Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as there is a need for collective decision-making and for policies which give direction to a whole community or society , and so long as or whenever unanimity can not be achieved , it is hard to see what alternative there can be to the minority being compelled to go along with the decision of the majority . |
| 2 | Second , they are actually selling their time , consequently their integrity is being measured by how much value for money they give their employer . |
| 3 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
| 4 | Again Yorkshire and Humberside er Scotland and Wales tending to lead that erm all of them as I said have got strong output trends erm in terms of Yorkshire and Humberside the orders er seem to be very much domestic rather than export but widely spread between sectors which gives |
| 5 | Instead , people are developing other problems are developing other problems such as cancers which give rise to the need for long-term community support . |
| 6 | Mr Cross walked to the signal box at Girvan and waited until the train was belled off Kilkerran which gave him sufficient time to drive to Pinmore . |
| 7 | It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types . |
| 8 | It seems that in Japan microlights are restricted to flying no more than 1.5 kilometres from point of take-off which gives little chance of developing mature navigational skills . |
| 9 | It is exactly this kind of function which gives the first three examples their odd effect . |
| 10 | Most have a Sun Protection Factor number , according to the level of protection they give . |
| 11 | Mr Fallon , who has a pair of Barbour wellies , added : ‘ This is a slur on one of our greatest military heroes , ’ referring to the Duke of Wellington who gave the wellie its name . |
| 12 | Mr Foster recommended the Swedish law of allemansratt which gives the public a general right of access over uncultivated , unfenced land , subject to the protection of residential privacy and reasonable management needs . |
| 13 | For a couple of minutes she gave in to another uncharacteristic fit of temper . |
| 14 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 15 | One of the difficulties of using politicians ' or military leaders ' diaries is that they are always likely to be personal justifications of their own actions at the time , and of course they give the impression that the whole of history consists of political intrigue or war . |
| 16 | Of course they give the heroin back . |
| 17 | And then of course he gives classical precedence for this Tireseus , Orpheus , those poets who had magical powers , Homer , who suggests not only frugal diet , but chastity will be the best preparation for the poet who has this task in hand . |
| 18 | One of my favourite presidents , Theodore Roosevelt , president from the early part of the twentieth century and known as the damned cowboy erm you might be interested to know how people become president erm Theodore Roosevelt was an arch imperialist and got very excited about the er war with Spain er America had a s little brief war with Spain at the end of the nineteenth century erm over the possession of Cuba , and erm in eighteen ninety eight , and this aroused great patriotic feelings in all red blooded Americans and especially in Theodore Roosevelt and er er Roosevelt formed his own company of cavalry called the Rough Riders and erm Roosevelt wore glasses and was asthmatic but he had this group called the Rough Riders , sort of early kind of Clint Eastwood stuff , and erm anyway he g he was engaged in the war with Spain er and there was one wonderful moment in the war Spain in which the Spaniards were at the top of a hill called the San Juan hill er and er Teddy , as he was known , of course he gave his name to the teddy bear , did you know that did you ? |
| 19 | Of course you give them back to the client . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course it gave me insights . |
| 21 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 22 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 23 | But er of course I gave up that and went er when I went on to the council . |
| 24 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 25 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 26 | Dr Macdonald was consulted on a series of cases which gave him clues to what was to become an accepted theory . |
| 27 | Extent of labour force participation is an important indicator of the position of women because on the one hand , it is a way in which women contribute to the economic development of their countries and , on the other , because work is a major source of income which gives access to education , culture , power and other factors influencing social status . |
| 28 | They preferred their little aerosols of teargas which gave them a false sense of security . |
| 29 | He says it 's not only in terms of money we give but in terms of ourselves . |
| 30 | Council , although , the amount of money they give for this kind of research is pretty sparse ! |