Example sentences of "of a [noun] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can only question the wisdom of a god who gave shelled creatures a sex life . |
| 2 | A more immediate issue concerns the consequences for labour of a structure which gives priority to flexibility yet at the same time promises a lifetime of permanent employment which seems to imply inflexibility . |
| 3 | Given that the volume remains fixed at 330ml , determine the dimensions of a can which gives a minium surface area . |
| 4 | A lonely childhood , a youthful longing for adventure , made it easy enough for Dick to lay aside his devotion to an almost legendary father and to dedicate himself to the service of a man who gave him the emotional security and incentive he had lacked for so long . |
| 5 | One alternative is to distinguish the constitution of individuals as intentional subjects who reason , choose and decide , from their constitution as capitalists , workers or lumpenproletariat , and to argue that it is the particular roles of a society which give rise to the need for legitimation . |
| 6 | Chambers wrote of a mermaid who gave a lad medical advice for his sweetheart 's illness : |
| 7 | It is sitting as chairman or lay member of a tribunal which gives tribunals expertise , just as the senior barrister appointed to the Bench will soon acquire expertise in those areas of law which did not form part of his or her practice before appointment . |
| 8 | These data suggest that the selection of a relative who gives moral support is related partly to the composition of the kin group and partly to the quality of a particular relationship over a long period of time . |
| 9 | Another messenger tells of the death of a lord who gave a lot of money to the church . |
| 10 | Since his win in 1987 , Swindon has grown , changing the complexion of a town which gave him a majority ofjust 5,000 . |
| 11 | Tsitsi Vera and Noreen Welch , co-anchors of the main news , ‘ lost their composure ’ when Vera read a report of a woman who gave birth in the toilet of a train . |
| 12 | On completion of a job I give a report to the client , raise invoices and if necessary chase them up . |
| 13 | Let me give you the text of a talk I gave to the Bridport Women 's Institute , before the Scandal , and when Julian and I were still developing our blueprint for the world of the future . |
| 14 | There are though , records of a talk she gave to the Royal Photographic Society at Russell Square in London on October 28th 1913 . |
| 15 | There are though , records of a talk she gave to the Royal Photographic Society at Russell Square in London on October 28th 1913 . |
| 16 | Moreover , all co-partners of a solicitor who gives an undertaking in the course of his practice are bound to ensure its performance , and this liability will continue even after the undertaker has retired or died . |
| 17 | I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’ |
| 18 | I cherish the memory of a lecture he gave at MIT where I was a student in 1947 . |
| 19 | Because of a lecture I gave last weekend I 've to write a paper on how P R audits can be applied to the military which is great fun and an acknowledgement that people of a senior level were listening to my lecture but , um it 's put quite a bit of work on me . |
| 20 | ‘ But instead of a baby he gave me gonorrhoea . ’ |
| 21 | Many speakers highlighted the apparent paradox of a party which gave its blessing to separate internal organisations for both women and young people , but which denied the same privilege to its black members . |
| 22 | It 's just er a small section of foot of a footnote which gives an account of the history of the clause in er of the section in the er Police Act of nineteen sixty four with which we are dealing and of course Your Lordships will be well aware that we moved on from Section er from the Sections of the Police Act , we 're not dealing with them at all , we 're dealing with what has happened to those Clauses since and I thought perhaps Your Lordship might Your Lordships might be interested in the sort of guidance which is made available th so , so fortunately to us and so that we can have our minds very clearly focused upon the issues . |
| 23 | To the idea of a miscellany he gave a firm no . |
| 24 | The bearish money spread ( Fig. 7.9(b) ) reflects the profit and loss potential of an investor who gives a higher probability to the security price falling than rising but who takes out insurance in case of being wrong . |