Example sentences of "have given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe . |
| 2 | The long evolution of the natural system , further evolved by man 's practical management , has given brooks and rivers individual characters as distinctive as their names , names which invest the Ordnance Survey map with an idiosyncratic quality ranging from poetry to comedy : the Windrush , the Swift , the Wagtail Brook , the Mad Brook , the Hell Brook , the Piddle , the Wriggle … |
| 3 | In many of these different regions the native stone has given character and fitness to the buildings ; the wide variety of stones , together with the frequent use of wood and brick and thatch , especially in the stoneless areas , has added charm to English village and towns , and has made the dwellings , particularly the smaller cottages ( for stones for churches and large houses were carried for many miles even in early times ) , ideally suited to their surroundings . |
| 4 | SADDAM HUSSEIN 'S defeat has given Iraq 's Kurds an unprecedented chance to win the autonomy — or independence — they have long sought . |
| 5 | Jean desired this and as ‘ the king of France has given permission to make war in this land ’ , Pierre could serve in Aragon . |
| 6 | Since the report was printed the committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of this afternoon 's session for our colleagues involved in the dispute . |
| 7 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of congress on Monday to help these colleagues as well . |
| 8 | The committee has given permission for the bucket collection to be taken on behalf of our colleagues at at the end of the Tuesday morning session . |
| 9 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken on behalf of the Matthew trust fund at the end of the Wednesday morning session . |
| 10 | The government has given permission for the plant to go ahead in the face of sustained opposition from environmentalists , church groups , and the local Lumad tribal people , to whom the mountain is sacred . |
| 11 | Sedgefield District Council , we hear , has given permission for a clairvoyancy evening at Spennymoor leisure centre . |
| 12 | Darlington Council has given permission for Conder Projects to develop an office block on Russell Street car park just outside the ring road halving its total spaces . |
| 13 | Pruning go-ahead : Darlington Borough Council , which is responsible for tree felling , has given permission for extensive pruning work to be done on an oak tree at Hawkswood in Hurworth Place . |
| 14 | A Government inspector has given permission for a mixed development including a food superstore on land formerly occupied by Octavius Atykinson at Starbeck , Harrogate , following a public inquiry and local plan inquiry . |
| 15 | Wembley chairman Sir Brian Wolfson has given permission to the former England captain 's family for a match in his honour . |
| 16 | A Paris conference on the Amazon forests has given publicity to the continuing destruction of the area . |
| 17 | It has given parents and teachers much more responsibility for running their own schools and has freed the schools from the dead hand of local education bureaucracy in many places . |
| 18 | The Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , who condemned the LAS 's ‘ failure on all sides ’ , has given South West Thames Regional Health Authority a month to come up with plans for strengthening the lines of management accountability . |
| 19 | She has given voice to those who thought that previous Conservative governments had been too tolerant or ‘ defeatist ’ about the unions , the welfare state , high taxation , and public spending , and too accommodating to other countries , particularly in the European Community and the Commonwealth . |
| 20 | In this sense it is significant that , unlike in France and Britain , no politician of note has given voice to the growing disquiet in Germany about the move in Europe towards a Federalist state . |
| 21 | Kindly , Graeme has given Bandcall four £6 tickets to give away phoning Chris Lloyd after 11am today . |
| 22 | His Midas touch has given Sunrise 94 per cent of its target audience and a turnover expected to reach £4million . |
| 23 | DARREN ANDERTON has given Tottenham 's walking wounded a boost by launching a bid to join next week 's Coca-Cola Cup crusade at Nottingham Forest . |
| 24 | Maria Henderson has given Harvard a 50% interest in the holdings she amassed with her late husband Gregory , an American diplomat stationed in Korea for many years . |
| 25 | The clinic has given Tracey the confidence to take another big step in her life — saving time , saving money and most importantly saving worry ! |
| 26 | The parliament , he said , had " acknowledged that Iran as a colony ; it has given America the next . |
| 27 | This discovery has given scientists a unique opportunity to study these unusual phenomena . |
| 28 | He has given instructions to his new General to use whatever force it takes to destroy them , and at whatever cost . |
| 29 | In the twentieth century , the advent of a ‘ consumer culture ’ and of mass communications has given questions about self and identity a peculiar intensity and difficulty in some respects . |
| 30 | MODERN technology has given geologists a variety of methods with which to find new deposits of metals . |