Example sentences of "[prep] what gives " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of detailed requirements , the question of what gives a true and fair view is notoriously subjective . |
| 2 | And in Dworkin it is evident in his views that ‘ government must be neutral on what might be called the question of the good life … [ and ] political decisions must be , so far as possible , independent of any particular conception of the good life , or of what gives value to life ’ . |
| 3 | There are good arguments for limiting a field of study to make it manageable ; but it is also true to say that the answer to the question of what gives discourse its unity may be impossible to give without considering the world at large : the context . |
| 4 | If we are to find the answer to the problem of what gives stretches of language unity and meaning , we must look beyond the formal rules operating within sentences , and consider the people who use language , and the world in which it happens as well . |
| 5 | As we contemplate God in the beauty of his holiness , he shapes our hearts and our desires to what gives him delight . |
| 6 | This latter kind of language — language in use , for communication — is called discourse ; and the search for what gives discourse coherence is discourse analysis . |