Example sentences of "[conj] gave [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the period 1974–81 , the Yugoslav banks borrowed , or gave guarantees for , a very large foreign debt , mainly expressed in dollars . |
| 2 | People did broadcasts , and if they wrote books , or gave talks on books , these books were all to be found in the BBC Library , along with a fine technical collection and an unrivalled political section , dating back to the days when Guy Burgess ran their first Parliamentary programmes . |
| 3 | He is thinking that Beuno had lived here all his life and no one Sought of things for him to do , or gave parties for him before . |
| 4 | We were never without one for even when your friends were unavailable , it was still possible to have splendid games just bouncing the ball against a wall and catching it , something that gave hours of pleasure and , what was more important , trained the eye . |
| 5 | Pope John 's ‘ optimism ’ was later criticized — why should he ignore apocalyptic signs of disaster to concentrate on those that gave grounds for hope ? — but hope was in such short supply in 1961 that his words were eagerly seized upon ( Moltmann , 1977 , p. 368 , n. 64 ; The Extraordinary Synod of 1985 likewise gave a more ‘ pessimistic ’ reading of the ‘ signs of the times ’ ) . |
| 6 | Announcing his new Cabinet on Nov. 5 , Miyazawa made Watanabe his Foreign Minister , and gave posts to members of the Mitsuzuka faction , although not to Mitsuzuka himself . |
| 7 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 8 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 9 | In East Berlin yesterday officials turned away many would-be visitors from the West and gave warnings to opposition leaders in an attempt to avert demonstrations during the 40th anniversary celebrations today and tomorrow . |
| 10 | I was so proud of him and gave thanks for his specialness . |
| 11 | " Enough of this , " said Sir Gregory , and nodded to Father Timothy , who bowed his head and gave thanks for the meal before his host led the way to the chapel to say the last prayers for a safe voyage and a timely arrival . |
| 12 | These graves and their contents had been studied long before computers became commonplace , and gave indications of two different burial rites : one involving burial with pig bones and metal goods but no pottery , and the other involving sheep bones and pottery . |
| 13 | Furthermore , Miss Massiter explained that information gathered by MI5 was shared with other government departments for political purposes and gave examples of how trade-union leaders had their telephones tapped by MI5 during wage negotiations with government departments . |
| 14 | Maguire ( 1985 ) investigated the reasons for poor nurse-to-patient communication and gave examples of some of the consequences in relation to diagnoses ; to treatment ; to investigations ; and to potential complications which became actual problems . |
| 15 | In South-east England , for example , the demand of London for food supplies affected the neighbouring counties and gave opportunities to enterprising farmers and traders . |
| 16 | When she discovered , in the summer of 1977 , that 5,500 metres of plain cloth was ‘ hanging about in Helmond and they do n't know what to do with it ’ , she was appalled and gave orders for it to be made up into suitable garments immediately . |
| 17 | Sarah resented me , even my place at the head of the table , and gave orders to the servants over my head . |
| 18 | Franco had decided to launch his next offensive in the north even before the battle of Guadalajara had concluded , and gave orders to that end on 23 March 1937 . |
| 19 | They knew the names of certain French dishes and gave orders to Jarveys in high pitched provincial voices , which pierced through their skin-tight accents . |
| 20 | She sat on a stool in the kitchen and gave orders like an admiral , you know , and it was wonderful . |
| 21 | In gratefully acknowledging the Association 's support of the Appeal , Sir Thomas outlined the progress made to date and gave details of planned events for the immediate future . |
| 22 | However , by careful reading of the footnote , a manuscript was found in the Harleian Collection of the British Library which dated from 1599 and gave details of the armorial panels which at that date existed . |
| 23 | As spring progressed he wrote briefing documents on the life , the people and terrain of Scandinavia , and gave assessments of how a British ‘ intervention ’ ( the word invasion was never used ) would be received . |
| 24 | some sort of PR exercise where every dept could have a day where they made presentations and/or gave talks about services their dept provides , eg outside log cabin , or in nurse 's home , or a dept open day if possible . |