Example sentences of "give [noun] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 2 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 3 | I might even give money to The Campaign for Heavier Helmets today . |
| 4 | My father did give money to the Arabs to keep his head . ’ |
| 5 | She would give money to them to have their hair done . |
| 6 | The threat of cuts in Bonn 's support of Berlin gives Kewenig extra power to be selective , which accords well with his own views : ‘ I want to discriminate and give money to people who do something ’ . |
| 7 | I 'm backing Back To The Planet because when you play their tapes on your Walkman it makes you give money to tramps . |
| 8 | Even when people could give money to relatives , it has never been obvious that they should do so , whatever other circumstances obtain . |
| 9 | He says that people will nearly always give money to a cripple . |
| 10 | The press agent succeeded by having Rockefeller give money to charity . |
| 11 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
| 12 | At no time did England lack a government which could give direction to religious affairs , whether that of Henry VIII , Mary and Elizabeth , or the minority government of Edward VI , presided over by the exceedingly tough Somerset and Northumberland . |
| 13 | On the basis of the definitions you find , you could even construct your own definition of Romanticism which would help give direction to your essay . |
| 14 | Why does not he give freedom to the people of Scotland to move about without dipping into their pockets ? |
| 15 | If they do , we can give freedom to our people . |
| 16 | IT IS shameful that some people are saying Britain should not give sanctuary to refugees from the civil war in Yugoslavia . |
| 17 | People do give support to their kin but they do so in a way which is patchy , possibly idiosyncratic , and which certainly can not be predicted simply from knowing how they are related to each other . |
| 18 | Furthermore it would never purchase items brought up in such a way , as this would give support to these operations . |
| 19 | As John Major contemplates on the way to Washington whether he should give support to the US plan , he should bear the following in mind . |
| 20 | She hopes to visit rallies , training days , meetings and so on in all parts of the country to make personal contact with members and teachers , to transmit their opinions and suggestions to the relevant Committees , to instigate or give support to all promotional efforts , and to draw all Medau enthusiasts closer together . |
| 21 | Bought in advance , a £6 ‘ passport ’ will give admission to all matches whether or not the Hopper is part of the overall package . |
| 22 | Marriage is a rite of passage and does actually give credence to loving and being loved by someone exclusively . ’ |
| 23 | They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ? |
| 24 | I can not give credence to the 17 per cent . |
| 25 | I hope that Opposition Members will give credence to the views of industry and commerce in Northern Ireland , if they hope to attract future investment and employment to the Province . |
| 26 | Although the Act gives no protection to a dealer , it will give protection to the first private purchaser providing he was bona fide , etc . |
| 27 | This will give coverage to an activity taking place at the school but may only feature one or two children . |
| 28 | BMC national officer Roger Payne explained that the policy at the BMC is to try and give funding to experienced groups of British climbers attempting the sort of peaks which provide a strong technical challenge but are unlikely to get commercial sponsorship , simply because no-one apart from climbers has ever heard of them . |
| 29 | George Hirst would contribute in all three departments : his left-arm inswing from round the wicket would give variety to the attack , he could make runs quickly ( never mind that a large proportion would come from pull shots off the stumps ) , and was a superb mid-off fieldsman . |
| 30 | The Federation of Small Businesses said it was a ‘ lifeboat Budget ’ which would give £500m to business ratepayers . |