Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such inverted commas are often called SCARE QUOTES , and are used especially in philosophically-inspired criticism which is sceptical about the customary senses we give to words . |
| 2 | It is ironic , I think , that the release which out of the compassion of our hearts we give to old , sick animals , we deny to old , sick human beings . |
| 3 | Erm one of the things we guaran well the guarantees er er several guarantees we give to our our self employed consultants and that is that we will pay all commissions earned the following week |
| 4 | Training within the home in an informal ‘ conference ’ situation greatly benefits the development of the awareness that time to listen is one of the greatest gifts we give to those we love . |
| 5 | It also provides a useful example to journalists bored with adding the suffix ‘ -gate ’ to the names they give to all political scandals , regardless of whether they have anything to do with break-ins in Washington : by adding ‘ -dome ’ hacks can bring a new sense of variety to their reports , regardless of whether they have anything to do with teapots . |
| 6 | Given half a chance they would ‘ retrobolt ’ ( what curious technical names they give to hearsay these days ) everything we hold dear . |
| 7 | It is also structured by the biographical situation of the person using the term and the definitions they give to their work role . |
| 8 | The dilemma can be expressed as follows : the more accessible teachers seek to make themselves to all their pupils as individuals , the less time they have for direct , extended and challenging interaction with any of them ; but the more time they devote to such extended interaction with some children , the less demanding on them as teachers must be the activities they give to the rest ; and the less demanding an activity is of their time and attention as teachers , the more the likelihood that the activity in question will demand little of the child . |
| 9 | To understand this process , we have to look at the experiences of students themselves , and the meanings they give to their education . |
| 10 | Humans do not just react to fire , they act upon it in terms of the meanings they give to it . |
| 11 | Because these appear at about the same level in adjacent fibrils they give to the whole fibre its characteristic cross-striated appearance . |
| 12 | The counsellor , in a variety of ways , has to feed back to counsellees the impressions they give to others , and the way they ‘ come across ’ to other people . |