia and their carers must be addressed urgently as a specific group by local authorities , policy makers and government . |
| 26 | A questionnaire designed to elicit information about the extent to which the relationship between the two sets of rules is perceived to give rise to problems in practice was circulated in November 1990 , and a Consultation Paper ( " the CP " ) setting out a full analysis of the present legal position , the issues and the options for the future was published in May 1992 . |
| 27 | Given that revolutionary literature is designed to give pre-eminence to the construction of a new culture , a new man , a new reading public , drawn primarily from the working class , there arises an obvious clash of interests between the revolutionary writer and the bourgeois reading public . |
| 28 | The pins are designed to give way under pressure , allowing damaged engines to fall free and avoid wrecking the aircraft . |
| 29 | Said Chris Alderson , Head of Service Quality Development , ‘ The two schemes were designed to give recognition to staff who provide outstanding service . |
| 30 | First , the nominee must advise the court if a creditors ' meeting should be summoned ; if so , then the period of the interim order is extended to give time for the meeting to take place . |