Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] [noun] give to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not have the ‘ prerogatives of his office ’ available to peasant priests in Russia , Spain or France or the traditional respect given to English clergymen as gentlemen if not always as priests . |
| 2 | This discrimination may take the form of bias in marking or the preferential treatment given to boys in the classroom . |
| 3 | I suspected ironically that the extra publicity given to the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train had n't hurt the enterprise in the least . |
| 4 | They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year . |
| 5 | In effect , the Government had decided that the heavy subsidy given to the readers of the Nationalist and Uhuru , who lived mostly in towns ( half the sales and probably half the readership of both newspapers were in Dar es Salaam ) should take precedence over , for example , the building of satellite radio stations to improve reception in remote areas or the provision of community listening points . |
| 6 | That there is some common ground is shown by the welcome that the hon. Gentleman gave to the concept of the Public Accounts Committee looking at the regulators and to our slightly wider suggestion that there should be a Select Committee to deal with the matter . |
| 7 | Without the unity that the cold war gave to American foreign policy , every foreign crisis is going to be marked by unease , by a sense that the compass is wildly flapping around in its box . |
| 8 | He said that all Waddell 's confessions had been made ‘ for drink or money ’ but did n't add that the clandestine confession given to the two BBC reporters had been made for neither . |
| 9 | The Privy Council agreed that the presidential pardon given to the Moslems by the then acting President Emmanuelle Carter in exchange for Robinson 's release remained valid . |
| 10 | It was less demanding than the similar education given to Elizabeth or Lady Jane Grey , and Mary was undoubtedly of far less intellectual a cast of mind . |
| 11 | Health care markets are not easily " contestable " ( Baumol 1982 ) since there are many barriers to entry against potential new suppliers , for example the heavy costs of new hospital development and technologies , and the legal monopoly given to doctors controlling entry to the profession . |
| 12 | The government confronted opposition and frequently overcame it , and the extra powers given to ministers — especially in education and housing and potentially in the personal social services — were extensive . |
| 13 | This has generated a considerable debate on the size of the household , its class basis and the changing meanings given to it . |
| 14 | I unite with all who condemn the display of suggestive advertisements on billboards , at theatre entrances , and the favourable notices given to immoral motion pictures . |
| 15 | The excellent interest and co-operation by Tesco store management and staff , and the practical help given to the Association 's Branches in carrying out collections is much appreciated . |
| 16 | The threat by the INTO in respect of the removal of its investments , the placing by SIPTU of its National Office Network at our disposal , the many letters of encouragement and the great assistance given to our members on the Picket Line are some of the indicators of this . |
| 17 | The long hours worked by preregistration house officers , the high service commitment , and the low rating given to the educational aspects of the job have led to numerous criticisms of this part of medical education . |
| 18 | What the government did not bargain for was the public outrage and the massive support given to the demonstrations . |
| 19 | But , critics apart , there were other groups in society far from pleased with these new departures , and the growing publicity given to ‘ hard-boiled ’ films now gave new life to the never-ceasing campaign against the movies . |
| 20 | Clanchy shows that , between 1066 and 1307 in England , the criteria for validation of land rights and other significant social facts , and the relative weight given to written and oral criteria in such validation changed as a direct result of political pressures ( 1979 ) . |
| 21 | But that is all we are told and the relative weight given to the many relevant considerations , both favourable and unfavourable , is not disclosed . |
| 22 | A few weeks later , whilst visiting St. John 's College , he shared with us about the mutual support within the group and the high priority given to it by its members . |
| 23 | Thus , despite their apparent primacy and the universal significance given to them in criminological research , they are themselves dependent on the pre-existence and effective operation of other controls . |
| 24 | He knew the way vaguely from the journey the night before and the careful directions given to him by the Prior . |
| 25 | We hear and read so much about the current crop of virtuosi , and the little credit given to the '60s and '70s innovators tends to be nostalgic and somewhat patronising . |
| 26 | The drumming began and Kalchu went to the shrine with his handful of husked rice , a red and a white strip of cotton cloth and a small bell to give to the god . |
| 27 | This was foreshadowed by the appointment of Major-General Timothy ‘ Bull ’ Creasey as General Officer Commanding in Northern Ireland in late 1977 , along with the increasing use of SAS forces and a freer hand given to the RUC police . |
| 28 | He must not address the defendant in terms which suggest that the sample must be of one kind rather than the other unless and until the two possibilities have been explained to the defendant and a fair opportunity given to him to say , if he wishes , which he would prefer to give and why . |
| 29 | Library managements might plead that there is no time for a highly staff-intensive activity such as stock revision , but the low priority given to an activity of such fundamental importance is disconcerting . |
| 30 | There were old traditions of Swiss independence , but the new cohesion given to the Confederation by constitutional changes in 1848 and 1874 almost made it a new nation . |