Example sentences of "[pers pn] give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ?
2 But you 'll have to let me give instructions to my men . ’
3 Can you give reasons for your answer ?
4 I 'm backing Back To The Planet because when you play their tapes on your Walkman it makes you give money to tramps .
5 We 're talking about what feedback or the lack of feedback you yourself have received , how do you give feedback to your staff ?
6 Would you give chemicals to your children ?
7 For certain of the limitations examples were given can you give examples of your own ?
8 Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ?
9 Do you give scores for those pre-interview performances , Fran ?
10 And yet she had not cried , not even now , when the coffin was to be taken from Summer Lodge and carried to the graveyard on the hill overlooking the sea , could she give way to tears .
11 Not only may she give birth to as many as nine babies at a time , but she may have as many as seventeen litters in a breeding season and she is thus capable of producing a hundred and fifty young a year .
12 What could she give God for a sacrifice ?
13 If the decisions were being made by a planning inquiry and we were the planning inspectors , would we give permission for the spending of someone else 's money on such as project ?
14 A recruitment team faced by this kind of surge in activity is liable to have to make a decision : do we concentrate on getting the letters out or do we give priority to keeping the records in line ?
15 May we give pleasure to other people by sharing our joy and happiness with them .
16 They had had faith , they had seen Jesus perform miracles , they had seen him heal the sick , they had seen him give sight to the blind , they had seen some of the tremendous things that Jesus had done .
17 Wood and Gipps ( 1982 ) pose an interesting dilemma for decision-makers allocating resources : do they give resources to the schools with poor results , thus penalising the good ones ( from which the good schools may learn the best way to get resources ) , or do they reward the good schools and let the poor ones suffer ?
18 What social and interpersonal practices do they give rise to ?
19 Can the classical doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation continue to serve as focusing and shaping theology for today , or must they give way to some quite different approach ?
20 He said nothing , letting her give vent to her distress , his thumb lightly stroking the silky curls at the nape of her neck .
21 As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be .
22 The third and most lengthy phase of the operation to save the tower will involve pumping water into the land at strategic points ‘ to make it give way to the north ’ .
23 Why does not he give freedom to the people of Scotland to move about without dipping into their pockets ?
24 The examiner is not interested in all that the candidate knows , nor can he give marks for the evidence of this knowledge unless it is directed exactly and specifically to the narrow topic of the question .
25 Should he give thanks to Moma Parsheen too ?
26 Can I say to the honourable gentleman , why does n't he give encouragement to Britain 's performance in the financial services sector ?
27 Let us give thanks for the many people throughout history who have dedicated their lives to working for peace and justice .
28 Let us give thanks for the progress made in scientific research , for the luxuries and comforts it has given us , for the assistance in curing disease , with storing information and with improving communications .
29 Let us give thanks for the beauty of the world .
30 Let us give thanks for our homes and for our families , for the people who care for us and look after us and for all the comforts we enjoy .
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