Example sentences of "[noun pl] give [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Are the promoters giving their view after consulting the NRA , or are they giving the NRA 's view ? |
| 32 | More importantly , his idea that narrative grammar may be transformed or subverted by individual texts gives his grammar far greater analytical power , since elements which might fall outside the scope of a more rigid model may now be read as transformations of it . |
| 33 | A Crookes spokeswoman said : ‘ Bedtimers was launched after research showed that a third of parents gave their children adult hot chocolate drinks . |
| 34 | The Government takes the view that by giving employees a direct stake in the ownership and prosperity of the businesses for which they work , employers give their employees greater involvement and are able to focus the enthusiasm and commitment of those employees to their mutual benefit . |
| 35 | Experts give their verdict |
| 36 | The Parlour Performers give their services free for charity and Bumpstead branch can recommend them highly . |
| 37 | Points out that even though no more than week long , seemed to last approx. 2000 years given their children with talent for running away from home/eating razor blades/climbing into boot of car to die/vomiting continuously/fighting with our children in between asthma bouts . |
| 38 | The doctors gave their services , the nurses gave their services , all the lay workers give their services and from one clinic we went to seven clinics in a week ! |
| 39 | Over three hundred individuals give their time freely to support the R Y A where they are experienced on one central committee or another . |
| 40 | ( All observers give their time voluntarily as the more safe drivers there are , the safer we all are ) . |
| 41 | Thus it was that a caddish cub reporter from the Cricklewood Cricket drew the following response : ‘ A quarter of my age in years multiplied by a fifth of my age in years multiplied by a forty-fifth of my age in years gives my age in years . ’ |
| 42 | All these workers gave their time and labour freely , their efforts being supported by other citizens who hauled stone and earth at every available opportunity . |
| 43 | The affair came to a head in a series of by-elections in the early 1930s in which the press barons gave their support to Empire Crusade candidates in their fight against the official Conservative central office candidates . |
| 44 | Despite its shattering defeat in 1931 the Labour Party had established itself as the dominant political force opposed to the Conservative Party , as the unchallenged controller of local government on the major coalfields and as the Party to which the great majority of trade-union officials gave their loyalty . |
| 45 | Di — who smiled when wellwishers gave her flowers — said people took more notice if someone well-known was involved . |
| 46 | They have also incorporated paintings , photos and graphic works by women artists to give their arguments an extra visual punch . |
| 47 | Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . |
| 48 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 49 | Butlin knew that the leisure industry was about to be revolutionised by a law forcing employers to give their workers holiday with pay . |
| 50 | TODAY asked three wedding fashion experts to give their vision of what Princess Anne should be wearing on Saturday . |
| 51 | She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket . |
| 52 | But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient . |
| 53 | Maureen 's principles give her strength . |
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| 55 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 56 | To raise the cash they need , managers give their bankers a three-year business plan . |
| 57 | and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning |
| 58 | More seriously , she definitely agreed that Elaine 's efforts to give her confidence had worked . |
| 59 | Groups such as N-Joi and Altern 8 use dancers to give their performances a human feel , but what 's the point ? |
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