Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] to give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A request to a person to appear or to give evidence must be in the language of the place where the evidence is to be taken , unless the witness is a national of the requesting State . |
| 2 | If the requested State has not filed a declaration under Article 18 , and measures of compulsion are not available by other means under internal law , the request must state that he is not compelled to appear or to give evidence . |
| 3 | We reject the compulsory route that is favoured by the Labour party , which will never understand that the way forward is to motivate and to encourage and to give people the incentives that they need to make the most of the opportunities that are available to them , not simply to rely on the dead hand of compulsion . |
| 4 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 5 | Here animals stop to rest or to give birth , and individuals pause for momentary contemplation . |
| 6 | Application for revocation of an order for committal of the debtor under s 23(7) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 must be made to the judge ex parte in writing explaining the reason for failure to attend court or refusing to be sworn or to give evidence , and undertaking to comply in future ( Ord 27 , r 8(2) ) . |
| 7 | Their function was to work , to procreate and to give place to the next generation ; while the sprawling capital endured . |
| 8 | Thus a mother with early infectious syphilis likely either to miscarry or to give birth to a stillborn child . |
| 9 | This step was welcomed by the Cinematograph Times , which could not resist pointing out that ‘ much of the criticism directed against the art expressed in the cinema originates from the small class not yet accustomed to modern outlook ’ who assumes ‘ that no art can exist or progress that does not begin with their patronage ’ and ‘ who do not yet appreciate that the masses today are fully competent to judge and to give expression to their own tastes ’ . |
| 10 | The testimonies in the book were obtained mostly from the underlings of the house , led by sly , supportive Bert , a man who was able to take and to give pleasure — a fine portrait , which is also a self-portrait , of a second father . |
| 11 | Christian preachers attempted , without much success , to persuade their congregations to fast while inebriated pagans feasted and to give alms to the very poor who could give no present in return . ) |