Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun sg] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 2 | They 're now sitting up in bed , waiting for their aunt to give them a kiss — and looking like little angels , ’ Julie told her , adding with a grin , ‘ which , of course , they are n't ! ’ |
| 3 | Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ? |
| 4 | Although elderly persons , on the whole , are less geographically mobile than other age groups , the spatially selective nature of their migration gives them an important impact ( Law and Warnes 1982 ) . |
| 5 | The diverseness of their appearance gives no clue to the similarity in the origin and function of the male and female germ cells ( which are also known as gametes , or marrying cells ) . |
| 6 | But MacLaren , who watched the ball very carefully , Kemble and Yates came to the assistance of their county to give the home side a 28-run lead on first innings . |
| 7 | In this post-welfare state , travellers are reminded of their duty to give up their seat to old ladies by a designated seat , post offices can not trust the customers to queue so they erect mazes through which one must wind before being served . |
| 8 | The Homicide Act 1957 deprived judges of their power to give authoritative rulings on the sufficiency of provocation , and the question must now be left to the jury , which should apply the test of the ‘ reasonable man ’ to everything said or done before the killing which might amount to provocation . |
| 9 | Names like Heaven 17 and Scritti Politti crop up , the former favourably ( for being one of the first groups of their ilk to give black singers centre stage ) and the latter not . |
| 10 | Even the English paid grudging tribute to this ; those who accompanied Margaret Tudor north in 1503 , for her marriage to Mary 's grandfather , James IV , were less than gracious about the elaborate and highly expensive entertainment provided by the king , but their contempt was mitigated , for they ‘ returned into their country giving more praise to the manhood than to the good manner and nurture of Scotland ’ . |
| 11 | One of these , the Salle des Maréchaux , the principal reception room whose first floor windows with their balcony gave on to the gardens ( facing the Place de la took place within it could be watched by those who were not participating . |
| 12 | This was perfectly effective , since leaders knew how to motion with their instrument to give the tempo while playing , not to mention other techniques . ’ |
| 13 | Old people who are not in frequent contact with younger people may lose confidence in their ability to give as well as to receive : Younger people , anxious to please , to give and , often , ‘ not to worry mother ’ may not realise the part which they play in creating a one-way traffic . |
| 14 | Their power to affect the public and the importance of public confidence in their loyalty give special importance to their fidelity to justified authority . |
| 15 | There are enough big money players cut down in their prime to give the new boy nightmares . |
| 16 | As one rather disillusioned Protestant Unionist put it : ‘ they were a party who believed in their God given right to rule this country ’ and they were not about to give up that right , especially as they could see signs of regaining control of their own party . |
| 17 | In their eagerness to give the government a ‘ bloody nose ’ , opposition voters supposedly flocked to the candidate best placed to defeat the incumbent Conservative . |
| 18 | Her feet were lodged in wide black-barred shoes and in their immobility gave the impression of being clamped to the carpet . |
| 19 | Everyone knows it is in their interest to give Heron the time to sell on its property . |
| 20 | Apart from their ability to give extra liveliness to a sequence , they can also be used to hide any awkward jump cuts in the action ! |
| 21 | Most systems also have some method of assigning scores which rank competing hypotheses according to how well they match the constraints , or according to their probability given the evidence . |
| 22 | The printer had become sufficiently reconciled to their presence to give him a friendly wave . |
| 23 | If the person consents to their doctor giving a medical report on them , the doctor will be at liberty to disclose information which otherwise would be confidential . |
| 24 | Since universities had become relatively autonomous in 1863 , the authorities ' general attitude towards education seemed to indicate a readiness on their part to give up some of the prerogatives of the central bureaucracy . |
| 25 | Policies with a growth motivation , for example , expansion by take-over , will normally on their face give no clue that their purpose is something other than the maximisation of profits . |
| 26 | Mary Lovell , who has arranged the meeting , said that as well as fund raising a support group would identify patients in the area , find people willing to sit with a patient at their home to give carers a break , and provide volunteers to drive people to the hospice or generally help at the hospice . |