Example sentences of "it give they the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The New Towns Act , 1946 , provided for the designation of sites for New Towns ; the setting up of development corporations for their development ; and it gave them the range of powers they would use . |
| 2 | They joined in our events for young women , and devoured our publications , because it gave them the springboard for taking action themselves . |
| 3 | Not only did this save the horses the pull up the hill through the village , but it gave them the occasion for one more glimpse of Tamar and the children , who stood on the steps , waving . |
| 4 | The Greeks found this agnostic approach yielded a sense of presence and bliss that transfigured their lives : it gave them the discipline to apprehend a reality infinitely greater than they could conceive , even though at the same time its absence was acutely felt . |
| 5 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 6 | It gave them the pin for endless stories ; it gave them a myth . |
| 7 | It gives them the opportunity of working on a real live project er which actually has an end point and is going to be used . |
| 8 | It gives them the contact with the theatre that they crave , without the total commitment which acting every night demands . ) |