Example sentences of "of [noun sg] have give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Bradshaw was a kindly lady , but half a lifetime as the wife of a top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence had given her an authoritative air which at times verged on the imperious . |
| 2 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
| 3 | The ‘ spiritual sense ’ view of faith has given rise to a form of spiritual elitism in which the believer welcomes a position in which he or she has no common ground with the unbeliever , and thereby turns the sort of dismissive ‘ religious language is nonsense ’ approach of Ayer into a welcome acceptance of the divide between men and women of reason on the one hand , and those with faith on the other . |
| 4 | This is not likely to be a significant item for the first five years or so , and we would of course have to give priority to selling our own unsold units first . |
| 5 | Cerruti began work in his father 's factory at the age of eleven , and his 50 years of experience have given him strong convictions about style . |
| 6 | The actual methodology employed in the new proposals for the allocation of funding has given rise to some concern ( Mays , 1989 ) . |
| 7 | The Colonel , the Honourable , the Member of Parliament had given him more access to what nearly approached aristocratic companionship than he had ever enjoyed . |
| 8 | He waited for three-quarters of an hour , until the mottled grey of false-dawn had given way to a pink-and-pearl flush above the silent rooftops , then left , walking between the rows of drawn curtains and smiling at his wrong choice . |
| 9 | The advent of poststructuralism has given a great impetus to interpretive productivity , since all the literary texts that were once interpreted to show organic unity and complexity of meaning can now be interpreted to reveal underlying clashes . |
| 10 | William looked up at her and Hari smiled , pleased with the way his cheeks had filled out and that the set of his shoulders was straight now , his fear of violence having given way to a new confidence in himself . |
| 11 | The growth of AIDS has given us some early warnings of the dangers . |
| 12 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 13 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to what was the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 14 | As it has often done in the modern period , the experience of war had given those who had taken part in it and survived it a new and more confident awareness of their own worth and standing . |
| 15 | Life assurance business is being serviced satisfactorily , but the huge and largely unpredictable surge in pensions business and the intrinsic complexity of this type of business have given rise to administrative problems both at Standard Life and across the entire industry . |
| 16 | Along the banks the dark green tangle of mangrove had given way to tall jungle . |
| 17 | Anxious talk of inflation has given way to even more anxious talk of a steep recession that would wring much of Poland 's industry out of existence . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ What a breed of people two hundred years of imperialism has given birth to . |
| 19 | The principle of non-intervention has given way to the need for legal response to international wrong-doing , coupled with responsibility for such acts . |
| 20 | In extensive trials throughout Europe this method of control has given good results and may well be the forerunner of other similar devices . |
| 21 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |
| 22 | For a long time , the secrecy maintained by protagonists of drainage has given the impression that they have something to hide . |
| 23 | This type of sampling has given rise to quite a lot of criticism when used for political poll surveys . |
| 24 | ‘ It is impossible for every child to lead the life that this boy has led and to develop the knowledge which this boy 's way of life has given him . |
| 25 | ‘ The intellectual and rational conception of life has given way to a more creative interpretation ’ , wrote the British Surrealist Eileen Agar in 1931 , ‘ and artistic life is under the sway of womb-magic ’ ; and Agar give expression to this ‘ womb-magic ’ in the foetal and embryonic forms which play a central part in paintings such as ‘ Family Trio ’ or ‘ The Autobiography of an Embryo ’ where fluid shapes float across the picture plane to be captured in a net of geometric planes . |
| 26 | With Dominique Bozo in overall charge of the Centre Pompidou and Germain Viatte now heading the Musée National d'Art Moderne ( MNAM ) and the Centre de Création Industrielle ( CCI ) , expressions of concern at the lack of space have given way to wide-ranging debate on the future role of the entire Beaubourg cultural complex . |
| 27 | The secretary of state has given the Joint Consultants Committee ( JCC ) an assurance that the Department of Health will deal firmly with specific cases of abuse that are notified to the department , and , indeed , certain trusts have already been made to reverse inappropriate appointments . |
| 28 | The Secretary of State has given nothing today but bland generalities , and the situation will continue as it is until there is a change of Government policy . |
| 29 | These include land designated for compulsory purchase , or allocated or defined by a development plan for any functions of a government department , local authority , statutory undertaker , or the National Coal Board , and land on which the secretary of state has given written notice of his intention to provide a trunk road or a ‘ special road ’ ( that is , a motorway ) . |
| 30 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the fears raised in some people 's mind by the White Paper have not been entirely quelled by the reassurances that he and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State have given ? |