Example sentences of "[noun pl] and giving [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror .
2 The hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) has some interesting ways of looking at the problem , but he did not look at the fact that there are proven ways of taking young people who have committed offences and giving them a chance to confront their criminality .
3 Thank you , yes , erm thank you very much for inviting me to attend to those meetings and giving me the opportunity to meet you all .
4 Being the only Leeds fan in a London inner city school with Alan Clarks famous speach about bring Success to Leeds in 3 Years , is causing me to go into cold shivers and giving me a pessimistic mood about the new season , I can still remember the years of telling school friends at the end of each season that we are rebuilding and that we would come up the next season .
5 That was when they all realized acting like this was only playing into the hands of the authorities and giving them a real basis for enforcing their petty laws .
6 LIFESPAN records the fact that this assertion has been made by changing any development versions of modules in a package ( including the package module itself ) to approved versions and giving them a non-development issue number , such as 2.3 from 2.3C .
7 Dad was flaring his nostrils and giving him a wild stare .
8 Er it is then an opportunity of getting at five five individuals and giving them a a pretty thorough going over and and a lot of encouragement .
9 Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in .
10 It was n't until 1880 with the passing of the Ground Game Act , giving tenant farmers protection against their landlords and giving them the right to kill hares and rabbits , that the laws were even modestly relaxed .
11 By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them .
12 But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information .
13 But he denies harassing Miss Donna Van Den Berghen , 21 , by putting his arm around her , touching her breasts and giving her a bear hug in front of colleagues .
14 Former Northern champion Degnan is taking kids off the streets and giving them a dream to fight for .
15 If it had not been for Elizabeth taking her in off the streets and giving her a home , then Tilly 's own life would have been empty .
16 The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs .
17 Its lack of significance is that it made no real difference to the political situation , except for putting the burgh of Edinburgh through a rapid change of councils and giving it the burden of housing the army of the Congregation .
18 The expense of improving the standards of qualification and training of both categories of investigator was high , but these days newly recruited Inspectors ( Ops ) usually have a current qualification on modern aircraft and the cost is concerned merely with maintaining their currency on these types and giving them the opportunity to fly light aircraft regularly .
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