Example sentences of "[noun sg] have give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buick 's turnaround has given its parent , the ailing General Motors ( GM ) , plenty to ponder . |
| 2 | It seems doubtful that any other photographer has given so much attention to the condition of trees growing in close proximity to urban man . |
| 3 | McDonnell Douglas Corp has given up on its idea of floating its McDonnell Douglas Information Systems International Ltd Pick and Pick-under-Unix business on the London International Stock Exchange , and instead has agreed in principle to sell it to its management , who will retain effective day-to-day control , backed by a few blue-chip investors including Baring Capital Investors Ltd . |
| 4 | Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists . |
| 5 | British Rail has given a figure of £1.4 billion for the construction of the station complex . |
| 6 | Raw foodstuffs are the most likely source of food poisoning and foods which encourage bacterial growth are meats and poultry ( raw and cooked ) , foods with a meat base ( e.g. soups ) , eggs , milk and milk products ( e.g. cream ) A national scare about salmonella in eggs/hens during December 1988 cost the UK government millions of pounds in compensation to farmers , and the increasing incidence of food contamination has given rise to concern about gaps in the UK food hygiene laws . |
| 7 | Where there is a non-pecuniary interest it is not necessary to establish actual bias but it is necessary to show that the decision has given the appearance of bias . |
| 8 | The onward march of technological progress has given us the user-friendly sealed cassette , much more difficult to damage or tamper with — or to intervene in ( and to recreate on modern machines ) . |
| 9 | Yet in the face of environmental stress , a malleable genome has given the microbe the edge on the elephant . |
| 10 | It is a pity that New Scientist has give a new lease of life to the old story of 100 000 meteorites falling in a swarm in Poland ( 17 March , p 711 ) . |
| 11 | For me , Clumber Park has to give every child a proper sense of what is right and what is wrong … |
| 12 | I would argue that the introduction of literate/pre-literate as the criterion for making such a division has given the tradition a new lease of life just as it was wilting under the powerful challenge of recent work in social anthropology , linguistics and philosophy . |
| 13 | The Führer has given to me the honour of organizing the conference and , of course , responsibility for his safety . |
| 14 | But now the 95 workers are out of a job … the Ministry of Defence has given the contract to supply uniforms to workers in Morocco instead . |
| 15 | The actual methodology employed in the new proposals for the allocation of funding has given rise to some concern ( Mays , 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Lord Reid 's view that the restraint of trade doctrine only applies if the convenantor has given up a freedom which he previously possessed was supported by Lords Morris and Hodson . |
| 17 | The break-up has given new regimes in Ukraine , Belorussia and Kazakhstan a say in what will become of the nuclear weapons on their soil . |
| 18 | The programmer has given us a production concept which will spread to every aspect of the teaching process . |
| 19 | ‘ Faced with the myriad opportunities for the concealment of fraudulent activities which companies and trusts provide , Parliament has given the Serious Fraud Office the power to call upon a suspected person to come into the open , and to disclose information which may incriminate him . |
| 20 | It would be a misuse of powers for a judge to say : ‘ I know Parliament has given me a discretion to vary orders in contempt appeals and make just ones , but I 'm never going to use them . |
| 21 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 22 | Parliament has given journalists the right to be present , even though the rest of the public is excluded , in the case of juvenile courts and domestic proceedings in magistrates ' courts . |
| 23 | ‘ Parliament has given Darlington Council all the powers it needs to get on and prosecute those who refuse to pay , ’ said Mr Fallon . |
| 24 | The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader . |
| 25 | The noise has given me a head . ’ |
| 26 | Ian Barker , who recently completed the course at Wigan College , said the course has given him both invaluable background and new direction in what is too often seen as the poor relation of the building industry . |
| 27 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 28 | The old saddler used to prepare and tan the leather himself , and even slaughter the horses ; and this last function has given the word its more usual modern meaning . |
| 29 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 30 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |