Example sentences of "it gave [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mid-1640s , the celebration of Christmas was forbidden , Puritans arguing both that the festival was pagan in origin and also that it gave licence to ‘ carnal and sensual delights ’ . |
| 2 | It was a clear manifestation of the industrial and cultural ethos which the coal companies were fostering : it believed that trades unions should be concerned with industrial issues only , and not wider political goals ; it gave privilege to local autonomy rather than general solidarity ; it favoured compromise with employers ; and it eschewed strike action . |
| 3 | Donald Brash , the governor of the Reserve Bank , suggested that it gave scope for easing monetary controls and predicted that it would result in lower interest rates . |
| 4 | The Eddie was as turbulent as its homophone : it gave rise to eddies of controversy that swirled up and down the Kam Highway . |
| 5 | Inevitably , it gave rise to both unthinking acceptance — the weary , slow plod from point to point — and resistance , as a variety of easing devices were contrived . |
| 6 | The EOC reports that it was apparent that the Society 's mobility requirement and a candidate 's ability to comply with it gave rise to both direct and indirect discrimination . |
| 7 | This is not the place to discuss the intricacies of the argument and those it gave rise to in the anthropological press ( for a cross section of the arguments see , e.g. , Strathern 1983 ; Brady 1983 ) ; the purpose in raising it is to note the continued appeal of the debate and to point out Freeman 's confident rejection of the possibility of a peaceful society . |
| 8 | This catalogue of divisions , the ‘ erosion of cohesion and unity ’ and the questioning of society which it gave rise to were now important features of the British scene . |
| 9 | It gave rise to its defence , the " Anti-Makassar " — the strip of linen still occasionally found protecting the headrests of seats in the older first-class carriages of British Rail . |
| 10 | In practice , Marxists argue , this process ( derived from changes in the mode of production or the economic base of society ) explains the historical questioning and transformation of the feudal mode of production and the state structures it gave rise to . |
| 11 | It gave rise to the term ‘ slide-rule strategy ’ and Williams was one of its foremost creators . |
| 12 | Fortunately , the German spirit that found expression in the Reformation , and with it gave rise to the first German music , has never yet fully lost itself in the dominant Alexandrianism . |
| 13 | This hypothetical test was preferred on the grounds that it gave rise to less uncertainty , and avoided the possibility of the court acting on the basis of hindsight . |
| 14 | you know kind of there 's all this quips about sort of semen making your hair grow and all that kind of thing erm you know so erm it 's , it 's , it 's one of these things that erm sort of erm kind of people , people s slip into on the basis of you know th er as far as I could tell there was no sort of firm evidence that these blokes were gay or heterosexual apart from judgments made on their demeanour and personal appearance erm you know but er you know it gave rise to a whole range of , you know , kind of supposedly humorous talk erm in that context erm so there 's a whole range of things erm tt you know sort of talk and mannerisms and , and er , you know , kind of also gossip and suspicions about them , oh is he married if not does he have a girlfriend , if not ooh I wonder if he 's gay , you know , kind of things that we understand about people 's relationships feed into it so |
| 15 | In the post-war world the national status of the Association received a welcome boost from the BBC , when , in 1948 , it gave permission for the BDDA to make a charity broadcast appeal . |
| 16 | To some it gave help in sickness and consolation in poverty . |
| 17 | Only , she supposed , because it gave evidence of spirit and life — he had not wanted to hear his wife was prostrate with shock . |
| 18 | This system suited Ferdinand in several ways : it was relatively cheap : it gave defence against small border raids and a trip-wire to provide early warning against major invasions ; it also broke the power of the remaining Croatian noble houses , which had survived the massacre of Krbavsko Polje ; and it might provide a corps of Kaisertreu troops in case of trouble from rebellious Hungarian magnates . |
| 19 | This was only a fraction of the total size of the European economy , but it gave assistance in some key areas , was of particular importance in strengthening the French and Italian governments and forced the Europeans to work together in overcoming their problems . |
| 20 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 21 | Soon the mask of mob rule and anarchy was replaced by the naked face of despotism , and eventually it gave way to Napoleon 's personal image of collectivism : an imperial militarism . |
| 22 | It gave way under his weight . |
| 23 | I did resent her quite a lot for what she did but it gave way after a few months . |
| 24 | It gave way beneath her , she fell and then rolled helplessly down the aisle . |
| 25 | LABOUR launched a strong protest last night over the latest Conservative election broadcast , which invited Tory supporters to telephone Labour 's London headquarters to complain over the way it gave prominence to ‘ bad news ’ about Britain . |
| 26 | Len 's mining area the Rhondda now has no pits , when once it gave work to a hundred thousand men . |
| 27 | The East End once boasted the biggest brewery in the world , and it gave birth to some of the most famous names in British brewing history . |
| 28 | It gave effect to the policy of the law that the parties to a judicial decision should not afterwards be allowed to re-litigate the same question , even though the decision might be wrong . |
| 29 | It had a drop down top which served as a table ; when upright it gave privacy to the bather . |
| 30 | At the same time it gave encouragement to local amenity groups to press for improvements . |