Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason is immigration , where we gained on balance about half a million people and they of course were mostly young , they had their families here , so that they gave the impression of having very high birthrates . |
| 2 | I gather that the match was played at the new centre — little more than a new clay court being put down in an old car park and towering scaffolding stands then being erected around it , rising almost vertically so that it gave the impression of the fans literally hovering over the court . |
| 3 | In the overhaul of government that accompanied the War of the Spanish Succession the servants of Philip V rejected the system of the Great Councils , less because it gave the grandees too much political power than because it was incurably inefficient and incapable of organizing the monarchy for the defence of the French dynasty . |
| 4 | Just as I gave the final push , my hand found a rope over the end of the ship . |
| 5 | Belinda relaxed unconsciously as she gave the detailed answers he wanted , reassured by the way he seemed to trust what she said . |
| 6 | We can be married as soon as you give the word ; as it is , what is Dinah to do ? |
| 7 | Part of the problem is the HYPO , a fine orchestra which just does not sound as if it has lived with the piece in the way that the Gewandhaus Orchestra have ever since they gave the world première under Nikisch on December 30th 1884 . |
| 8 | But yesterday as they gave the clenched fist salute of the Spanish republican army and planned another ceremony next year , they smiled a smile of inner satisfaction at having taken part in a fight which they had no doubts was well worth fighting . |
| 9 | Barney nodded resignedly as he gave the canoe a push with his foot , and watched it drift out into midstream . |
| 10 | Now if you give the porters a form for a P A , |
| 11 | Now if you give the school its own budget it can in fact , if it so wishes , go to the private sector , it can buy in private sector computer expertise to teach the children , and that will be very beneficial . |
| 12 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |