Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't know whether to give it to her or not . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether to give Vera her present today or tomorrow . |
| 3 | The only difference is that whereas in the cases seen previously ( 59 ) — ( 84 ) , perception is represented as giving rise to true knowledge , in ( 85 ) — ( 87 ) above it is depicted as giving rise to a false impression . |
| 4 | What counts as giving a reason ? |
| 5 | In Heydon 's case ( 1584 ) the court required that four questions should be considered when giving a meaning to a statutory provision : |
| 6 | The statute in pursuance of which the challenged action was done would provide guidance to the court as to what grievances were to be considered as giving a genuine cause for complaint . |
| 7 | In either case there is , it seems , little that we could do except give examples . |
| 8 | I gathered , however , that they expected it to continue to get worse and that there was nothing they could do except give me vitamins . |
| 9 | What happens if give me an scenario , a cautionary tale like the insurance man does to his customers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But sadly some Ewes die while giving birth , other are the victims of sheep worrying . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's as blessed to receive as to give — at least I hope ! |
| 13 | Bear in mind that in any directory of rootstock eventual size and yield as given will be approximate , since these are also affected by soil , aspect and the shape of the tree . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In cleft structures , the item in theme position is presented as new and the item in rheme position is presented as given . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It does not explain all the peculiar initial conditions of the big bang ; but it does provide some rationale for conditions that otherwise have to be accepted as given . |
| 19 | Like the differences discussed earlier in this chapter , the split between holists and individualists over what is to be accepted as given runs extremely deep , and can not readily be resolved on its own . |
| 20 | Thomas himself mentioned a figure of 600,000 cubic yards of earth moved when giving evidence at the inquest on one of his workmen killed on the site . |
| 21 | The solitary figure in private life contrasted with the man he describes as giving a ‘ firework display ’ in public . |
| 22 | ‘ The existence of such a body is seen as giving more appropriate recognition to the commercial and practical realities of an auditing services market dominated by a small number of large accounting firms . ’ |
| 23 | Yet even when ‘ agitation ’ played a large role , until the 1830s — and even then the traditional view was maintained by an older generation of abolitionists — it was seen as giving strength and support to parliamentary initiatives , backing to ‘ influence ’ over political leaders and entailing deference to the consensus of the leaders of parliamentary antislavery . |
| 24 | So why was this condition not seen as giving prospects of profit and therefore providing adequate incentive to new investment which , in turn , would have strengthened the balance of payments and made sterling less of a handicap ? |
| 25 | The ‘ sufficient interest ’ test as interpreted in the Fleet Street Casuals case can be seen as giving partial effect to such an argument . |
| 26 | This went back to the development of working-class antipathy to Thomas Malthus , who was seen as giving scientific justification to ruling-class opposition to reform , for after all the aim of his famous moral restraint was to convince the working class to postpone marriage as long as possible . |
| 27 | But such a massive U-turn — Mr Major has always rejected a public vote — would be seen as giving in to the rebels . |
| 28 | It was thought that Iraq had chosen to respond to the appeal from a friendly leader of the Non-aligned Movement , rather than be seen as giving in to Western pressure . |
| 29 | Their attitude is seen as giving Third World nations a licence to opt out themselves . |
| 30 | As he had no children , how could anyone say what kind of a father he would make until given a chance to prove it himself ? |