Example sentences of "[pron] would give to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's precisely the problem because erm the definition which I would give to it is necessarily a definition which would preclude er regarding Mao 's party as a Marxist party but then other people would say that my definition was er itself controversial . |
| 2 | It would be hard to dispute the desirability of any of these proposals , which would give to certain males the protection which they currently lack . |
| 3 | To acknowledge that she could not and never would ask Maggie for the mothering that she would give to her own mother . |
| 4 | She would give to it all that had been withheld from her , pour out her infinite capacity to love knowing that for certain this time it would be needed and valued . |
| 5 | Write in the box provided the response you would give to the statement , and see if you can decide what the differences are . |
| 6 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 7 | They ended up getting married from East New Houses , with all the affection and ceremony you would give to your own child . |
| 8 | I 'm sure your husband appreciated from afar the care and ‘ antics ’ of you and your friends , the personal and loving touch that one would give to any loved one going on a long journey . ’ |
| 9 | Information was sought also about the relationship of topic work to the rest of the curriculum , about the selection of topics or themes , about teachers ' criteria for judging whether topics were successful , and about the advice they would give to student teachers about to tackle project work . |
| 10 | Where they might differ , as I have already indicated , is on the meaning they would give to the concept of Religion . |
| 11 | Although , if it was a French war , might it also be assumed that the Vietnamese , whose tendency to sit on the fence was the subject of American as well as French complaint , would want to join in with the same enthusiasm that they would give to a national cause ? |
| 12 | The tasks he 'd give to any apprentice , until you prove yourself . |
| 13 | According to an apocryphal story he was stopped in the foyer and asked what advice he would give to an eager undergraduate embarking on a career . |
| 14 | It was something like the truth — as much as he would give to Ellwood . |
| 15 | I wish to explore those proposals , lay bare the dangers which lurk beneath them and identify the threat not only to parliamentary representation from Scotland in this House but to the economic well-being of Scotland if the Labour party were ever in a position to exercise in Scotland the kind of powers that it would give to such an assembly . |