Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun sg] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the glass cabinet doors , Belinda glimpsed rows of neatly labelled spice jars and piles of elegant crockery — all the pride and delight of the housekeeper Mrs Porter , evidently — then they had passed through the kitchen and into an enclosed section of veranda where the hardwood floor gave way to squares of woven sea-grass matting . |
| 2 | We reached Red Cross where the city dwellings gave way to fields and small copses and , an hour later , we were in the open countryside . |
| 3 | if you do not have an external aerial socket in the room where you want the TV to be sited , check that the loop aerial gives an acceptable picture quality before you buy the set |
| 4 | The interesting feature of our book is that the title-page inscription gives the exact location and the method of purchase , translating : ‘ From the sanctuary of the church of Stansted Montfitchet in the County of Essex , bought from the parish chest . |
| 5 | We have explained elsewhere in this book that the government sector gives rise to taxation and expenditure flows ( see Chapter 6 ) and that the external sector gives rise to export and import flows ( see Chapter 7 and Appendix 2 to this chapter ) . |
| 6 | Arguments in favour are that the video recording gives a more complete record because it shows what the lecturer writes on the board or displays on the Overhead Projector and it can also cover any demonstrations that are part of the lecture . |
| 7 | Our clients understand it ceased trading on December 24 and it follows that the reference NatWest gave was worthless . ’ |
| 8 | Will he ensure specifically that the Home Secretary gives an assurance that no pressure or persuasion is being applied to the Metropolitan police in the case of Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi of Hayes to halt their inquiries or withdraw requests to investigate the bank accounts of Members of Parliament who have business or other links with Mr. Bedi ? |
| 9 | This is helped by the depth that the stereo effect gives . |
| 10 | ‘ I have learned that the love Christ gives to us is a mighty power . |
| 11 | Marx was wrong , it is now claimed , when he asserted that the steam engine gave us the capitalist . |
| 12 | The individuals had first to establish that the Trusteeship Agreement gave them standing as against the trusteeship territory . |
| 13 | She finds it warming that the check-out girls give her a smile and a ‘ Good morning , Mrs Evans ’ when she passes through . |
| 14 | Mr Reynolds often looked tired and anxious during the days preceding his operation and it was important that the ward nurses gave him opportunities to ask questions and express his fears and also ensured that he had time to rest . |
| 15 | I should emphasize that the summary account given above is not at all official , and has no claim to comprehensiveness or objectivity . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The information that the pupil responses give the teacher is often surprising and considerable and certainly extremely helpful in ascertaining the depth of knowledge and understanding the children have reached . |
| 18 | Now the modern Sylvia realized that the family had very little money at that time and that the birthday party given for her was probably quite a meagre affair compared with the boisterous celebrations on her own children 's birthdays . |
| 19 | Er , from the sound business point of view , we can only recycle glass , because we get what are called recycling credits , which is that the County Council gives us fifteen pounds a ton at the moment . |
| 20 | Its original intention is unknown , but it has been suggested that the timber framing gave walls the combination of strength and flexibility needed to withstand earthquakes . |
| 21 | 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 ! ’ |
| 22 | Experience shows that the approval process gives a reliable indication of a centre 's potential to deliver and also encourages effective planning for implementation . |
| 23 | If on your first day of testing you see a colour which is the same or darker than the reference colour given in the test , you should go ahead and have intercourse . |
| 24 | Although the pattern recogniser gives higher confidences to some characters , these confidences should not be relied upon too heavily . |
| 25 | He could search until dawn , or until the torch battery gave out , and still be in the same position . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a public house licence is held and to which section 59 of this Act applies if the licence holder gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with the provisions of subsection ( 1 ) of section 59 of this Act , and the effect of the application of this section to those premises shall be that , for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) of section 59 of this Act , the permitted hours on Sundays shall be extended by the addition to them of the hours between five and half-past six in the evening , and subsections ( 5 ) to ( 7 ) of that section shall apply accordingly . |
| 27 | In the limit B 0 , the complex map can be approximated by the real noninvertible map where I = E. Introduction of a finite value for augments the left side of the above by a term , and the index n gives over to continuous time t . |
| 28 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 29 | According to Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , the new licensing strategy — see front page — should , for example , enable the Sparc compatible community to get its hands on the company 's next-generation Viking , or SuperSparc technology — being co-developed with Texas Instruments Inc — much more quickly than the best part of a year that elapsed between the launch of the Sparcstation 2 ( UX No 308 ) , and the day Sun gave the green light for the LSI Logic Inc made 40MHz Sparc chip sets to be sold on to Sun wannabe 's ( UX No 356 ) . |
| 30 | In nineteen forty three wooden soled , wedge heeled shoes were introduced in the utility range and the Lady magazine gave hints on how to walk in them . |