Example sentences of "[noun pl] or give " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 2 | It provides criteria for notification , a workable timetable ( which could , however , be improved by shortening the time limits ) and a system for authorising mergers if the parties modify their plans or give undertakings . |
| 3 | In the analysis outlined above , it should not matter whether a central government cuts taxes or gives lump-sum grants to local authorities . |
| 4 | Do n't be tempted to justify these requests or to give reasons for them . |
| 5 | The central idea of ethnomethodology is that the orderliness of social life is not the result of people obeying social norms or giving way to social pressures , but rather that orderliness is attained by all those involved working to achieve it . |
| 6 | The rangers are always happy to answer queries or give advice about the best walks and trails to follow when you are out and about so please feel free to approach them and ask for their help . |
| 7 | 24 , cases of wives becoming sureties or giving security for their husband 's debts . |
| 8 | Many firms , therefore , pay retention bonuses or give redundancy payments above the statutory minima to those staff who stay until an agreed date . |
| 9 | Despite Wilson 's inclination to adopt what he considered to be a conciliatory approach to the shipowners he found himself , whether pioneering new branches or giving support to the work of the union 's organizing delegates , in the role of agitator . |
| 10 | So much can be conveyed by putting your arms around someone 's shoulders or giving them a kiss . |
| 11 | Their functions were either devolved to the districts or given to ad hoc joint boards . |
| 12 | Interior Minister Horacio Serpa Uribe on April 17 confirmed that the government would not negotiate with the drug cartels or give in to their violence and would continue the policy of extradition . |
| 13 | For example , giving Antabuse to a sufferer from Alcoholism , Methadone or Naltrexone to a sufferer from Heroin addiction , anti-depressants or tranquillisers to sufferers from eating disorders or to sufferers from the family disease or other addictions or giving behaviour therapy or aversion therapy or electro-convulsive therapy to anyone suffering from addictive disease is not only most probably inappropriate but cruel as well . |
| 14 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 15 | I would be more than happy to receive any invitation to take workshops or to give talks on the subject . |
| 16 | China itself was riven with rebellion , and the ruling Qing dynasty was in decline , unable to withstand the depredations of Western traders and governments or to give the leadership it had been able to offer in former times . |
| 17 | There is support for such a pragmatic concept of reference in Strawson 's ( 1950 ) claim that ‘ 'referring ’ is not something an expression does ; it is something that someone can use an expression to do' ; and in Searle 's view that ‘ in the sense in which speakers refer , expressions do not refer any more than they make promises or give orders ’ ( 1979 : 155 ) . |
| 18 | He interrupted himself to explain , ‘ I did n't make any false promises or give her a lot of romantic fantasy to persuade her . |
| 19 | A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions . |
| 20 | Not infrequently , however , respondents said ‘ yes ’ to both questions or gave answers to question 2 which clearly contradicted their answer to question 1 , giving rise to problems of interpretation . |
| 21 | 11 Do n't allow yourself to be dominated by the student who always knows , or thinks he knows , the answer or who is always asking you questions or giving his opinion on the state of the world . |
| 22 | This also applies to a person who is incapable of understanding questions or giving a proper answer by reason of mental incapacity or permanent or temporary disability . |
| 23 | But the problem remained that the physical basis of Ampère 's equations was implausible ; they provided a model which could be adapted to fit new discoveries , but which did not lead to new predictions or give a convincing explanation to those whose first language was not mathematics-like Faraday . |
| 24 | Initially agriculture production was organized by the Supplies Teams of the military camp , which either directly controlled land and , organized production teams or gave seeds and fertilizers to campesino families to work their own plots . |
| 25 | Most of them it 's been questions of rather less fundamental changes in the actual teaching style in the classroom and sometimes it 's been a question of concentrating on rather different kinds of things or giving more time to one kind of activity than another , or changing the pattern of assignments that they gave children , or things that were still well within the capacity of teachers to change without involving sort of fundamental changes in teaching style . |
| 26 | Section 46 deals with how stoppage in transit may be effected , by the seller either taking actual possession of the goods or giving notice of his claim to the carrier . |
| 27 | Time and again in the US we have seen people suffer long-drawn-out deaths plumbed into artificial heart machines or given the hearts of other species of primates in transplant operations . |
| 28 | This use of technology ( like Jethro Tull 's seed drill ) increased agricultural productivity : by replacing men by machines or giving men machines to work with more crops were produced and with less labour power . |
| 29 | Whilst this is an excellent weekend for lighthearted gatherings and sociable soirees it 's a tough time for taking orders or giving way to the superior power or authority of others . |
| 30 | One can assume that the leaders of the Revolt were eliminated , removing the upper levels of tribal society , and also that the lands and possessions of the tribes would have been seized by the state to be retained as agerpublicus , sold off to speculators or given as rewards to loyalists . |