Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] give " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is true , but on the other hand it must be said that to give the wrong answer to a problem is not necessarily to miss the point of it . |
| 32 | I have just said that giving reasons is a move in the direction of objectivity . |
| 33 | We have seen that giving advice is bad counselling , but it is also insufficient . |
| 34 | All self-definition , as Dostoevsky finally shaped and gave Stavrogin to the world , is beyond him . |
| 35 | The cottage , their belongings , were their joint life , adorned and gave reality to it just as the bushes and flowers they had planted in the garden staked out their territory of trust . |
| 36 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 37 | The vintage style , two-tone sunburst finish has been expertly applied and gives the SJ a classic appearance . |
| 38 | Which is not to say , he wrote , that the present project has any value over and above the others , mine and those of everyone else , I have been into the question of value already and will not return to it now , has any value or that its outcome has any value , I have to repeat this , simply that now , for me , today , after the things I have done and given the time left me , it is the most important thing , it is what , from the time I first picked up a pencil and made a mark on a piece of paper , everything has logically led up to . |
| 39 | Now , given that so much of that pruning has already been done and given that even given that situation we have never yet reached four percent contingent er turnover savings , I think it highly unlikely and so do the officers , that they will be achieved this year . |
| 40 | Every time you take a step in the right direction , realise what you have done and give yourself due credit . |
| 41 | ‘ Let's scuff a ball up the way we are alleged to have done and give it to someone like Devon Malcolm . |
| 42 | Discuss the different ways this could be done and give reasons for preferring one method of providing such an education . |
| 43 | Is n't it time the Government acknowledged all the hard work mums have done and gave playgroups some official funding ? |
| 44 | Usually perhaps there was a servant , but my mother did everything for us ii the house , made many of our clothes and mended them , prepared and gave us food , tended us when sick , comforted us when cold , disappointed , or sorrowful . |
| 45 | Having struggled over preparation , he managed to give a light-hearted and amusing touch which caught the attention of his audience , so that the message was accepted and gave food for subsequent thought . |
| 46 | In the light of recent allegations … the Prime Minister has asked Lord Bridge to examine the relevant papers to determine whether authorisations since May 1979 have named the individuals in question and , if so , whether those authorisations have been sought and given in accordance with the procedures and criteria in the Birkett report of 1957 and the White Paper of April 1980 . |
| 47 | The taking of evidence within the territory of one State by the authorities of another , or on behalf of the parties to litigation in another State , will be seen as a serious affront to that sovereignty , unless of course official permission is sought and given . |
| 48 | Some members want the IEE now to use more muscle , with threats of expulsion from the Institution , if Thomson does not at least provide a catalogue of the material he has collected and give rock solid guarantees on its long term security , after his death . |
| 49 | On the strength of a prayer from a loving soul , she would suggest an unfortunate soul be reborn and given a chance to reform , rather than be doomed to purgatory . |
| 50 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
| 51 | Sample tasks include asking what 3-D shapes would be made if given 2-D nets were folded up and asking for an interpretation of a 2-D diagram of a model made from cubes . |
| 52 | PPA members sought to have their ‘ referral schemes ’ adopted and given high priority within the county plan . |
| 53 | Generally , toys made and given to raise funds at a local fête or bazaar would not be considered as being a ‘ business ’ , unless , like Mrs Rees of Moor Farm , Walwyns Castle , you live in the vicinity of Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire . |
| 54 | What pleased her enormously was that over these garments Tina actually wore one of the patchwork aprons she had made and given her years before , with little hope of their ever being used . |
| 55 | Using the Public Windows Interface self-certification kits promised next month , independent software vendors which find their application(s) do n't run are being asked look at the source , find the undocumented Windows calls being made and give them to Sun which will add them to the PWI specification . |
| 56 | A longer time period is probably advantageous to the acquirer as it enables a better assessment of assets to be made and gives time for undisclosed liabilities to appear . |
| 57 | In Heseltine 's appointment as Minister of the Environment came as no surprise , the event of Heseltine 's appointment is presented as given ; the reader is assumed to know about it . |
| 58 | In cleft structures , the item in theme position is presented as new and the item in rheme position is presented as given . |
| 59 | A shorthand representation of the above structure would be ‘ It is for X that we have listed the properties … ’ where the element presented as given is ‘ we have listed the properties … for X ’ and the element presented as new is ‘ X = such customers ’ . |
| 60 | Here , the information presented as given is that Mr Rowland wants something and the information presented as new is that this something is the early publication of the report . |