Example sentences of "[modal v] give them [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 2 | Now if you see somebody going into this state , you must give them sugar , it 's no good waiting till they 've fainted or become unconscious because you ca n't give them anything then , can you ? |
| 3 | They too wish to display their dancers ' bodies at their fullest extension , therefore they must give them time , rhythm and space in which to move . |
| 4 | And I must give them quittance . |
| 5 | It pointed out that a prisoner might die , before the information had been extracted , if the torture was too severe : ‘ One must give them pain to make them respond quickly , to make them afraid , not to kill them , but to bring them close to death . ’ |
| 6 | There is no one else on the Tory Benches , so perhaps we should give them time to get someone in to act as the Minister 's runner . |
| 7 | It was never a question of somebody saying ‘ we have a depression , let's give them depression movies ’ but given the new dispensation it was Hollywood 's instinct to come up with just that added edge that the age required in its films . |
| 8 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 9 | They may delay the decision , in confusion or conflict over the choice now open to them ; but their bodies may give them messages . |
| 10 | Though it might give them ideas , ’ he added wistfully . |
| 11 | Or an advertisement may imply that ‘ If you love your family/ children/cat/dog , you 'll give them product X ’ . |
| 12 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 13 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 14 | To safeguard their health in the meantime you could give them advice about how to reduce the risks they are taking . |
| 15 | He shall make hay with the others in that meadow and the lord shall give them 12d . |
| 16 | Being able to work on Sunday would give them flexibility in their contract work , which included the Bangor by-pass and Pen-y-Clip tunnel . |
| 17 | ‘ It needs an English residence to make them thoroughly comprehensible , but still I should think that human nature would give them success anywhere . ’ |
| 18 | They would give them money and accept the little religious pictures or good luck messages that the shepherds handed out . |
| 19 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 20 | Iris and her group are eliminated straight away , of course , and most of the others had appointments which would give them alibis . ’ |
| 21 | When in Colossians 1:9ff Paul prays for Christians he has never met , his first request is that the Spirit would give them understanding of the Lord 's will for their lives ; then , that they should live their lives in accordance with that will by pleasing the Lord in everything ; then , that they should increase in their knowledge of God ; and finally , that they should be strengthened with all might according to the measure of his glorious power which should result for them as it did for Christ , not in arrogance but in patience and longsuffering . |
| 22 | He would give them family news or the latest domestic crisis . |
| 23 | You 'd have to suspect that they were holding the wife to ransom so that her husband would give them access . ’ |
| 24 | We set about a series of innovations that would give them access to that understanding , by means that were practicable within an already existing framework . |
| 25 | Much rests on cross-curricular elements , but unless enmeshed as an integral part of the overall curriculum , assessment and testing systems which will give them parity of esteem with other elements , they are likely to be ignored , or to remain peripheral . |
| 26 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 27 | D. Co. , who own a chain of multiple stores , agree with E , a private trader , that they will not open a branch in his locality if E will give them £2,500 . |
| 28 | Most sailors soon tire of sailing in the same place all the time and look for new places to sail which will give them variety and a challenge . |
| 29 | And then the Holy Spirit will give them words to say . |
| 30 | So , the businessman goes across the road to the people running the schools , and says , ‘ These are the jobs we want filled , if you can teach the children these skills we will give them priority if they come to us for a job when they leave . ’ |