Example sentences of "[pron] can give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The programme is simple but certainly not easy and most of all it is individual : nobody can give recovery to anyone else , each recovering person has to work for his or her own recovery .
2 External factors include pollution of the environment — the air , water , soil and food ; infectious agents such as bacteria , viruses and other parasites ; the sort of work we do , which can give rise to postural problems ; the people we work and live with ; the amount of exercise we take ; the amount of fresh air we breathe ; the amount of rest , relaxation and sleep we get , and so on .
3 A basic sense of wonder ( a ) to foster their capacity for imagination which can give rise to vision , realizing that reality can be greater and other than it often seems — so that they appreciate that a flat two-dimensional approach to life is not the only option available ; ( b ) to understand that religious faith expresses itself in a variety of forms , many of which are close to the arts , and to realize also that religious language is mostly used in symbolic or metaphorical ways ; ( c ) to appreciate the emotional power of religious commitment and how this can be beneficial or harmful .
4 which can give preference to one sense when other factors are equal ; and can be biased according to sublanguage/domain ;
5 Elderly people and their families who wish to ‘ go it alone , so far as obtaining outside help is concerned are , of course , quite at liberty to do so , and four of the large organisations who can give advice on a great variety of problems are :
6 Most of the large banks employ trade promotion experts who can give information on local economies and trading practices .
7 This section discusses ELT video materials under these headings as a way of relating them to the roles we can give video in the classroom .
8 If they do , we can give freedom to our people .
9 Erm I think it would be nice if the grammar were checked from , we promised to give high priority in responding , surely we can give priority to responding , and as a small point , I was gon na go on about the most important road which of course is Breadfield Street
10 They need to describe initially what issues they want to stand firm on and what issues they can give way to .
11 Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract .
12 In their first few months of training , they can give consideration to making their own arrangements if they so choose .
13 This means that there is no limit to the number that can be exchanged , and so they can give rise to a strong force .
14 They have a working knowledge of contract law and other legal areas which affect musicians , such as noise levels and music licences , so that they can give advice on anything and everything that affects musicians .
15 Cultural transmission is analogous to genetic transmission in that , although basically conservative , it can give rise to a form of evolution .
16 This means that your solution may differ , quite legitimately , from your neighbour 's ( in fact it is one of the characteristics of a good case study that it can give rise to equally valid alternative solutions ) .
17 The word ‘ endotoxin ’ may be a misnomer , but we think that there is sufficient evidence obtained by injecting endotoxins into healthy volunteers to prove that it can give rise to the clinical symptoms of gram-negative sepsis .
18 The 18 neighbours of an animal are the 18 different kinds of children that it can give rise to , and the 18 different kinds of parent from which it could have come , given the rules of our computer model .
19 It is still an important component of marriage settlements , and it is an element of prestige : it can give independence of employers and it is a security for a man attempting upward social mobility .
20 ‘ Politically , there 's no way he can give money for work at Flushing Meadow when we have thousands homeless and barely able to live ’ .
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