Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , among those carers living with a dementia sufferer , there were some who gave little care because the sufferer did not need much , because they went out to work , or because they themselves were frail ; and at the other extreme were people who ‘ did everything ’ for a sufferer , and rarely left the house without him or her . |
| 2 | Rubio ( 1908 ) was the first American-bred horse to triumph at Aintree , and he was followed in 1909 by Lutteur III who gave the French their first success in the race . |
| 3 | However it is not only the famous who give up their time as there are hundreds of missionaries all around the world trying to help people of the same and different religions through worship to God . |
| 4 | Caring about others less fortunate than ourselves is important and the Christian Aid Committee is most grateful to all who give their time , talents , and money which gives this Festival of Flowers and Music such significance . |
| 5 | In the moral optimism informing this play , evil may corrode trust , but it also destroys the healthy functioning of all who give themselves over to it . |
| 6 | Mr Stewart echoed the praise for all who gave time and money to the appeal , launched three years ago . |
| 7 | As the notice on the board outside the Church says ‘ warm thanks to all who gave , all who came , all who helped in any way ’ . |
| 8 | Ollivier had already been forced to remake his Ministry , which was now weakened by the presence of many who gave him only grudging support , and this in turn forced him to rely more and more on the Emperor 's personal intervention when difficulties arose . |
| 9 | One of the letters , to Val Hulme of ABC , said : ‘ I have met many innocent men inside this building of darkness , many who gave up the fight a long time ago . |
| 10 | If there are also many who give that vote to the FOP , it is because they back " their own " party with reservations . |
| 11 | Let those who give us such advice sign it themselves . ’ |
| 12 | The Anniversary also served as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the wartime years by those who gave unstintingly to preserve the freedom we now enjoy . |
| 13 | However , Sir Anthony stresses that , almost without exception , those who gave their evidence to the investigation did so with ‘ conscientiousness , care , dignity and with a measure of frankness wholly to be admired ’ . |
| 14 | How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ? |
| 15 | The card belonged to the bank who issued it under a Credit Agreement , regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to those who gave what they considered satisfactory answers to the questions put in their application forms . |
| 16 | In the minds of those who gave positive thought to it , the Commonwealth was to be an organization to which no one who was unwilling need apply , and in which those who had joined were to reach their decisions on the basis of consensus : the goal to be pursued was an uncoerced acknowledgement of Britain as the senior partner in a world-wide enterprise ; the position to be sought was the supremely equivocal but potentially supreme satisfying one of primus inter pares . |
| 17 | The most significant thing about each phenomenon presented in the previous pages is not the nature of the phenomenon itself , but the underpinning — the workings of the consciousness of those who gave birth to such realities and their regard for consciousness as the primary concern in the adventure of life itself , as everything proceeds from it . |
| 18 | Pat has also asked me to thank those who gave their names to be pen friends and asks you to be patient as she is too ill to distribute them yet . |
| 19 | The Harlow Labour councillor was worried that children who did not hand in the piece of paper , or those who gave wrongly filled-in forms , would be turned away . |
| 20 | Another winner from those who gave you the world 's best-selling commercial GPS navigator . |
| 21 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 22 | On the other hand , there were those who gave up work reluctantly and would have preferred to have kept on working , but for reasons of health or lack of alternative employment chose early retirement . |
| 23 | Sonia Jackson , who contributes this chapter , was one of those who gave written evidence to the Committee . |
| 24 | It has recently been pointed out by Dr J. R. Studd that ‘ one of [ the Lord ] Edward 's greatest problems was his inability to settle lands from his appanage [ of Gascony and the isle of Oléron ] on those who gave him loyal service in a traditional way ’ . |
| 25 | Those who gave smoking up in later life occupy an intermediate position . |
| 26 | That we believe would be repugnant alike to justice , to the public , and , we would suggest , to those who gave their co-operation to the P.C.A. — C.N.L. 's intended witnesses — the very people whose interest is said to underlie the immunity . |
| 27 | Those who gave a positive answer to the question of universality seem to have arrived at their position through the following sequence of essentially functionalist propositions : |
| 28 | Indeed , he despised those who gave him counsel . |
| 29 | Thank you to everyone who took part in the competition and for those who gave donations . |
| 30 | In the case of those who gave financial difficulties as the main reason for not doing a course , specific responses included ‘ could n't afford to lose income ’ or that ‘ course fees were too expensive ’ . |