Example sentences of "but give [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But given a choice between , say , a 60-mm telescope and a pair of good binoculars , I would unhesitatingly prefer the binoculars . |
| 2 | A month later , Carina was taken home in a wheelchair , but given no chance of walking again . |
| 3 | Too much physics teaching today is still ‘ cook book ’ stuff , with students told how to manipulate equations to solve puzzles , but given no insight into the deeper implications of those equations or of the significance of their development . |
| 4 | The marriage , too , had been a miscalculation , but given the circumstances of the time , an understandable one . |
| 5 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 6 | It made no forecast for its business this year , but given the state of the German economy , it is likely to be worse than last year at the operating level . |
| 7 | But given the complexity of galaxy formation processes and small-scale dynamics , it is doubtful whether this scale is securely in the linear regime . |
| 8 | But given the lengthiness of the dispute , the demands of other policework , and the regularity of ‘ trouble ’ , the ‘ permanent ’ mobile reserve , the SPG , became a routine feature of the policing of Grunwick , and especially the confrontational aspects . |
| 9 | The above section used the limiting case of value at expiry to illustrate the profit and loss potential of various investment strategies , but given the ability of investors in traded options to sell or exercise before maturity it is essential that there is some way of evaluating options before expiry . |
| 10 | He also felt that the evidence of abuse was unconvincing but given the involvement of other agencies in this area it was beyond his remit to challenge it in compiling his advice for the Statement . |
| 11 | But given the shortage of money , ought not some of that money go towards preserving some of the great companies who are now under great pressure ? |
| 12 | The level of the average British male may be 6 but given the incidence of heart disease in Scotland , perhaps the average is not to be desired . |
| 13 | There never have been any economic or social targets , but given the attitude of government over the first seven years of the LDDC this is hardly surprising . |
| 14 | ( A recent guesstimate suggests " 600-700 counties " in the Carolingian Empire as a whole of which perhaps 100 would have been located in Charles 's western kingdom ; but given the frequency with which multiple countships were held by one man , there can be no straight translation from numbers of counties to numbers of counts . ) |
| 15 | ‘ The figures should help sterling in the short term , but given the size of the deficit , the pound remains vulnerable , ’ said one economist . |
| 16 | If it had been only the Empress and a Court clique who desired war , things might have turned out differently , but given the wave of bellicosity which swept the entire nation , it would have required a miracle to produce a peaceful end to the crisis . |
| 17 | But given the limitations on control devices discussed above , given the fragmentation of the state and the diversity of objectives , political bargaining or ‘ exchange ’ between enterprise actors and the state is likely to be a major method of transmitting state objectives to the public enterprise . |
| 18 | This is anecdotal evidence to be sure , but given the lack of any measures to enforce the speed limit it was hard to see how any safety gains had been made here at all . |
| 19 | But given the lack of effective regulation , and the propensity of most managers to find chumps for their rising stars or champions to flatten , the matches are often mismatches . |
| 20 | He 'd even got the gestation period wrong , but given the rest of it this was a minor consideration . |
| 21 | Even in military organizations subordinates are not above evading or diluting orders from on high , but given the extent of relatively rigid discipline the scope for such activity will be very restricted . |
| 22 | McCann suggests that the idea of having a march through the city centre to commemorate him was inspired by this desire to provoke the authorities ; but given the importance of the centenary , it is likely that some kind of parade would have been organised in any case . |
| 23 | When new words are encountered , either the GPC route or the analogy route may be used , but given the inconsistencies of English , neither route will ensure the correct pronunciation . |
| 24 | ‘ It should not only be retained but given the go-ahead for further development , involving new advanced PWRs to replace the aging Magnoxes . |
| 25 | It would be improbable that men totally unqualified for their rank would be placed in a fleet commanded by the patron whose own career might be damaged by inefficiency , but given the situation in the fleet , of far more qualified applicants than available places , the choice was likely to fall upon a friend of a friend . |
| 26 | But given the quality of MI5 's intelligence displayed during the Gulf war , when it was used as evidence against alleged Iraqi fifth columnists , increased involvement by the agency does not inspire confidence . |
| 27 | But given the speed at which this government is moving , few doubt that the new education reforms , what ever they may be , will be firmly cemented in place by the time the commission reports . |
| 28 | But given the reluctance of businessmen , their legal advisers , and their legislatures to modify their national law in favour of harmonization measures it is perhaps worthwhile restating the advantages of harmonization . |
| 29 | ‘ But given the nature of his activities it can not be excluded that this was a political attack . ’ |
| 30 | But given the nature of his work Sam has little choice but to rely on informers . |