Example sentences of "those [pron] give " in BNC.

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1 But you will no doubt agree that the very best staff plans are those which give clear margins of error to allow for those days when an employee is ill or for one reason or another below par .
2 Those which give cause for concern are primarily the responsibility of the leadership to ensure prompt and effective action .
3 Function words are those which give structure to a sentence , such as articles , pronouns , prepositions , etc .
4 Atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons produces global contamination , and the most important radioisotopes of fallout are those which give an external gamma-ray dose and those which become internally deposited in the body , either by direct absorption or via a food chain .
5 Collinson also acted as intermediary in obtaining seeds from America , particularly those which gave rise to an extensive plantation of evergreens in the park , a principal feature of Woburn at the time .
6 Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town .
7 Thus there is no world history , with clearly marked and universal stages of development , but only separate histories of different areas of the world ; and we are led to a conception like that of Max Weber , in which the unique features in the history of Western Europe , and especially those which gave an impetus to the development of capitalism , are emphasized .
8 But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time .
9 Let those who give us such advice sign it themselves . ’
10 The Anniversary also served as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the wartime years by those who gave unstintingly to preserve the freedom we now enjoy .
11 However , Sir Anthony stresses that , almost without exception , those who gave their evidence to the investigation did so with ‘ conscientiousness , care , dignity and with a measure of frankness wholly to be admired ’ .
12 How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ?
13 The card belonged to the bank who issued it under a Credit Agreement , regulated by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 , to those who gave what they considered satisfactory answers to the questions put in their application forms .
14 In the minds of those who gave positive thought to it , the Commonwealth was to be an organization to which no one who was unwilling need apply , and in which those who had joined were to reach their decisions on the basis of consensus : the goal to be pursued was an uncoerced acknowledgement of Britain as the senior partner in a world-wide enterprise ; the position to be sought was the supremely equivocal but potentially supreme satisfying one of primus inter pares .
15 The most significant thing about each phenomenon presented in the previous pages is not the nature of the phenomenon itself , but the underpinning — the workings of the consciousness of those who gave birth to such realities and their regard for consciousness as the primary concern in the adventure of life itself , as everything proceeds from it .
16 Pat has also asked me to thank those who gave their names to be pen friends and asks you to be patient as she is too ill to distribute them yet .
17 The Harlow Labour councillor was worried that children who did not hand in the piece of paper , or those who gave wrongly filled-in forms , would be turned away .
18 Another winner from those who gave you the world 's best-selling commercial GPS navigator .
19 Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat .
20 On the other hand , there were those who gave up work reluctantly and would have preferred to have kept on working , but for reasons of health or lack of alternative employment chose early retirement .
21 Sonia Jackson , who contributes this chapter , was one of those who gave written evidence to the Committee .
22 It has recently been pointed out by Dr J. R. Studd that ‘ one of [ the Lord ] Edward 's greatest problems was his inability to settle lands from his appanage [ of Gascony and the isle of Oléron ] on those who gave him loyal service in a traditional way ’ .
23 Those who gave smoking up in later life occupy an intermediate position .
24 That we believe would be repugnant alike to justice , to the public , and , we would suggest , to those who gave their co-operation to the P.C.A. — C.N.L. 's intended witnesses — the very people whose interest is said to underlie the immunity .
25 Those who gave a positive answer to the question of universality seem to have arrived at their position through the following sequence of essentially functionalist propositions :
26 Indeed , he despised those who gave him counsel .
27 Thank you to everyone who took part in the competition and for those who gave donations .
28 In the case of those who gave financial difficulties as the main reason for not doing a course , specific responses included ‘ could n't afford to lose income ’ or that ‘ course fees were too expensive ’ .
29 WWF thanks all those who gave their time or financial support to this event , in particular the Ball Committee and the WWF Supporters Group members who worked so hard .
30 Amongst those who gave evidence at the trial was Senator Edward Kennedy , Smith 's uncle , who had initiated the drinking expedition which had led to Smith 's encounter with Bowman .
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