Example sentences of "their [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank reports from Bavarian localities where the government and police agencies were in closer touch with reality than many of their superiors give a clear impression of the mood . |
| 2 | Since universities had become relatively autonomous in 1863 , the authorities ' general attitude towards education seemed to indicate a readiness on their part to give up some of the prerogatives of the central bureaucracy . |
| 3 | That , however , is to ignore the efforts of several bishops over many years to secure some lasting settlement between a wilful king and his resentful subjects ; the lateness of their conversion to deposition — under duress or in despair — is rather to their credit than otherwise ; as for the fiercest episcopal opponents of the king , their experience gave them good grounds for believing that the church 's liberties would be better protected under another king . |
| 4 | They may both be the most humble men in Christendom , but their fiction gives off a sulphurous whiff . |
| 5 | Although all firms that go into IVAs are automatically referred to the Institute 's Investigation Committee , the Committee 's policy is that it will adjourn consideration of their cases to give the arrangements time to work , unless there is evidence of fraud , falsehood or gross recklessness . |
| 6 | The printer had become sufficiently reconciled to their presence to give him a friendly wave . |
| 7 | Their presence gives extra clout to the opening song ‘ Sting Me ’ , the current 45 ‘ Remedy ’ and especially the band 's acoustic cover of Bob Marley 's ‘ Time Will Tell ’ . |
| 8 | We 've got their Mum gave us a French dictionary , but my is the in French now they ca n't get The number of English words there are in there it 's |
| 9 | Reg Marshall said : ‘ They are wasting their money giving us a wooden hut . |
| 10 | There are enough big money players cut down in their prime to give the new boy nightmares . |
| 11 | Terah 's three sons are named , and their home-town given as Ur of the Chaldeans . |
| 12 | Their majority gave Unionist MPs a virtual veto over policies and appointments in the long run , but their junior position in government prevented any more positive control . |
| 13 | Indeed , their proposals to give budget control to headteachers is explicitly seen as a way of making a direct link to schools not mediated by LEAs . |
| 14 | Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ? |
| 15 | On either side of the steep trail down again , at the end of the hill , grazing ponies lined the track — presumably filling in time between summers , when they earn their living giving children rides up and down the beach . |
| 16 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 17 | Until these underlying images of individual and society are recognized , and their study given the explicit attention it deserves , the significance of geographical knowledge for social practice will not be realized , nor the constraints it currently imposes overcome . |
| 18 | They left quietly when asked but their pictures gave fun to the newspapers . |
| 19 | They did not waste time there but headed downhill , taking the shepherds ' road that slanted luminous green between clusters of birches , their shadows stretching ahead like gawky giants so that the children jigged to make the shadows jump and curved their fingers from their heads to give the giants silhouettes like devils . |
| 20 | The sum of the first two gives the number of days in the week , the sum of all three gives the number of months in the year , and the sum of their squares gives the number fifty . |
| 21 | This was perfectly effective , since leaders knew how to motion with their instrument to give the tempo while playing , not to mention other techniques . ’ |
| 22 | In Halifax , European and North American elements blend their influences to give the city a distinctive maritime character . |
| 23 | He has urged Unionist politicians to persuade their supporters to give the police any information they had about the terrorists . |
| 24 | Their shapes gave off no tremor or threat , more a priestly absorption in the radar of the appetites that had brought them there . |
| 25 | Staff are available in all gas showrooms and electricity shops and their offices to give advice to anyone in difficulty . |
| 26 | Lines of men in sunglasses , peaked caps , harnessed up with sundry sport trappings and white sun cream smeared down their noses give cover to at least two miles of coast . |
| 27 | To boost this low volume of activity the German banks who invested over DM 10 million in the exchange announced their intention to give the DTB preference in Bund derivative trading in 1991 . |
| 28 | Her feet were lodged in wide black-barred shoes and in their immobility gave the impression of being clamped to the carpet . |
| 29 | Now , I do n't want their niggers giving our niggers any funny ideas . ’ |
| 30 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |