Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [noun] give by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the First World War radicals had looked to the emerging superpowers to enable democratic movements to set Europe to rights — whether by the enforcement of a Pax Americana , or by the boost given by the Russian Revolution to the campaign for a negotiated peace . |
| 2 | But erm er I I I I really feel very strongly about this that we all know that democracy does n't just consist of electing a a national parliament once in five years , we all know the strength of democracy comprises that where the complex of local institutions of local bodies made up of people serving in different ways , not necessarily elected , that is what comprises democracy and it is that which is being undermined again by this measure in this in this Bill and I do say to Your Lordships that for the reasons given by both my Noble Friends er Lord and by , by the Noble Lord , Lord Lord er that there has been no demand for this |
| 3 | It is conceded that in the notice given by the plaintiffs the defendant was not required to remedy the breach , nor was she required to make compensation in money in respect thereof . |
| 4 | Over 2,000 dock workers immediately walked out despite the judgment and despite the advice given by their leaders not to do so . |
| 5 | Prime ministerial power , and therefore prime ministerial government is challenged ; Cabinet government and collective responsibility are challenged because of the claim that the first allegiance of a Labour minister is not to the Cabinet but to the mandate given by the party conference ; parliamentary government and the autonomy of MPs to deliberate as representatives is challenged through the notion of mandate reducing them to delegates ; and liberal-democracy itself is challenged because of a refusal to accept limits to participation and to the role of the state in the struggle to attain socialism through democracy . |
| 6 | The library has become a closer ally of subject work partly because of the emphasis given by the national curriculum to study skills and information technology . |
| 7 | These currents show on aerial photographs because of the colouring given by the amount of sand being carried by them . |