Example sentences of "[noun] give a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Management therefore need information that helps them determine the cost and effectiveness of alternative programmes given a variety of resource constraints ( typically the imposition of cash limits and target staffing levels ) . |
| 2 | For subjects given a list of words , when recall is immediate words with serial positions late in the list are more likely to be recalled than when recall is delayed . |
| 3 | ‘ Other lads given a trial at 19 by a big club like Monaco might think they 've cracked it — but Lambert knows we are simply giving him a glimpse of what he should be aiming for . |
| 4 | Following the establishment of the union there might well emerge a tendency for money wage rates to converge between member nations given a degree of labour mobility . |
| 5 | The currents to these probes give a measure of the density and temperature of the plasma 's electrons . |
| 6 | Now , the range of pre-packed foods available is huge and most labels give a lot of information about the contents . |
| 7 | The clear organization of Streamline gives students confidence in the material , and the one-page units give a sense of progress . |
| 8 | Some recent estimates of the cost nationally in the United States give an idea of the probable scale : curbing carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels could absorb between 1 and 2 per cent of GNP , with the sums rising into the trillions in the next century . |
| 9 | I do n't know why there are n't more , but suspect that it is a combination of the weather — high ground and prevailing westerlies give a lot of rainfall — and the cost of flying relative to incomes . |
| 10 | The forty women interviewed were asked early in the interview to give an account of their daily routines . |
| 11 | Kurecolor Brush Pens can be used from the point or from the side to give a variety of stroke qualities and they flex as they are drawn along the paper surface , adding character to the marks . |
| 12 | Kuhn 's theory of science was subsequently developed as an attempt to give a theory of science more in keeping with the historical situation as he saw it . |
| 13 | One mechanical method of generating a range of switching angles is to use a fine resolution optical encoder producing several position pulses per step , but this is prohibitively expensive for small step.angle motors ; a 200 steps per revolution motor would need a 1600 counts per revolution encoder to give a choice of 8 switching angles . |
| 14 | In non-ELT materials you can look for situations which are likely to feature highly predictable language : scenes set in restaurants or shops , at parties , the reception desk or the dining table can sometimes be picked out of a longer programme and used in isolation to give an example of particular language functions in operation . |
| 15 | From January 1990 the maximum rate of income tax for private individuals and businesses was cut to 35 per cent in a bid to give a boost to the stock exchange and investment ; the new simplified system was also intended to reduce tax evasion . |
| 16 | This information was then transferred to a new map using Briggs ' Key to give an impression of where the second zone might possibly be ( fig 4 ) . |
| 17 | They had Nelson Mandela giving a rally at two in the afternoon on the steps of City Hall or wherever it was , and at three they had a colour photograph of him out on the streets . |
| 18 | Campion gives a number to every possible item with full details about its content . |
| 19 | Patterson gives a list of five words of the /Ε/; class , which were then ( 1860 ) pronounced in Belfast with low realizations : wren , wrestle , wretch , grenadier , desk . |
| 20 | Mr Travis gives a lot of time to the kids , not to mention buying those five Toppers for them to learn in . |
| 21 | In chapter 24 of his Ecclesiastical History Bede gives an account of what took place . |
| 22 | A psychologist gave an assessment of the mother/daughter relationship thus : ‘ The classic anorexia symptoms are sometimes inherited and , as Kylie 's mother was a ballerina , she would have been weight obsessed all her life . |
| 23 | Her thoughts suddenly interrupted , Bernice gave a cry of surprise and horror . |
| 24 | In October 1980 Rajinder Anand and his brother Gurcharan Anand gave an undertaking to a High Court judge , Mr Justice Graham , that they would refrain from handling any cassettes that bore the name Sony but were not genuine Sony products . |
| 25 | This girl was smart enough , he conceded , but her hair falling softly like brown peaty water round her shoulders and her dark blue eyes gave an impression of fragility which belied her reputation . |
| 26 | Meredith told him what she had been doing since they last met and Markby gave a summary of his own activities . |
| 27 | A minor episode gives a glimpse of the ethics involved . |
| 28 | Rebecca gave a squeal of delight . |
| 29 | However , in practice , the programming required to avoid these calculations could be more time-consuming than the straight pivotal condensation , when the symmetry of the final result gives a check on the calculations . |
| 30 | For example the information within the Oxford English Dictionary gives a description of almost all of the words in the English language and their etymological history . |