Example sentences of "the [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not be exactly the algorithm given above because the desired outputs d from the top layer are not known , so it can not calculate y * ( 1-y ) * ( d-y ) . |
| 2 | Kim 's mother took this idea further by making some of the activities given to Kim those that would involve her helpfully with the baby . |
| 3 | The defence given by some of those who had authorised this unparalleled act of iconoclasm in modern England , while clearly sincere , points to the narrow perspectives that had allowed the events to occur . |
| 4 | Where the harm was negligently inflicted the defence gives rise to greater difficulties . |
| 5 | A coachload of supporters made the 700-mile round trip to South Devon and they had a perfect view of the defence giving away two first half goals and Mitch Cook missing a penalty in the second . |
| 6 | It 's too easy to ask closed questions which almost predetermine the response given . |
| 7 | The response given by pupil 2 is couched in terms indicating that the method is general for any number of squares . |
| 8 | Mr O'Malley reported his ‘ understanding ’ that the judge would hold a special investigation today into Mr Reynolds ' comments , made when the premier gave evidence last week to Mr Justice Hamilton 's tribunal of inquiry into malpractice allegations surrounding the troubled Irish beef trade . |
| 9 | In fact , as an eminent Scottish banker remarked looking back from seven years on , it was remarkable , " after the first surprise and alarm was over , how quietly the country submitted , as they still do , to transact all business by means of bank notes for which the issuers give no specie " . |
| 10 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 11 | More wounding than the question is the inability to give a coherent answer . |
| 12 | Now , would n't necessarily suggesting that the existing settlement would have to sustain all of the addition given only what it 's got at the moment . |
| 13 | The key factor in enhancing children 's progress in reading is adult attention , most schools encourage children to take reading books home so that parents can have the opportunity to give help and encouragement . |
| 14 | They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives . |
| 15 | ‘ Never mind the rights or wrongs of the decision , we should never have given the referee the opportunity to give a penalty in a situation like that . |
| 16 | This time spent together , and the opportunity to give Anna her undivided attention , could well have been decisive . |
| 17 | The second question which arises for determination is whether the proceeding before the justice or justices , if there happens to be more than one justice before whom the person arrested is brought under section 7(5) , necessitates the giving of evidence on oath with the opportunity to the person arrested or his legal representative to cross-examine and the person arrested having the opportunity to give evidence himself , before the justice of the peace may properly form an opinion on the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) . |
| 18 | He said that these visits had given him " the opportunity to give personally an explanation of the political background " to the dispute with Tito . |
| 19 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 20 | We are excited about our new discoveries and about the opportunity to give our shareholders a significant return on their investments — and we want to convey our sense of excitement to our shareholders . |
| 21 | So what Alastair 's saying is information technology er gives us the opportunity to give you information down er a telephone line . |
| 22 | Finally , if you will be arriving ahead of the removal lorry , use the opportunity to give your new home a thorough clean . |
| 23 | Writing in Inspire , Elizabeth Innes rightly says that the house-to-house collection is the least popular task of the Week , but she is also right when she tells how a word of thanks from a housebound person , grateful for the opportunity to give , compensates for previous rebuffs . |
| 24 | In the light of all that , ladies and gentlemen , the choice of a speaker for the Charles Darwin centenary was not difficult , and indeed I know that he welcomed the opportunity to give this lecture , not least I 'm sure because of the controversies and the general noise that have erupted once again over the issues of evolution , both in the academies of the civilized western world , and even in deepest Arkensaw |
| 25 | And a lot of people of course do n't go into our shops , so we feel that there are a lot of people out there who have a lot of sympathy for Oxfam 's aims and objectives , but are only lacking just the opportunity to give , and that 's what we hope to provide them with . |
| 26 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 27 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 28 | If Mr. Collins had sought to base an argument on the omission from the rules which I have characterised as unfair , we should have had to consider whether the opportunity given to Winchester on 6 November 1990 to make representations to Lautro 's board rectified this defect . |
| 29 | To make the formal application you will need to complete the forms given to you by your Environmental Health Officer . |
| 30 | Some , like Philip H. , will develop symptoms , while the majority give and are given no indication that the disease has spread to the nervous system . |