Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] gives [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ackroyd pastiches Dickens in form rather than style — which is to say that this book is very long , Dickensianly long ( the main text signs off at page 1084 , where it gives way to a fat coda of source notes , bibliography and index ) . |
| 2 | Although he gives Rosa and Claude as his mentors , he seldom followed their rigid classical composition , indeed in his mountainous terrain this would have been very difficult . |
| 3 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) If a decision-maker establishes a procedure or practice for the making of decisions , which gives advantages to those affected by them , he creates a legitimate expectation that he will follow that procedure or practice in relation to any particular case , unless or until he gives notice of intention to change the procedure and an opportunity for those affected to make representations : see again Lord Diplock in Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [ 1985 ] A.C. 374 , 408G. ( 3 ) A decision-maker is required to adopt a procedure for decision-making which is fair in all the circumstances . |
| 5 | Yet completeness is worth nothing , if it gives admittance to a crowd of lies . |
| 6 | However , it seems that such a provision can not be a contractual promise , and will only be effective if it gives rise to an estoppel ; it therefore will not exclude the implied term of fitness for purpose unless the seller believes it and relies on it ( Lowe v Lombank [ 1960 ] 1 All ER 611 ) . |
| 7 | Consumer ministers decided experiments must stop from 1998 , but firms can ignore the ruling if it gives rivals an advantage over them . |
| 8 | But planning officials and Labour councillors insist the scheme will works only if it gives shoppers maximum access to the road . |
| 9 | But planning officials and Labour councillors insist the scheme only works if it gives shoppers maximum access to the road . |
| 10 | Section 8(1) of the Copyright Act 1956 , permits a person to make a record of a musical work for the purpose of its being sold retail , if he gives notice to the owner of the copyright and pays him a royalty of 6¼ per cent . |
| 11 | This will not be the case , however , if the non-UK office deals only with customers outside the UK , or executes transactions only outside the UK for a customer in the UK unless it gives advice to the customer . |
| 12 | This is important because it gives relatives and other residents the knowledge that the person is being cared for . |
| 13 | A ‘ full auto ’ button , for instance , is very useful because it gives auto-exposure/auto focus/auto white balance at a single press . |
| 14 | The scheme is good because it gives payments for things like looking after hedgerows . |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the encouragement of savings is important not simply because it gives security to the saver but because it provides funds for investment in the future of our country ? |
| 16 | It might have been even worse if one of these fairly common replies had been given : " Because it gives people a nice cosy feeling that there 's a home somewhere " or , " Do n't know . |
| 17 | The deal , which involves sharing the costs of catering and maintenance at both Zaventem airport in Brussels and Paris , is attractive because it gives access to slots at Brussels airport , seen as a future hub for travel to 70 cities around Europe . |
| 18 | This entire area is n't actually part of the tower ; while it gives access to the top floor , the landing and the stairs beyond are a portal which exists in an alternate space . |
| 19 | The tie-up could send a chill through Bill Gates since it gives Novell an interesting point of entry to the enterprise . |
| 20 | The tie-up could send a chill through Bill Gates since it gives Novell an interesting point of entry to the enterprise . |
| 21 | Now researchers think that the sudden drop in oestrogen-type hormones after she gives birth to her baby may spark off rheumatoid arthritis |
| 22 | An actress who worked with Babs in Munich told Bild : ‘ She said it wo n't be long before she gives birth . ’ |
| 23 | However , it remains an open question whether the dust continues beyond about 100 metres , becoming fully compacted rock at 10 to 20 km , or whether it gives way to broken rock somewhere not far beyond 100 metres depth . |
| 24 | ( 3 ) Factual evidence will always be historic in nature in the sense that the witness will be giving evidence of events and matters which have occurred before he gives evidence . |
| 25 | Although community care year one is meant to be ‘ steady state ’ , there are bound to be plenty of bumps along the way before it gives way to the managerially more predictable , through financially harsher , 1994–5 . |
| 26 | Swinton has a reputation for being a difficult interviewee , when she gives interviews at all , which is n't often . |
| 27 | That question can be left for a future occasion when it gives rise to a live issue . |
| 28 | For once though Town had the luck … about time to … and they made sure of victory with a well worked second goal from Andy Mutch … scoring against your old team is always sweet … even sweeter when it gives Town a favourites chance of reaching the next round of the cup … |
| 29 | When he gives evidence , sitting for the most part on two cushions , he leans forwards attentively like a headmaster , and with something of the same terrifying effect . |
| 30 | Well normally when he gives marrow bones I ask him to chop them up a bit smaller |