Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [coord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Emperor Clocks gives you the opportunity to own a classic timepiece that will stay in your family for generations and give to your children and your grandchildren the same precious memories . |
| 2 | For the finance community , what they 've got to do , too , is take a longer term view about projects and give the companies an opportunity to grow and ride the pitfalls and the the peaks and troughs . |
| 3 | well I know when , I know when Alan and Jade were both made emplo , unemployed and Alan withdrawal his dole and when Jade was unemployed they took the dole off Alan and give him sixty pound a week which was you know |
| 4 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 5 | At 5 o'clock forget about work and give some in-depth thought to what 's happening at home . |
| 6 | Tick your chosen method of payment and give details of your name , address and telephone number . |
| 7 | Some Penitential Services are based on the sacrament of penance and give people the opportunity to make an individual confession and receive absolution . |
| 8 | We can only pass an Act of Parliament and give it to them with a slap on the back and a ‘ best of British luck ’ : ‘ Here 's your constitution , ’ we say , ‘ now do what you like with it ; you can because you are now independent . ’ |
| 9 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 10 | He referred to plans to develop social programmes and infrastructure projects as a ‘ vision that I hope will sustain Hong Kong during the present period of uncertainty and give us all confidence in our ability to overcome whatever problems confront us ’ . |
| 11 | You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity and give up the struggle to maintain your own interests and identity . |
| 12 | You must explain the use of tapes and give clear instructions on the correct methods of drilling , both in classroom groups and in individual sessions . |
| 13 | At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition . |
| 14 | Er it is important I think , that we do n't er have too many regulations , that 's why I have some sympathy for what my honourable friend , the member for South Hamms , was saying , that we do n't er regulate to the point where firms just go out of business and give up , that it 's too expensive and it 's too burdensome . |
| 15 | I can offer an account of what the minimum level to be attained at 16 by 80%-90% of pupils would entail in a few areas of the curriculum … ; in English , pupils would need to demonstrate that they are attentive listeners and confident speakers when dealing with everyday matters of which they have experience , that they can read straightforward written information and pass it on — orally and in written form — without loss of meaning and that they can say clearly what their own views are ; in Mathematics , that they can apply the topics and skills in the foundation list proposed in the Cockcroft Report ; in Science , that they are willing and able to take a practical approach to problems , involving sensible observations and appropriate measurements and can communicate their findings effectively … ; in History , that they possess some historical knowledge and perspective , understand the concepts of cause and consequence , and can compare and extract information from historical evidence and be aware of its limitations ; and in CDT [ craft , design and technology ] , that they can design and make something , using a limited range of materials and calling on a restricted range of concepts and give an account of what they have done and the problems they encountered . |
| 16 | Thus a type description might present a comprehensive array of structures and give each of them equal descriptive weight , but a token description might well reveal that some of these were of rare occurrence , or restricted to a realization through a limited range of lexical items , almost exclusively confined to certain contexts , or associated with certain meanings . |
| 17 | First , Suenens proposed a plan d'ensemble , an overall plan , to reduce the number of topics and give some direction to their work . |
| 18 | The witches , as the followers of Baal , take the attributes and names of God and give them to other powers or to false gods . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |
| 20 | So you write this on a piece of paper and give it to your daughter or son . |
| 21 | If , for example , you take a group of people and give randomly selected individuals within the group increases in income that are a proportion of their existing absolute income size over a succession of periods , a lognormal distribution will result . |
| 22 | Grumbles gathered from parents at the school gate , from the child that does n't want to come to school or from teachers blowing off steam in the staff room will , if properly used , help in the forestalling of trouble and give indications about ways in which the school can be improved . |
| 23 | Ursprung told a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Foundation for Science and Technology in London that the Swiss federal government has decided to reverse 17 years of neglect and give basic science a hefty financial boost . |
| 24 | Town planning needs and traffic needs clash most openly when it comes to squares and junctions , which is why the town at that point must reflect the needs of planning and give least consideration to the needs of traffic . |
| 25 | Literacy campaigns push back the boundaries of ignorance and give people more chance of controlling their own destiny . |
| 26 | If you have not time to bake the cakes you must scent a piece of gingerbread and give him that , and it will answer the same purpose . ’ |
| 27 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 28 | And if she wants to do her own bit of typing and give it to someone else sh |
| 29 | Virginia Bottomley , she 'd get more sympathy to the women of Britain and give the treatment free of charge . |
| 30 | The objective of summarizing is to check on the level of understanding and give an opportunity to sort out misunderstandings . |