Example sentences of "give [pron] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rover closed right up , blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him . |
| 2 | Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile . |
| 3 | They said if you give the peasant the land it will give them the enthusiasm to work hard , they will increase their output . |
| 4 | But you might give them the space to find one for themselves . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's no use investing a great deal in youngsters like Robinson if we do n't give them the chance to prove themselves . |
| 6 | ‘ For some children it would give them the opportunity to wreak mayhem , while other , more sensitive children would be deeply affected out of all proportion to what they had done . |
| 7 | This would give them the opportunity to explain why they think their company 's product is the best , and at the same time , you can decide which one offers the most appropriate product for you . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe we can give them the opportunity to do something new , to wake up a little bit of the market . |
| 9 | The intention of the environmentalists who had campaigned for the referendums was to make it necessary for parliament to pass new legislation , since this would give them the opportunity to press their demands for much stricter controls . |
| 10 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 11 | It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know . |
| 12 | How can you give them the opportunity to make alterations to the rules to give them " ownership " of a game ? |
| 13 | It 'll give them the option to say no now and again . |
| 14 | Communist Party thought that how that by giving peasants their own land it would give them the incentive to increase production which |
| 15 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
| 16 | Fried rich , in Limited Government : A Comparison , p. 118 , states that such a response is ‘ motivated by the belief that such a constitution , if popularly approved , would give them the right to rule , over and above the mere power to do so ’ . |
| 17 | There is a danger that shrewd private landlords will go for short assured tenancies ( 4–5 years ) which would give them the right to get rid of tenants ( including those with dementia ) when the lease runs out . |
| 18 | Primary nurses will frequently have to ‘ negotiate ’ and act as a ‘ disturbance handler ’ when problems arise , but their thorough knowledge of their patients can give them the confidence to do this . |
| 19 | No whoever gave them the kit could give them the training to go with it . |
| 20 | They were on strike for the Charter which , in its six points , would give them the power to redress their own wrongs . |
| 21 | Bu but basically we are , we are now going for land reform and if the , if th th the momentum from this is coming from the spontaneous actions of the peasants themselves , and if it 's not coming then we 've got ta give them the guidance to move in that direction . |
| 22 | The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept . |
| 23 | Des said : ‘ This trip will give me the opportunity to see how the adopted project is doing and feed back some information to Edinburgh . ’ |
| 24 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 25 | It will give me the opportunity to win my money back . ’ |
| 26 | It 'll give me the energy to get up there . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm praying that God will give me the strength to put up with this chap , spouting his everlasting Socialist claptrap . ’ |
| 28 | I understand the problems , but an armed intervention force would give everyone the opportunity to seek a political solution . |
| 29 | ‘ We do n't like anything that might give someone the idea to stick a poor fish in beer . |
| 30 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |