Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most brands , especially in fields other than the packaged goods for which the theory was developed , are potentially far more complex than the USP theory suggests , and a USP approach limits the opportunity for giving the brand a genuine personality . |
| 2 | Wolverton had the opportunity of giving concrete expression to a gift from the Canadian Government to the Home Office ( Fire Office Division ) by way of the manufacture of 18 mobile kitchens constructed to standards laid down by the Home Office . |
| 3 | I also took the opportunity of giving them Mr Connon 's phone number so they could contact me if they wished . |
| 4 | April 1992 : The opportunity of giving part accreditation to the diploma offered by the American Hotel and Motel Association ( AHMA ) , was discussed during a visit to Trinity Road by President of AHMA 's educational institute . |
| 5 | So when Assistant Chief Constable told the jury yesterday I would have discussed the question of who were the occupiers before giving my authority that was , do you remember that . |
| 6 | ‘ Funny things , are n't they ? ’ holding it to the light , checking the measure before giving it to Rosen . |
| 7 | Mr Livingstone said he was against pacts , but 10 years of Thatcherism had demonstrated the dangers of giving power to elites . |
| 8 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 9 | This also had the advantage of giving a signal to the money markets . |
| 10 | In a small collection the latter option affords the advantage of giving greater variety to the stock . |
| 11 | This combined depth — breadth approach has the advantage of giving the reader an overview of what is to come , but the disadvantage of an uncomfortable jump . |
| 12 | This had the advantage of giving a Christmas respite of six weeks . |
| 13 | Such models of sites and structures have the advantage of giving a three-dimensional view and show the site in its entirety . |
| 14 | Two recent examples from my own constituency — and which prompted me to think of this idea — illustrate the advantage of giving people this freedom . |
| 15 | The use of key signatures is , however , gaining ground and has the advantage of giving the player a surer sense of the tonality of the piece . |
| 16 | Moreover , this model has the advantage of giving , by means of a simple calculation : ( i ) a minimal villus height ( about 358 µm ) , which related experimentally to protein malnutrition , ( ii ) a limit to villus growth reaching about 710 µm as maximum height related experimentally to a protein value of 20% , or higher . |
| 17 | A telephone call has the advantage of giving a personalised response , and yet is relatively inexpensive and not time consuming . |
| 18 | Her near nervous breakdown , which took her to the brink of giving up all she had worked for in showbusiness , was all the more surprising to outsiders given it happened in her native Australia . |
| 19 | Leland fought the case through the courts before giving up in September 1931 , just six months before he died . |
| 20 | The spirit of these comments , which reflect the traditional attitude of the courts towards the imposition of criminal liability , might properly be borne in mind by the courts in giving content and scope to the new legislation . |
| 21 | He stated that the British were not persuaded by the move for major changes in the institutional balance within the Community and ruled out the proposals for giving the European Parliament the right of co-decision over the Council of Ministers on legislative matters . |
| 22 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 23 | The reasons for giving utterance to the words rather than not giving utterance to them . |
| 24 | the function of giving specialist advice and services in a specialized field of knowledge ; |
| 25 | Sergeant mainly er gave the briefing and after going through the formality of giving er the officers the deb the information that had been received er our intention erm a method by which we going to follow this through erm and other information such as radio call signs . |
| 26 | ( 2 ) The following classes of cases are usually not subject to the doctrine : ( a ) those which include a restraint which does not involve the convenantor in giving up a freedom which he would otherwise have enjoyed unless the restraint creates a positive duty to do something which restricts his freedom during the period of its operation ; ( b ) those which , under contemporary conditions , may be found to have passed into the accepted and normal currency of commercial or contractual or conveyancing relations ; and ( c ) those in which the purpose and nature of the restraint is coterminous with the purpose of the contract . |
| 27 | Despite the US decision to lift economic sanctions in the hope of giving the newly installed government of President Guillermo Endara a chance , Panama , like much of Latin American and Africa , remains deeply in debt . |
| 28 | In addition , Joan 's uncle and aunt travelled with them in the hope of giving some protection by their presence . |
| 29 | As far as beta blockade is concerned there are two approaches : one is the pragmatic approach , to prescribe it for everybody who can tolerate it , and not to investigate because of cost ( beta blockade is relatively cheap ) ; the other approach is to investigate all patients in the hope of giving focused therapy . |
| 30 | The BBC hotted up its coverage of the budget by giving breakfast-television viewers the wrong number for a telephone information-line . |