Example sentences of "and [noun] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is to give all the children obstacles such as sacks , boxes , old tyres , ladders and ropes and give them the opportunity to make up their own course . |
| 2 | It makes it very difficult for women to take that first step on the ladder of actually becoming economically active , because they 're caught in an impossible position between the needs of their children and their own personal needs , and until we actually look at the important and validate and give financial support to the caring role that women play , both in terms of looking after the children and looking after elderly relatives , this community care that is being talked about — community care is car on the backs of women , and it 's unpaid and undervalued . |
| 3 | I love honesty and freedom and giving . |
| 4 | The Colorado , named ‘ river coloured red ’ by the Spanish , now flows green ; the silts and muds that gave the river its distinctive colour are trapped behind Glen Canyon Dam , fifteen miles upstream from the beginning of the Grand Canyon . |
| 5 | ‘ In the late ‘ sixties those who now lead this movement wanted to get away from a Christianity that was centred around buildings and meetings and give time to developing relationships . |
| 6 | Largely missing from de Gaulle 's account were the dilemmas , ambiguities , illusions , deceptions , and self-deceptions that gave these years their poignancy . |
| 7 | Although short-term courses such as intensive care training , bereavement and other counselling , improvement of inter-personal skills , control and restraint — to name but a few — do not lead to specific qualifications , they are still significant aspects of a nurse 's training and advancement and give nurses an opportunity to refresh their skills . |
| 8 | The Osiris myth embodied this cycle of birth , death , and rebirth and gave the promise of immortality . |
| 9 | a sketch of a page for printing showing the position of text and illustrations and giving general instructions . |
| 10 | Furthermore , certain commercial practices such as ‘ meeting competition clauses ’ , ‘ most favoured nation ’ ( MFN ) clauses , and tie-ins that release the buyer if she can find a lower price supplier elsewhere can serve both to ensure information-sharing about discounts and price-cutting and to give ( in the case of MFN clauses ) an incentive not to cut price ( see Salop , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | Please believe in my loyalty and friendship and give my best wishes to your wife . |
| 12 | Given information represents the common ground between speaker and hearer and gives the latter a reference point to which s/he can relate new information . |
| 13 | The action revolves around a failed robbery and the attempts of the various hoods involved ( all dressed in black suits and ties and given colour-coded aliases ) to figure out which one of their number is an undercover cop . |
| 14 | The sayings of country people , sometimes tinged with poetry , always rich in concrete images and braced with the vigour and rhythm that gives them long life , are worth revealing . |
| 15 | Again , this was not a PNP initiative but is reported here because it concerned parents , children and schools and gives an example of the practice from which the LEA 's unwritten policy on home-school links has to be inferred . |
| 16 | " Together we have resisted the trap of appeasement , cynicism and isolation that gives temptation to tyrants . |
| 17 | It was quite possible for them to take their deferences and privileges and give rather little in return . |
| 18 | The imperfect sense of national unity is thus explained , not altogether satisfactorily , in terms of those structures and mores that gave Spain social cohesion at a lower level . |
| 19 | If evil stalks abroad they will stand and fight it , not turn and run or give in and live with it . |
| 20 | The journal carries audio-visual , book and parish programme reviews , keeps catechists and teachers up-to-date with vital research in the area of RE and catechetics and gives useful ideas on teaching the faith from round the world . |
| 21 | Other advantages for registration as a charity are that those parents and friends who can be persuaded to make covenants to the association will be able to gain tax relief and companies that give donations will find it easier to convince the tax man that their gift was entirely for charitable purposes . |
| 22 | Was n't it time to put aside her fears and insecurities and give herself up to the heady delight of love and passion ? |
| 23 | Task-based listening units feature short dialogues between receptionists and guests and give practice in understanding a variety of accents and with authentic reading texts ( telexes , letters , notices ) . |
| 24 | China itself was riven with rebellion , and the ruling Qing dynasty was in decline , unable to withstand the depredations of Western traders and governments or to give the leadership it had been able to offer in former times . |
| 25 | Friendship as well as marriage is a two-way affair and it is only when both parties have the opportunity to share problems , experiences and ideas and to give as well as take , that the relationship is a success . |
| 26 | The Home Office and the DoI are now trying to decide whether to overturn Hunt , offend the BBC and ITV and give Britain an unlimited menu of pop programming — or stick to Hunt 's ideals and risk stifling the British cable network at birth . |
| 27 | Sections 2 and 3 define modules and packages and give detailed information about creating modules , module headers and packages . |
| 28 | Yet in a former Durham pit village , although all had either been made redundant or been forced out of work by ill-health , a group of miners were so sustained by the community network of neighbours and relatives that giving up work seemed a positive blessing . |
| 29 | Societal reaction theory directs research towards the ideas and beliefs that give child abuse meaning in given contexts , but it is also quite clear that child abuse is not reducible to those beliefs . |
| 30 | I know somebody here who got very good marks for his lab work and he 's good on computers , and he just programmed the computers in random errors and stuff that give him set results and nice graphs , and they were n't perfect so nobody noticed them , but he fiddled them , and that way he did n't have to do any lab work if he did n't want to . |