Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] gave [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What lay behind the first three grounds of appeal was the direction which the trial judge gave to the jury on the subject of concert . |
| 2 | Frances Power Cobbe deplored the approval doctors gave to what she considered to be an essentially unhealthy lifestyle ; she had little faith in medical expertise and liked to recall the case of a women friend who , on deciding to stop seeing her doctor and carry on normally , promptly recovered . |
| 3 | The gift God gave to Mozart . ’ |
| 4 | The few pieces that are known for certain to be by Lombardo — in a Doge 's tomb in Venice and two busts in Vienna — show no sign of the naturalist force that the tomb artist gave to Guidarello 's face . |
| 5 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 6 | The use of regulations to cut legal aid eligibility contravenes the explanation the Lord Chancellor gave to Parliament about the way he would use these powers . |
| 7 | The close attention which the union committee gave to every case of a girl being hired in the winter and spring months of 1910 argues that the recruitment had slowed to a trickle , as is borne out by an analysis by age of the sample in Chapter 6 : whereas large numbers of the women would have been 14-year-olds in 1908–9 , hardly any were younger than this . |
| 8 | The information Mrs gave to me was as she stated that erm an anonymous phone call had been made to the police station , which she had received . |
| 9 | The drafters of the affidavits had forgotten the lesson that the mother whale gave to her offspring : ‘ It is only when you begin to spout that you get harpooned ! ’ |