Example sentences of "order give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy , geography , natural history and naval architecture , navigation , commerce and agriculture , in order to give their children a right to study painting , poetry , music , architecture , statuary , tapestry and porcelain ’ . |
| 2 | In the 1980s , stars such as Kim Basinger relied upon overt sexuality in order to give their bland beauty a quasi-pornographic appeal . |
| 3 | Her elder daughter came in with roses in her cheeks where she had pinched herself , in order to give her swarthy complexion colour , as her mother had once shown her . |
| 4 | Association director Richard Insoll warned : ‘ The Wine and Spirit Association will be reviewing this and other instances of apparent abuse of authority by EHOs in order to give its members the best advice . |
| 5 | The theory uses the notion of a possible world in order to give its account of truth conditions for subjunctive conditionals . |
| 6 | Whereas Symphonic Variations flows onwards in simple serenity , Ashton , following Rachmaninov , here uses an enormous variety of steps and constantly changes the choreographic phrasing to reflect the increasing or diminishing sounds and to match the tempi of the melody , in order to give his enchaînements light and shade and to indicate the sheer complexity of the orchestration . |
| 7 | ( This is the source of ) the two new , suspect ( and barely compatible ) ingredients that he added in order to give his drama any life at all : hot emotional outbursts and cold thoughts and paradoxes — poor substitutes for{ 9 Dionysiac ecstasy and Apolline ( lucidity and precision ) . |
| 8 | Some coaches and physiologists recommend no running at all during the week following the race , in order to give your tired leg muscles a chance to recover . |