Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] give [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are millions of people who admit to being members of the two Christian churches and their various sects , but who do little or nothing to give substance to that admission . |
| 2 | In other cases , where rhythmic pulse is an important component of the accompaniment , the harmonic and rhythmic movements have to be fused together , so that one gives point to the other . |
| 3 | At every stage children 's ideas can be included , so that they give rise to many opportunities for scientific investigations . |
| 4 | This publication aims to help you to make sensible decisions and choices about alcohol so that it gives pleasure without putting anyone 's health at risk . |
| 5 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 6 | An actress who worked with Babs in Munich told Bild : ‘ She said it wo n't be long before she gives birth . ’ |
| 7 | Seeing her as innately beautiful , especially after she gave birth to the child she was bearing , was to applaud her regeneration and at the same time redeem his own unattractiveness . |
| 8 | We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry . |
| 9 | Like many of the gentry all over the country , he was convinced that the wound now bleeding Christendom might yet be healed , and the Church , the Body of Christ , made whole ; so when he gave sanctuary to young men on their way to train as priests in France , or secret agents from Spain or Ireland , he did so believing that he was acting in the best interests of his country , claiming that if anyone was a traitor it was the ardent puritans like Walsingham and Drake , who by their political manoeuvrings and piratical attacks on Spanish merchantmen were pushing the Queen remorselessly into a confrontation with King Philip of Spain . |
| 10 | He even went into her cage just after she gave birth . |
| 11 | Well normally when he gives marrow bones I ask him to chop them up a bit smaller |
| 12 | The men operating the windlass for the portcullis cheered Burun as he rode past and , as soon as they gave tongue , more men came out of a gate-house and joined in . |
| 13 | Everybody 's version of mothering is unique — you do n't suddenly lose your personality as soon as you give birth , and turn into ‘ A Mum ’ . |
| 14 | It was true also that she gave English lessons and that she had applied for a full-time job as an English teacher in a small private school . |
| 15 | From the mid-1640s , the celebration of Christmas was forbidden , Puritans arguing both that the festival was pagan in origin and also that it gave licence to ‘ carnal and sensual delights ’ . |
| 16 | Slugs tend to concentrate in such refuges , presumably because they give protection from desiccation . |
| 17 | She may find it difficult not to regard you still as the child who would do her bidding without question ; and you have to learn to see her , not just as your mother , but as a ‘ person ’ too , with good and bad traits in her character just like everyone else — not expecting silver-haired sainthood from her simply because she gave birth to you . |
| 18 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the encouragement of savings is important not simply because it gives security to the saver but because it provides funds for investment in the future of our country ? |
| 19 | She smoked continuously , even when she gave music lessons : her broad , pianist 's fingers and the white hairs of her moustache were stained a yellowy brown . |
| 20 | But the great strength of whole group drama is precisely that it gives context and coherence to small group work ; it makes it easier for the teacher to monitor work , to make it highly dramatic and keep it tightly focused . |
| 21 | And there was more heartbreak ahead when she gave birth to a brain damaged son . |