Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] give [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I 'm if kids are giving me work first thing in the morning and I 've got them in the afternoon they 're gon na expect it to be marked ! |
| 2 | Sea pens were given their names when people wrote with quills and very apt it must have seemed , for not only are they shaped like feathers but their skeleton is flexible and horny . |
| 3 | The troops were given their briefing in the hall . |
| 4 | The International Organisation of Securities Commissions is to give its seal of approval to international standards on auditing ( ISAs ) at a conference to be hosted by the Securities and Investments Board in London later this month . |
| 5 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 6 | Also , most appointees on public bodies are given their jobs for a set number of years , so it could be some while before changes filtered through . |
| 7 | The reason creditors agree to such arrangements is to give their debtor time to sell assets , usually his stock , without the pressure of a forced sale and so realise a maximum rather than a minimum amount for the benefit of all involved . |
| 8 | Leaders are given their roles by their putative followers ; their ‘ authority ’ may technically be removed if their followers cease to acknowledge them . |
| 9 | The difference was that these professionals were giving their time for free . |
| 10 | This is implied in the following passage from his memoirs : ‘ We had n't given the Cubans anything more than the Americans were giving their allies in Italy and Turkey . |
| 11 | The greatest love a man can have for his friends is to give his life for them and you are my friends , if you do what I command . |
| 12 | In the end , once again , women were servicing men , women were raising the consciousness of men , women were giving their energy to men . |
| 13 | The second challenge that management faces is giving its organization of specialists a common vision , a view of the whole . |