Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun] gives " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delegation of authority occurs in an organisation where a superior gives to a subordinate the discretion to make decisions within a certain sphere of influence . |
| 2 | ‘ No doubt because the abbot would not accuse a man until a witness gives proof positive of the felon 's guilt . |
| 3 | Thus if a policeman gives directions to a traveller , a doctor tells a nurse how to administer medicine to a patient , a householder puts in an insurance claim , a shop assistant explains the relative merits of two types of knitting wool , or a scientist describes an experiment , in each case it matters that the speaker should make what he says ( or writes ) clear . |
| 4 | From now on ignorance will be no excuse and if a doctor gives a pill or an injection it is up to each player to make sure it 's not on the list of banned medicines . |
| 5 | For example , if a father gives a child a motor car or jewellery and the child sells the gift and invests the proceeds , is the income from the investment paid to the child by virtue or in consequence of the gift or is it paid to him or her in consequence of the sale of an asset which belonged absolutely to the child ? |
| 6 | Essentially the Finance Act 1986 has left the IHTA 1984 provisions intact but there are a number of changes , the most substantial one being that if an individual gives property to another individual , or an accumulation and maintenance trust , or a trust for the disabled and survives the gift by seven years and the gift is not subject to reservations ( the taxpayer can no longer have his cake and eat it ) no inheritance tax at all is payable . |
| 7 | However , it is quite clear that if an employee gives notice in accordance with the contract he is by so doing affirming the existence of the contract and not accepting any perceived repudiation by the employer : see Normalec Ltd v Britton [ 1983 ] FSR 318 . |
| 8 | It can be infuriating if an anchor gives when the fence is loaded . |
| 9 | No official of the Government or Party can go to an ujamaa village and tell the members what they must grow … for if these things happen — that is , if an outsider gives such instructions and enforces them — then it will no longer be an ujamaa village ! |
| 10 | A gain is taxed as a balancing charge , while a loss gives rise to a balancing allowance that can be used to reduce taxable earnings . |
| 11 | Such a look as a wife gives her man . |
| 12 | Anne Watts , Midland 's equal opportunities director , said : ‘ When a women gives up her job to care for children her employer loses immeasurable training and experience . |
| 13 | When a constable gives directions to a tourist , for example , or rescues a stranded cat from a tree , he is performing the sort of social service that the police are nowadays expected to undertake . |
| 14 | And there is still another way of understanding time , which is that when a mother gives birth , she is giving birth to time itself , to a ‘ life-time ’ , and she is thus in some sense beyond time itself . |
| 15 | purpose by helping to emphasize the start of a new episode or a change in dramatic pace ( for example when a recitative gives way to a brief air ) . |