Example sentences of "it give [det] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 It gave some backing to Wilson 's much-publicized but largely ineffective policy of economic sanctions against Rhodesia .
2 For the first time the Bill gives galleries powers of disposal , subject to certain conditions — or rather it gives such powers to the Tate and the national portrait gallery , but not to the Wallace collection or the national gallery .
3 Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies .
4 Another way of putting it is that even though the academic community is founded on a culture of critical discourse ( see Chapter 7 ) , normally it gives little thought to the criteria by which its critical judgements come into play .
5 More specifically , it gives little attention to processes other than those related to class ( including ‘ lost ’ class ) experience and the demands of capital accumulation .
6 It gives that power to me .
7 Such a system is inherently inflationary as it encourages escalation of costs and there is no evidence that it gives any encouragement to the cost effective use of different procedures since the health care suppliers know that , whatever the cost , they will be reimbursed .
8 ‘ The monument wo n't be finished till the millennium , but it gives another side to American his-story … this is our-story .
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