Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [subord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presenting a piece of information as given suggests that it is already established and agreed and is therefore non-negotiable . |
| 2 | Both of them take the present sexual division of labour as given and understand that this has important implications for women in their search for an income . |
| 3 | However , at this output Q the marginal social cost MSC exceeds the marginal social benefit of chemicals as given by the corresponding point on the demand curve DD . |
| 4 | It may however be noted that the immunity against judicial interrogation is no longer as complete as it was , for the abolition by the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 of the rule that an accused was not even a competent witness at his own trial opened up the possibility that if he did give evidence he would expose himself to questioning by counsel for the prosecution and in appropriate circumstances by the judge himself ; and his privilege against self-incrimination whilst giving evidence was expressly removed by section 1 ( e ) of the Act of 1898 . |
| 5 | It is interesting to observe the behaviour of individuals when given a choice of conducting a piece of business in person or in writing . |
| 6 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 7 | A great deal of the discussion of such topic markers has been concerned with the sentence-internal organization of information as given ( or the topic ) vs. new ( or comment about the topic — see Gundel , 1977 for a review ) . |
| 8 | When there is a stay or a suspension of execution , he can not rely on the order for possession as giving him a right to possession . |
| 9 | In the same way , business executives or cabinet ministers may be making a hash of things while giving an outward appearance of calm confidence — Chancellor Norman Lamont springs to mind immediately . |
| 10 | If you are planning to give a particularly large sum , it is always more advantageous to give out of income by covenant than to give a capital sum . |
| 11 | For it was the general election of 1931 which so drastically altered the balance of parties in the House of Commons as to give the politics of the 1930s its special character . |