Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] [conj] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a book that focuses on the questions that psychobiologists ask , rather than on the answers that they give to them . |
| 2 | Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’ |
| 3 | A few opposed the proposals on the ground that they gave international sanction to an undemocratic regime , but it was the more nationalist elements which were particularly vocal , and there was a broad measure of support for their sentiments . |
| 4 | Moira McVitie is fairly putting on the beef since she gave up the teaching when wee Scott was born . |
| 5 | and er I managed to get er do forty odd years and erm now I 'm quite happy on the pension that they gave me . |
| 6 | Is he able to elaborate on the answer that he gave to the hon. and learned Member for Fife , North-East ? |
| 7 | It was n't till we were on the boat that I gave Oliver a thought , to be honest . |
| 8 | Multilateralists on the Labour benches , who had supported the retention of nuclear weapons on the grounds that they gave Britain an independent foreign policy , were seriously discomfited by the obvious loss of a measure of that independence through acceptance of an American delivery system . |
| 9 | Encouraged by the views of our solicitor , David Cooper of Gouldens , Robert Carnwath , QC appeared on SAVE 's behalf seeking to quash Ridley 's decision on the grounds that he gave insufficient and unclear reasons for granting consent . |
| 10 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Kuhn 's demarcation criterion has been criticized by Popper on the grounds that it gives undue emphasis to the role of criticism in science ; by Lakatos because , among other things , it misses the importance of competition between research programmes ( or paradigms ) ; and by Feyerabend on the grounds that Kuhn 's distinction leads to the conclusion that organized crime and Oxford philosophy qualify as science . |