Example sentences of "and give [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Unless they become tribesmen when they acquire national membership they will lack those affiliations and loyalties below the level of nation which are identical in kind to national loyalty , and which sustain and give meaning to the existence of born Libyans : a system which derives nationhood from family and tribe does not easily accommodate immigrants .
2 ( Ullman 's work is thus closer to the spirit of Kant , and may be thought of as an attempt to articulate the intuitions and categories of space which structure and give meaning to the input stimulus . )
3 Meditation , yoga , and psychotherapy have all been taken up by Westerners as ways of helping themselves cope , and give meaning to their lives .
4 Because of this , humans ' actions are meaningful : they define situations and give meaning to their actions and those of others .
5 Themes like " rites of passage " or " festivals " can so attract attention to sociological aspects of religion , that the impression is given to pupils that religion is about how people organize themselves and give meaning to their lives — that the essence of religion is manufactured by societies and by people .
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