Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had discovered , too , one good source of decent clothing : periodically , churches and chapels would hold a sale of garments given them by their better-off parishioners . |
| 32 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 33 | But the equally necessary professional detachment of undertakers gives them a valuable view of human reactions . |
| 34 | ‘ Planned it for years to give me pleasure in my retirement and now it 's just getting into a mess . |
| 35 | Puffing our experiences and views into words gives them meaning and enables us to feel confident and in control . |
| 36 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 37 | These raised the nap on the cloth , which could then be cropped with shears to give it a smoother finish . |
| 38 | It enables adaptation of plants and animals to human purposes that would be beyond the reach of traditional breeding techniques ; an example is the insertion of toxin genes from bacteria into plants to give them an in-built system for poisoning pests . |
| 39 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 40 | Having collected data they structure it into concepts to give it meaning for others . |
| 41 | Arthropods are those animals with an external , usually ‘ chitinous ’ skeleton ( exoskeleton ) and have characteristic legs , feelers , etc. , with joints to give them flexibility ( arthropod is derived from the Greek for ‘ jointed leg ’ ) . |
| 42 | After around seven hours the man came to the door and after negotiating with police gave himself up . |
| 43 | To make a profit , drug dealers sell you short measures or mix all sorts of dangerous materials in with drugs to give them a bigger share of the profits or to finance their own drug habits . |
| 44 | Pluralism is a development of democratic theory and recognises that often individuals can best get their views heard by combining in groups to give them a stronger voice . |
| 45 | Thus it was that a caddish cub reporter from the Cricklewood Cricket drew the following response : ‘ A quarter of my age in years multiplied by a fifth of my age in years multiplied by a forty-fifth of my age in years gives my age in years . ’ |
| 46 | Quicker and easier than scissors or a knife , the razor-sharp Harris Wheel wo n't rip or snag wallpaper , but trims away any excess from awkward corners in seconds to give your wall a smooth , professional finish . |
| 47 | Martha saved herself from relegation to a junior class by reciting the whole of Psalm 103 , one of Nana 's favourites , in morning assembly ; after this feat her teacher had a long conversation above her head with her mother , and began to come to their house on Saturdays to give her extra lessons . |
| 48 | Additional discontent among former contras , who claimed that the government had reneged on promises to give them land , led to armed clashes and to promises from Chamorro to distribute a further 23,000 hectares of land in the south-eastern Boaco and Chontales provinces . |
| 49 | From the script it tells you that after this nuclear war the creatures are supposed to have decayed into these horrible shapes , almost armless and legless , dependent on machines to give them any mobility . |
| 50 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | You might decide to offer Work Experience to pupils to give them a taste of working life while they are still at school , or you might offer a teacher a secondment to industry . |
| 53 | Ted Dexter , England 's chairman of selectors , last year appealed to counties to give their international players time off after tours — a request which mainly fell on deaf ears . |
| 54 | Though teaching was so wretchedly paid , he was beginning to think that it was the only possible profession for him — passing on information to others gave him such profound pleasure . |
| 55 | The level of tuition fees charged to students gives them the right to expect a professional standard of service , particularly with regard to test-marking ; the Education Service is judged , to a considerable extent , by that criterion . |
| 56 | FOCUS ON FACILITIES gives his regular report on changes in facilities at head office |
| 57 | The only difference is that all that acting , all that recording , all that boring , frightening flying to gigs gave her the cash to fulfil that dream . |
| 58 | She was his only daughter and the youngest of seven , and he had been at pains to give her a good education . |
| 59 | Our regular look at ways to give your hair a new twist and express a different side of your personality . |
| 60 | Ever since the twelfth century a particular form of didactic literature , an instruction manual written for princes giving them both moral and practical advice on how best to rule those under their care , had been developing . |