Example sentences of "it [vb mod] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may give us some answers . |
| 2 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 3 | The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands . |
| 4 | It may give evidence of trade , since coins were used as objects of trade . |
| 5 | I think it may give the Reader a worse Idea of her Person than it deserv 'd , which was very far from being shocking ; tho' there was nothing extraordinary in it . |
| 6 | When oedema of the male genitalia occurs , it may give rise to the intriguingly-named ‘ saxophone penis ’ . |
| 7 | More intimately , it may give us greater understanding . |
| 8 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |
| 9 | It may give awareness of traffic and slamming doors but certainly will not respond to a skylark . |
| 10 | If we keep our nerve long enough it may give the police time to find out where they are being held . ’ |
| 11 | Before we come to that ; however , it may give a better picture of the dynamics and movement of theology itself if we approach it more chronologically , and deal in turn with the two main impulses stemming from Germany and Switzerland which largely set the tone in the period from 1920 to 1960 — those associated above all with Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann — with trends outside Germany in that same period , and then with the movements which have received the widest attention in the last twenty years or so . |
| 12 | Although this may be a couple of years out of date , it only costs £3 and it may give some clues as to the strength of the company . |
| 13 | It may give a method for allocating resources in a situation like that described , but it is quite unclear how it could be used to allocate resources in general . |
| 14 | But the danger is that if relief is too often refused on such grounds it may give decision-makers the signal that it does not really matter whether they act within the law or not , so long as the decision is ‘ right ’ . |
| 15 | But his conscience it may fail him and his heart it may give way , |
| 16 | Secondly if the first question is answered affirmatively , it is necessary to consider whether there are any considerations which ought to negative , or to reduce or limit the scope of duty or the class of person to whom it is owed or the damages to which a breach of it may give rise . |
| 17 | The social acceptability of a disability may , therefore , be more important than the limitations it may give rise to . |
| 18 | Parents or relatives often make donations to their old public school or college as some repayment for what it has done for them , or in the hope that it may give their child a better chance of entry ! |
| 19 | Or it may give rise to a level of customer price-sensitivity which was hitherto absent in the target market segment . |
| 20 | The danger of this approach is that it may give the erroneous impression that companies are constantly embroiled in internecine strife , and that investors and creditors are habitually maltreated by dishonest or incompetent company controllers . |
| 21 | This can be helpful to us but it may give rise to difficulties and require careful handling if the client 's writing skills leave something to be desired . |
| 22 | Working through committees may provide opportunities for a form of participation in decision-making in an institution ( a cynical view would be that at least it may give the illusion of this ) , but by their nature committees can be introspective and restricted in their outlook . |
| 23 | However , it may give rise to the necessity for a fairly sophisticated mathematical calculation if a conversion table is not published . |
| 24 | To take an obvious example , the drafter may draft the terms referring to the parties as 'seller " and " Buyer " ; if a clause is then incorporated from a different document , referring to " the Customer " , it may give rise to difficult questions of interpretation : prima facie it will be assumed that " the Buyer " and " the Customer " are different people . |
| 25 | It may give them the light as well as what |
| 26 | Moreover , ’ he continued , ‘ perhaps it may give you some time to reflect on the Lady Maude . ’ |
| 27 | One of the great arguments for sentencing within the community is the opportunity that it ought to give the offender to make restitution in some way for the damage or hurt that he or she has caused . |
| 28 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
| 29 | And it should give managers an incentive to invest — both in themselves and in their company 's strategy — for the long term . |
| 30 | It should give the country the capability to design and build the next generation of Australian communications satellites as well as to win lucrative overseas contracts . |