Example sentences of "[to-vb] or give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A request to a person to appear or to give evidence must be in the language of the place where the evidence is to be taken , unless the witness is a national of the requesting State . |
| 2 | If the requested State has not filed a declaration under Article 18 , and measures of compulsion are not available by other means under internal law , the request must state that he is not compelled to appear or to give evidence . |
| 3 | The original board ( linked by the presence of John Locke to the Carolinas and the colonies of the 1660s ) helped to unite the two New Jerseys , and continued the policy of encouraging proprietors to sell or give up their special powers and turn their domains into royal colonies . |
| 4 | It was agreed that the retiring Prime Minister did not have any right to nominate or give binding advice as to his successor , though he might be consulted along with others . |
| 5 | There was unemployment going about and the man that had a certain job at making certain things were n't to keen to show the apprentice what to do or give them the recipes . |
| 6 | Here animals stop to rest or to give birth , and individuals pause for momentary contemplation . |
| 7 | Thus a mother with early infectious syphilis likely either to miscarry or to give birth to a stillborn child . |
| 8 | The ingredients are exactly the same — the game is essentially a crooked manoeuvre to get or give strokes and/or discounts . |
| 9 | The things in the ‘ outside world ’ which we use to embody or give a shape to our feelings are our metaphors . |
| 10 | Troilus has nothing which is obviously valuable to defend or give him guidance . |
| 11 | But they could still be summoned to appear in court to answer the allegations of their creditor , to admit or give good reasons for disclaiming them — if the sum involved was less than £5,000 in a county court , if more in the High Court . |
| 12 | It must also be satisfied that the adopter has not received nor agreed to receive , and that no person has made or given or agreed to make or give to the adopter , any payment in consideration of the adoption , except such as the court may sanction . |
| 13 | Similarly with regard to misrepresentations made , it was held in Overbrooke Estates Ltd v Glencombe Properties Ltd [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1335 ( followed by the Court of Appeal in Collins v Howell-Jones ( 1980 ) 259 EG 331 ) , that a clause limiting the authority of auctioneers and the firm 's employees to make or give representations or warranties , fell outside the scope of the original version of s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 , since it was a limitation on the apparent authority of the auctioneers rather than an exemption clause . |
| 14 | She hopes to visit rallies , training days , meetings and so on in all parts of the country to make personal contact with members and teachers , to transmit their opinions and suggestions to the relevant Committees , to instigate or give support to all promotional efforts , and to draw all Medau enthusiasts closer together . |
| 15 | The question was whether on any construction of section 9(4) the court would have power to order an officer or servant of the Crown currently working in the Ministry of Defence to produce or give evidence of the contents of these documents . |
| 16 | Often subsidiaries are required to guarantee or give charges in support of borrowings by the parent company or other companies in the group . |