Example sentences of "it have given " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALTHOUGH the British government would deny ‘ grooming ’ a candidate from within the ranks of its Hong Kong civil service for the job of chief executive after transition in 1997 , it has given John Chan , 46 , a series of fast-track official posts which make him a credible contender for the job . |
| 2 | And while France formally supports the need for reform , it has given considerable support to General Aoun . |
| 3 | But it has given rise to two main worries among western diplomats in Bonn . |
| 4 | It has given us experts , not wise men . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It has given her a head start over everyone else and trained her in the art of being able to look after herself . |
| 6 | Nor will it do to argue that state socialism is a perversion or corruption of some pure source , for the source has been so consistent in what it has given rise to , and so wrong in its predictions , that the suspicion of some intrinsic connection between theory and practice can not be evaded . |
| 7 | This restrained aloofness has had its drawbacks : it has given the bellicose idealists of the Left freedom to ride roughshod with impunity over institutions which have hitherto maintained our nation as civilised and admirable . |
| 8 | Let us give thanks for the progress made in scientific research , for the luxuries and comforts it has given us , for the assistance in curing disease , with storing information and with improving communications . |
| 9 | We are grateful to the English Working Group for the thought it has given to assessment issues . |
| 10 | It has given its owners a greater degree of mobility than they hitherto possessed but the social and environmental cost has been considerable . |
| 11 | But despite the laugh it has given us girlies at the expense of the hairy brigade , the material has its disadvantages . |
| 12 | The Government has thus done what no government before has done — it has given an inferior tribunal the power to determine the extent of its own jurisdiction . |
| 13 | Thus , so far as the Tribunal is concerned , Parliament accepted a privative clause of a kind which is unprecedented in modern English law , purporting to do what no Parliament has done before — it has given an administrative tribunal the power to determine its own jurisdiction . |
| 14 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 15 | The predator , by the time it has given up the chase , will probably have forgotten the exact location of the nest and will not be able to retrace its steps . |
| 16 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 17 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 18 | And it has given us all a richer life . |
| 19 | One of the most positive aspects of Switchboard that I 've seen over the past seven years , apart from the callers , has been the way that many of its members have continuously struggled to put their politics and convictions about gay and other rights into practice ( though some of them might not care to put it that way ) and the strength that working on it has given some people to do so elsewhere . |
| 20 | ‘ It has given my wife and I a lot of comfort . |
| 21 | ‘ It has given them work to do , ’ said Rokovssky . |
| 22 | Top LTA coach Ian Barclay has seen how much of a kick it has given the promising youngsters under his charge at Bisham Abbey , youngsters like Alex Osterrieth ( who reached the last 16 along with fellow Brit Andrew Hill in America ) , Steven Clark , James Cotman and Barry McColl . |
| 23 | Too many people criticize , yet it has given them what they have today . |
| 24 | But , it has given no indication of whether it intends to acquire or dispose of any data processing activities . |
| 25 | Marks & Spencer has , we are sure , nothing but the best of intentions for Brooks Brothers , which is why it has given the American clothier the benefit of its most successful ideas . |
| 26 | It has given the Greeks a new foreign-policy possibility , to the north : one in which membership of the Community will be useful , but Greeks can still be Greeks . |
| 27 | It claims it has given very similar results to patterns determined by stock price chartists , charlatans or alchemists depending on your viewpoint , whose work is very popular in Japan . |
| 28 | I bought an Amstrad PCW when they first came on the market , and sterling service it has given me . |
| 29 | The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process . |
| 30 | It has given me something to live for . |