Example sentences of "or [adj] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be wound clockwise or anti-clockwise to give a left or right hand . |
| 2 | It is sometimes a way of endowing a person with a responsibility that trains him to fulfil various roles in the future , or that it is hoped will change his character for the better , or that endows its holder with prestige , or that gives him a certain hold on other people and makes them more likely to act in his interests . |
| 3 | It used to be considered that , if a patient was compulsorily detained , treatment was then at the discretion of the psychiatrist in charge of the case because such a person was not always able or willing to give informed consent . |
| 4 | 9.1.6 the Tenant has any distress or execution levied on [ its ] goods the Landlord may re-enter the Premises ( or any part of them in the name of the whole ) at any time ( and even if any previous right of re-entry has been waived ) and then the Term will absolutely cease but without prejudice to any rights or remedies which may have accrued to the Landlord against the Tenant or the Guarantor [ or to the Tenant against the Landlord ] in respect of any breach of covenant or other term of this Lease ( including the breach in respect of which the re-entry is made ) All leases will , or should , contain a forfeiture provision which is usually in the form of a proviso reserving to the landlord a right of re-entry in the event of non-payment of rent , breach of covenant or circumstances resulting in , or likely to give rise to , the probability of the tenant being unable to perform its obligations under the lease , eg bankruptcy or liquidation . |
| 5 | ‘ To do our job we need the help of our tenants and I would urge anyone moving out of a council house or flat to give us plenty of notice so we can identify the property and allocate it to someone else , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ To do our job we need the help of our tenants and I would urge anyone moving out of a council house or flat to give us plenty of notice so we can identify the property and allocate it to someone else , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Patients were excluded from the study if ( 1 ) they were unable or unwilling to give written informed consent , ( 2 ) had bleeding tendency ( platelet count ≤50000/mm , prothrombin time less than 30% , or taking anticoagulants ) , ( 3 ) had a non-bleeding visible vessel , ( 4 ) had a bleeding gastric cancer , or ( 5 ) had more than one bleeding source . |
| 8 | It may also not have been the least of Ælfheah 's attractions to the people of London , heavily taxed in 1018 , that he was murdered for being unable or unwilling to give money to the Danes ; nor need it have made Cnut 's position any easier that King Æthelred , too , lay buried in St Paul 's . |
| 9 | Some of the findings are , in our opinion , misleading or incomplete given the research which the Scottish branch has undertaken . ’ |
| 10 | Low pay and high prices mean they have to walk further to find cheaper goods , which take longer to prepare , and men sometimes feel marginalised and turn to drink and violence when their women are too tired or busy to give them attention . |
| 11 | One would predict that where a particular sibling is not willing or able to give support they are unlikely to receive it , except perhaps if they have given assistance in the past . |
| 12 | This is not to deny that local inspectors are skilled at informal observation , or able to give advice to teachers in particular areas of the curriculum . |
| 13 | Each passenger is a different face of white colonialism : the overt racist who can not bring himself to use a Black doctor to treat his sick wife ; the hypocritical racist who secretly has an affair with his Black housekeeper ; the white liberal who alternates between ’ slumming ’ it with the natives , and living with the whites , not quite willing or able to give up his white privilege . |
| 14 | Sufferers from diabetes and epilepsy , or those given counterfeit antibiotics , could be particularly at risk , said the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry . |
| 15 | Patients who refused to participate , who did not answer the letters or telephone calls , or who were adopted or unable to give information about bowel disease in their relatives were not included in the segregation analysis , nor were children younger than 8 years of age . |
| 16 | To make a wide Aran style panel the crossovers should be restricted to possibly one-over-one or two-over-one to give the impression of trellis and , when worked straight up with the work , as twisted narrow braids , both characteristic or traditional Aran knitting . |
| 17 | She put her arms out from her sides and back , arching her spine and pondering vaguely as she did so why it had been thought necessary or relevant to give them such old bodies , perhaps to keep the idea of the passing of time , simple mortality , to the forefront of their minds . |
| 18 | Perhaps a bowlful of Wally 's Whale Food , and a jujube or two to give it a buzz . |
| 19 | Her euphoria had been considerably aided and abetted by the intake of some gin and orange drinks and a cocktail or two given freely to those selected few responsible for the organising of such a grand evening . |
| 20 | That maybe the idea , but there are so many things to be done by voluntary workers if people would only say well I 've got half an hour an hour it could be so much of an advantage to whoever they 're giving their services to because we 're having to cut costs on this and costs on that an hour or two given voluntary would cover those jobs that we ca n't get the money to pay for . |
| 21 | JEWKES : And will you , sir , for a fit or two give up such an opportunity as this ? |
| 22 | Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so . |
| 23 | It is quite wrong to associate ‘ charity ’ or voluntary giving exclusively with ‘ voluntary ’ or non-profit organisations . |
| 24 | The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution . |