Example sentences of "[v-ing] to give [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refusing to give contraception to young girls is not going to stop sexual activity ; all it means is that more run the risk of pregnancy , which can be far more dangerous . |
| 2 | [ In the Court of Appeal Pickin successfully argued that this case was authority for the House of Lords refusing to give effect to a private Act obtained by fraud . ] |
| 3 | It was also , we think , common ground and is certainly correct that , against this background , any ambiguity in the Act should be resolved in favour of consistency between the Act and the Convention , the presumption being that the legislature was seeking to give effect to the principles of the Convention and would not lightly legislate inconsistently with the United Kingdom 's treaty obligations thereunder : see Garland v. British Rail Engineering Ltd. [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 751 , 771 . |
| 4 | " I look as if I were going to give birth to an elephant at any minute ! " |
| 5 | Getting acceptance of the technical specification by these functions is the first hurdle for the project manager ; the process should be viewed as a form of insurance that the proposals are not going to give rise to problems in these areas , not as unwarranted interference with the job . |
| 6 | ‘ I was sorry to see it go in a way , but on the other hand it 's been laid up for many years and now it 's going to give pleasure to other people . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Otton was told they regretted helping to give currency to the allegation that John Major and Miss Latimer had been conducting an adulterous relationship . |
| 8 | Only the Italians , the former colonisers of southern Somalia , are continuing to give aid to Mogadishu . |
| 9 | Where the meaning of the statutory words is plain and unambiguous it is not for the judges to invent fancied ambiguities as an excuse for failing to give effect to its plain meaning because they themselves consider that the consequences of doing so would be inexpedient , or even unjust or immoral . |
| 10 | Where the meaning of the statutory words is plain and unambiguous it is not for the judges to invent fancied ambiguities as an excuse tor failing to give effect to its plain meaning because they themselves consider that the consequences of doing so would be inexpedient , or even unjust or immoral . |
| 11 | It is for the courts to construe those words and it is the court 's duty in so doing to give effect to the intention of Parliament in using those words . |
| 12 | Nutty rode on hopefully , but when she got to the gate Mrs Smith was backing out in a large yellow Range Rover and glared at having to give way to a mere equestrian . |
| 13 | Already one can see the old ‘ paternalism ’ of the industry with its hierarchies and job guarantees having to give way to different business practices which take greater account of technical exigencies . |
| 14 | It may be due to two or more separate odours , emanating from two or more works , combining to give rise to a statutory nuisance . |
| 15 | My thanks and congratulations to all who have provided this opportunity to admire the works of natural beauty , and the works of artistic worth , all combining to give glory to God . |
| 16 | As we shall see , there are problems inherent in trying to give shape to such an abstract concept as political culture . |
| 17 | It is because trying to give credit to this great poet commits a patriotic Englishman ( or Scotsman for that matter — Fraser is a Scot ) to very tormenting and unwelcome questions and reflections about the spiritual state of England or Scotland today , and over the last fifty years . |
| 18 | ‘ Methinks I prefer Halidon , ’ observed Anne slowly , seeming to give thought to it . |
| 19 | Then he rolled back his chair and stood up sharply as if needing to give vent to a violent sense of frustration . |