Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [subord] giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Training Trust are running a five-year staff training programme in Romanian orphanages , and see this competition as giving everyone an opportunity to develop their artistic talents , and to raise funds for needy youngsters . |
| 2 | The Jersey is certainly recognised in tropical countries as giving better results than other temperate breeds . |
| 3 | The emphasis would be on promoting good health by such measures as giving people the right to a ‘ National Health Check-up ’ . |
| 4 | This will involve some such task as giving an explanation of difficulties , requesting clarification , writing an apology , etc . |
| 5 | Many theorists see the models surveyed in the previous section as giving analytical precision to the idea of tacit collusion . |
| 6 | The older generation can ask the most awkward questions whilst giving less offence than younger members , who may feel it incumbent upon themselves to appear more reticent in giving advice . |
| 7 | Corporate funding , which rose to around £30m last year , has its part to play , irritating though it is when executives parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ' money . |
| 8 | Sir : Your otherwise sound leading article ( 'Private gifts for public arts ' , 11 October ) shot itself hypocritically in the foot in its last paragraph by expressing irritation with corporate executives who ‘ parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ’ money' . |
| 9 | He is said to come into his own behind closed doors when giving Prime Ministers advice they do not want to hear — in the politest possible way . |
| 10 | The Government recognise that constitution as giving the present Greek Cypriot Government legitimacy . |
| 11 | He took a surly , sullen and arrogant attitude while giving his evidence . |
| 12 | If you always follow the same procedure when giving a customer change , you are less likely to make mistakes . |
| 13 | The merger of the two operations will transform Hawker Siddeley into the UK 's biggest supplier while giving it 10 per cent of the European market - putting it in third place behind the Swedish-Swiss combine Asea Brown Boveri and Siemens of West Germany . |
| 14 | She could hear a loud , low-pitched door-bell , always opened the door fully , invited the patient to enter , then left the door open so that the patient turned towards the open door when giving his name . |
| 15 | We therefore recommend Nissen fundoplication in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux as giving better subjective and objective longterm relief than any other antireflux measure . |
| 16 | Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs . |
| 17 | Could standards be preserved at the same time as giving institutions greater autonomy ? |
| 18 | At the same time as giving such notice to the Proposing Transferor , the Company shall offer the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice to the Members ( other than the Proposing Transferor ) for purchase at the Prescribed Price on terms that in case of competition the Shares so offered shall be sold to the Members accepting the offer in proportion ( as nearly as may be , and without increasing the number sold to any Member beyond the number applied for by him ) to their existing holdings of Shares . |
| 19 | At the same time as giving such notice to the Proposing Transferor , the Company shall offer the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice to the Members ( other than the Proposing Transferor ) for purchase at the Prescribed Price on terms that in case of competition the Shares so offered shall be sold to the Members accepting the offer in proportion ( as nearly as may be , and without increasing the number sold to any Member beyond the number applied for by him ) to their existing holdings of Shares . |
| 20 | Thus , while a Luxembourger , an Irishman , a Dutchman or a Belgian may see a European superstate as giving them a much larger stage on which to perform and one that would cost them nothing in sovereignty since what they have is already so diluted , to us it would mean the end of that independence which has allowed us to play a unique and continuing role in world affairs and to have this Gracious Speech setting out our parliamentary programme . |
| 21 | I see this marvellous mechanism as giving us the certainty of immortality , for the impact of our thoughts and personality becomes imprinted in the brains of other men and they will continue in the minds of future generations . |
| 22 | NOTTINGHAM condemned Rosslyn Park to almost certain relegation while giving themselves a glimmer of hope of survival in League One with their first victory of the season , based on three tries by flanker Martin Pepper and 18 points from outside-half Guy Gregory . |
| 23 | Voltaire , an altogether more sympathetic figure , who incidentally used to serve himself the best Burgundy while giving his guests vin ordinaire , observed in one of his philosophical tales that la lune de miel is followed the next month by la lune de l'absinthe . ] ) |