Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] giving [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two reasons for giving them only the most tangential treatment here . |
| 2 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 3 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 4 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 5 | Thanks for giving me this stuff . |
| 6 | She paused as if turning over in her mind her next words before giving them substance . |
| 7 | This is a great worry to us and we believe we can help to prevent these losses by giving them something to distract them from smoking like liver , bacon , eggs , or steak and onions . |
| 8 | Also , while he is paying and after he has paid , do n't add to your worries by giving him more credit . |
| 9 | The clarinets qua clarinets are not heard , but they certainly improve the tone of the high trumpets by giving it a rounder , smoother , and more effortless quality . |
| 10 | The court will not , however , read an ambiguity into clear words by giving them a strained or tortured meaning . |
| 11 | She showed no signs of giving it back however . |
| 12 | Dealers have talked their companies ' financial administrators into giving them an advance , then have left . |
| 13 | That did n't stop the enthusiastic chaps from giving them a sneak preview of three tracks hot off the tapes , so to speak . |
| 14 | The aim of this policy was to define parental rights and incidentally , mobilise parents by giving them more influence within the schools their children attended . |
| 15 | He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents . |
| 16 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 17 | The restored Stuarts also encouraged companies by giving them charters , and two or three trading companies did a lot to expand English interests , although settlement of land by commercial companies never regained its initial importance . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's cured me of all my hang-ups by giving me self-confidence , ’ he says . |
| 19 | We will encourage victims to report sexual offences by giving them statutory anonymity . |
| 20 | For six years up to the war , they had raised millions to help their German cousins and had absorbed over 60,000 refugees , not all of them living off charity by any means , but with the great majority owing thanks to Jewish organisations for giving them a new start . |
| 21 | But generally your presentation must be reduced to its bare essentials before giving it . |
| 22 | As more of their advertising budget was diverted into promotions , consumer-goods firms strengthened retailers by giving them far more discretion over pricing . |
| 23 | This implication will be made upon the basis that Parliament is not to be presumed to take away parties ' rights without giving them an opportunity of being heard in their interest . |
| 24 | He went on to criticize the Holy Office for acting as judge and jury when it condemned theologians without giving them an opportunity to know what they were accused of , or of responding . |
| 25 | He paid compensation to the monks by giving them ten years ' revenue from an archiepiscopal estate worth £30 a year . |
| 26 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 27 | Cope argued for a new theology in which the Creator has delegated His power to living things by giving them the ability to shape the future through their purposeful response to the environment . |
| 28 | Now , to do that , it means you tax the polluter , you make the polluter pay and you encourage people to do good environmental things by giving them grants or subsidies , but they are financial mechanisms and there is no proposal in here that allows any financial mechanisms . |
| 29 | FRANCE pursues a single-minded policy to promote families by giving them a large tax deduction for each child , in addition to an allowance for mothers who stay at home . |
| 30 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |