Example sentences of "[noun pl] give them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 2 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 3 | Whatever the original guidelines given them , goes the argument , the agents get drawn into doing what is in the best interest of those they are regulating — they are , wittingly or unwittingly , captured by the people they are supposed to be policing ( see , for example , Stigler , 1971 ) . |
| 4 | Our new world industry correspondent , Richard Feast , casts a critical eye over recent motor show offerings , and concludes that Japan 's ‘ lean ’ production methods give them the opportunity to offer imaginative and stimulating new models |
| 5 | Goldfish ca n't turn their heads around but their slightly bulging eyes give them a wide field of vision . |
| 6 | We have already pointed out that clarinets in unison with high trumpets give them increased roundness of tone and certainty of attack . |
| 7 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 8 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 9 | And as students of the star signs will verify , the cuspate divisions help explain his ability to carve the characters he plays into different personality fragments to give them added depth . |
| 10 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
| 11 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
| 12 | Bangkok is well supplied with ‘ shooting galleries ’ where pushers go down lines of addicts giving them all a fix with the same needle . |
| 13 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 14 | Two avoidable goals gave them valid concern . |
| 15 | It protected their backs , and protruding flanges gave them some cover on both sides . |
| 16 | The legal work they do for other clients gives them this experience . |
| 17 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 18 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |
| 19 | It scarcely mattered , since only one of the passers-by gave them anything . |
| 20 | A report by the National Council of Public Morals on The Cinema ( 1917 ) had also scrutinised the problem , entertaining a wide variety of evidence — on such matters as the educational potential of the cinema , censorship and licensing , the molestation of children in picture palaces , and a clouded discussion of what was somewhat eerily called ‘ the moral dangers of darkness ’ — as well as some monosyllabic evidence from children themselves on whether the moving pictures gave them bad dreams . |
| 21 | Puffing our experiences and views into words gives them meaning and enables us to feel confident and in control . |
| 22 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 23 | " The prosperity and technology of the developed countries give them the greater possibilities and the greater responsibility " . |
| 24 | Special programmes must be provided where needed to address the problems that refugees face through their past circumstances to give them equality of opportunity and to avoid eroding their talents and initiative . |
| 25 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 26 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 27 | We would support any moves to increase the powers of the regulators to give them stronger teeth . |
| 28 | As the oil majors integrated forwards into petrochemicals , some chemical companies such as Du Pont bought oil companies to give them access to captive sources of petrochemical feedstock . |
| 29 | For maximum volume and root lift , turn your head upside down — the special ‘ fingers ’ inside the cup will help life and separate curls giving them a fuller look . |
| 30 | Her soldier companion urged her forward along a gully , which they crawled along until a gap between two boulders gave them a clear view of the landscape . |