Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [coord] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can only pass an Act of Parliament and give it to them with a slap on the back and a ‘ best of British luck ’ : ‘ Here 's your constitution , ’ we say , ‘ now do what you like with it ; you can because you are now independent . ’ |
| 2 | Out by the pool she found a girl who greeted her warmly and , delving into the recesses of her knapsack , brought out a box of nougat and gave it to her . |
| 3 | Moreover , Noorda must finally set up a line of succession and give us some indication of how Novell ( and Unix ) will function when he bows out . |
| 4 | He referred to plans to develop social programmes and infrastructure projects as a ‘ vision that I hope will sustain Hong Kong during the present period of uncertainty and give us all confidence in our ability to overcome whatever problems confront us ’ . |
| 5 | As their eyes met , Yanto sensed a spart of recognition and gave her a broad smile to help her recollect . |
| 6 | The PROFITBOSS takes the paper out of management and gives it to the administrators . |
| 7 | ‘ This is endorsed by our experience in the market place where employers are using more temporary staff while assessing the strength of recovery and to give themselves greater flexibility , ’ she added . |
| 8 | To head off a tantrum , try squirting a shot of washing-up liquid into a beaker , adding a bit of water and giving her a drinking straw to blow bubbles with . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |
| 10 | So you write this on a piece of paper and give it to your daughter or son . |
| 11 | This agent , who may or may not be affiliated with a freight forwarder , prepares the charter party bill of lading and gives it to the captain for his signature , subject to charter party conditions . |
| 12 | If you have not time to bake the cakes you must scent a piece of gingerbread and give him that , and it will answer the same purpose . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Kennet is a big man with plenty of pace and gives us something different to anything we have at the club . ’ |
| 14 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 15 | And if she wants to do her own bit of typing and give it to someone else sh |
| 16 | I have initiated him into the ‘ Secret Doctrine ’ , opened his centres of vision and given him the means to communicate with the Powers . |
| 17 | QEMM is a memory manager that 's not only efficient , it automatically installs itself with the minimum of effort and gives you huge extra chunks of available memory . |
| 18 | The discussion of this chapter so far might perhaps be summed up by noting that Lakatos aimed to give a rationalist account of science but failed , whilst Kuhn denied that he aimed to give a relativist account of science but gave one nevertheless . |
| 19 | He was forward at seeking out young people of promise and giving them encouragement . |
| 20 | ‘ It offers users benefits through greater accuracy of input and gives them more time to respond to customers . ’ |
| 21 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 22 | She knelt longer than she would normally have done , not out of devotion but to give him time to get away . |
| 23 | They amplify the sound of speech and give it ‘ body ’ . |
| 24 | The British Medical Association was founded in 1832 and the Medical Registration Act of 1858 granted doctors a monopoly on the practice of medicine and gave them important powers of self-government . |
| 25 | The Duchess lowered her cup of coffee and gave her young friend a compassionate look . |