Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] to give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But his bold substitution — putting on Merson after 70 minutes to give his side a third orthodox striker — provided the missing ingredient .
2 David Booth took 30 seconds to give them the lead , taking advantage of a defender 's clearance which deflected freakishly off an onrushing forward and into his path .
3 To summarise , the problem was to build a machine that could examine enough positions in three minutes to give it some protection against the clumsiness of its evaluation functions .
4 Interested groups such as businessmen , shoppers and environmentalists will be given three months to give their views .
5 I remember when she took us to the pantomime in town , and we saved up all our sweets for three weeks to give her as a present .
6 This state-of-the-art shaver has three positions to give you the perfect shave and a trimmer for those with sideburns and/or moustache .
7 Roe , already third , fourth and fifth in European tour events this year , said : ‘ I birdied the first three holes to give myself a flying start and never really looked back . ’
8 The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers .
9 and I put twenty thousand pounds to give , I , I mean I took it that she would use her allowance , er I took it erm as twenty thousand pounds to give his wife as high a possible gross earning
10 Tony and I dig a platform for the tent , lowering the snow by about seventy centimetres to give us a nice protective wall .
11 Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off .
12 Reckon each bath at around 60 litres to give you an idea of the amount of hot water storage that is needed .
13 RAY McCarron , Monaghan 's rotund scoring machine was up to his old tricks at Castleblayney when he fired in two goals to give his side an Ulster championship lifeline .
14 And delivered as an integral part of the application are two utilities to give us as much flexibility in achieving that goal as possible .
15 A wife whose husband had had multiple sclerosis and went to a holiday home for the disabled for two weeks to give her a rest said :
16 The shaft needed to come through two bearings to give it that stability .
17 But we have n't got a hundred pounds to give them .
18 In some instances they will even transport each cub , one at a time , for as much as four miles to give them greater protection .
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