Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , the DES realized that it would have been unrealistic to insist on the receipt of fully-fledged regional plans before giving its blessing to well-founded initiatives being undertaken by institutions in the context of developing regional plans for the training of full-time staff . |
| 2 | She turned away from him back into the big sitting-room , wondering how she was to bear this fresh indignity without giving her innermost secret away . |
| 3 | Let's be progressive enough to show our commitment to sister unions in other European countries by giving our members the language tools needed for the European trade union movement . |
| 4 | Harry believed it , too , and pity from Isambard was something he could not and would not bear ; the mere thought of giving his enemy that satisfaction made his jaws set desperately to prevent the emergence of even one word or sound that might be mistaken for an appeal . |
| 5 | They 'd answer the outside world by giving their own authorised version of the intervening years . |
| 6 | Start your pre-Christmas check by giving your home 's electrical system a quick once-over . |
| 7 | This can be anything from a loan of £10 to tide your sister over to her next pay cheque , to substantial gifts like giving your grandson the money for the deposit on his first house . |
| 8 | POLICE have warned people to be on their guard after a smooth-talking gang conned an elderly woman into giving her bank cash card away and disclosing her PIN number . |
| 9 | All that and Benn has made the grand gesture of giving his new WBC belt to his first conqueror , Michael Watson , who is slowly recovering after the brain damage he suffered against Eubank last year . |
| 10 | A headboard is an easy and effective way of giving your bed a new sense of style . |
| 11 | Costa Rica has established a reputation as a liberal democracy in which education plays an important part in giving its citizens access both to individual social mobility and to democratic rights . |
| 12 | As we 're gon na be commemorating and celebrating in a few moments the sacrifice to the very point of giving his own life . |
| 13 | ( e ) Conflicts of interest Where firms involved in an amalgamation have previously acted for clients who have been involved in litigation against each other , the amalgamated firm must not accept instructions to act for any of those clients unless they are able to erect and maintain effective " Chinese Walls " and : ( 1 ) none of the solicitors involved are professionally embarrassed by continuing to act ; ( 2 ) all the clients have given their consent ; ( 3 ) those clients have received full and frank independent advice before giving their consent ; and ( 4 ) such continuing to act can be shown to be in the best interests of the clients . |
| 14 | So peaceful land reform based around rent reduction , interest rate reduction , might be the ultimate strategy for given your learning process in the north , given the nature of the economy in the south . |
| 15 | From then on , many changed banks , with the sole purpose of giving their previous firm a run for its money . |
| 16 | And years of financial demands of giving their only child round-the-clock care from birth had worn them down . |
| 17 | As Brightman J said in United Sterling Corp Ltd v Felton and Mannion [ 1974 ] RPC 162 " This contractual obligation of fidelity … may prevent a skilled employee from giving his assistance to a competitor despite the fact that such assistance is provided by the employee in his own time and despite the fact that no information has been disclosed to the employees in confidence " . |
| 18 | During the Franco days , the Basque church was the only bastion of dissent against a regime which denied the Basques their ancient language , self-expression , and even prohibited parents from giving their children traditional names like Inaki and Arantxa . |
| 19 | 3 In addition to providing for strong and responsible government it has been claimed that the system provides for moderate government because the two parties in a two-party system must strive to occupy the middle ground where the votes lie thickest and this obliges them to control their extremists who might dissuade the middling voters from giving their support . |
| 20 | We are , of course , at liberty to employ adjectives like ‘ legal ’ as an inexpensive way of giving our texts the look of authority . |