Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or would it better to speak with Carl and Sam first — let them explain and give comfort to Ma ? |
| 2 | If the Purchaser shall be in receipt of any claim , or any fact or circumstance comes to the notice of the Purchaser which might constitute or give rise to a liability pursuant to any of the warranties the Purchaser shall forthwith notify the Vendor giving full details so far as practicable and shall not make any admission of liability or settle or comprise any such claim without the prior written consent of the Vendor such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ( subject to being indemnified and secured to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs and expenses incurred or for which it may become liable ) ; |
| 3 | Remember that accountants can report or give opinions but often can not certify . |
| 4 | The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella . |
| 5 | The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel ( Mark 1:23 ) . |
| 6 | Crossing the bridge on his way home , he thought he would stop and give Mr Hellyer a piece of his Mars Bar , but as he got nearer , he saw Mr Hellyer was gone . |
| 7 | POWELL : Ah , ah , I , I am saying in addition that that either meant that the thing was going to be vetoed anyhow by the Falkland Islanders , and that therefore even if Britain wanted to get rid of , of sovereignty , she was n't going to get rid of it in terms of her own statement ; or that the Falkland Islanders were going to be put under so much pressure , ah — we need n't go into the details of what is meant in those connections , by pressure ; I 'm sure the Foreign Office will supply the details if requested — ah , would be put under so much pressure that eventually they would collapse and give way . |
| 8 | Since those relations were daily growing in importance with the increase in trade , it was becoming more and more essential that all should try and give life to that necessary fiction of government that every man knew the laws of his country . |
| 9 | And so we do try and give priority to , to ladies on their own . |
| 10 | When the Shavante train boys to become warriors who can both take and give orders , they systematically constrain the youngsters in age-set seclusion for a period of five years during which time they are trained to endure suffering ( see below ) . |
| 11 | Although one or two species had simple flaps of skin in the shoulder region , most had no fins at all , apart from their tail , to help them navigate or give precision to their movements . |
| 12 | Anyway , I 'll go and give mum and dad a quick ring and then let them know . |
| 13 | I , I have about five or six groups , I can , I can go and give talks . |
| 14 | He observes that , ‘ if Parliament be in the eye of the law a supreme legislature , the essence of representative government is , that the legislature should represent or give effect to the will of the political sovereign , i.e. of the electoral body , or of the nation . ’ |
| 15 | But we probably do n't inspect and give advice to people who 'd like us to , because they 're not a priority , and we do n't have the resources to do that . |
| 16 | You must declare and give details of any condition likely to affect your fitness as a driver . |
| 17 | The dancers would dance , the mannequin would shiver and give birth to the green girl . |