Example sentences of "[conj] it gave [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mid-1640s , the celebration of Christmas was forbidden , Puritans arguing both that the festival was pagan in origin and also that it gave licence to ‘ carnal and sensual delights ’ . |
| 2 | This hypothetical test was preferred on the grounds that it gave rise to less uncertainty , and avoided the possibility of the court acting on the basis of hindsight . |
| 3 | Len 's mining area the Rhondda now has no pits , when once it gave work to a hundred thousand men . |
| 4 | The East End once boasted the biggest brewery in the world , and it gave birth to some of the most famous names in British brewing history . |
| 5 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 6 | Civil-rights activists were appalled by the new brutality of the police , but it gave courage to ordinary people to become informers . |