Example sentences of "have given [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe .
2 In many of these different regions the native stone has given character and fitness to the buildings ; the wide variety of stones , together with the frequent use of wood and brick and thatch , especially in the stoneless areas , has added charm to English village and towns , and has made the dwellings , particularly the smaller cottages ( for stones for churches and large houses were carried for many miles even in early times ) , ideally suited to their surroundings .
3 Jean desired this and as ‘ the king of France has given permission to make war in this land ’ , Pierre could serve in Aragon .
4 Since the report was printed the committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of this afternoon 's session for our colleagues involved in the dispute .
5 The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of congress on Monday to help these colleagues as well .
6 The committee has given permission for the bucket collection to be taken on behalf of our colleagues at at the end of the Tuesday morning session .
7 The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken on behalf of the Matthew trust fund at the end of the Wednesday morning session .
8 The government has given permission for the plant to go ahead in the face of sustained opposition from environmentalists , church groups , and the local Lumad tribal people , to whom the mountain is sacred .
9 Sedgefield District Council , we hear , has given permission for a clairvoyancy evening at Spennymoor leisure centre .
10 Darlington Council has given permission for Conder Projects to develop an office block on Russell Street car park just outside the ring road halving its total spaces .
11 Pruning go-ahead : Darlington Borough Council , which is responsible for tree felling , has given permission for extensive pruning work to be done on an oak tree at Hawkswood in Hurworth Place .
12 A Government inspector has given permission for a mixed development including a food superstore on land formerly occupied by Octavius Atykinson at Starbeck , Harrogate , following a public inquiry and local plan inquiry .
13 Wembley chairman Sir Brian Wolfson has given permission to the former England captain 's family for a match in his honour .
14 A Paris conference on the Amazon forests has given publicity to the continuing destruction of the area .
15 The Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , who condemned the LAS 's ‘ failure on all sides ’ , has given South West Thames Regional Health Authority a month to come up with plans for strengthening the lines of management accountability .
16 She has given voice to those who thought that previous Conservative governments had been too tolerant or ‘ defeatist ’ about the unions , the welfare state , high taxation , and public spending , and too accommodating to other countries , particularly in the European Community and the Commonwealth .
17 In this sense it is significant that , unlike in France and Britain , no politician of note has given voice to the growing disquiet in Germany about the move in Europe towards a Federalist state .
18 His Midas touch has given Sunrise 94 per cent of its target audience and a turnover expected to reach £4million .
19 Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities .
20 Indeed arguably the only reliable evidence of who has given money to the Tory Party is the honours list which is published twice a year !
21 Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences .
22 And it 's stuck it in the paper somewhere that er Branson has given money and er oh you know lots of other people in big business have given money .
23 GHI , the first consumer protection organisation in this country , has given expert advice since its formation in 1924 .
24 GHI , the first consumer protection organisation in this country , has given expert advice since its formation in 1924 .
25 A woman who has given birth must immerse herself in a mikva before she can resume sexual relations with her husband .
26 The bitch that whelps her pups beyond the margins of village life has given birth to potentially feral dogs .
27 The answer seems to be that a female cat sometimes experiences a ‘ false heat ’ a few weeks after she has given birth .
28 He said , ‘ What a breed of people two hundred years of imperialism has given birth to .
29 You could place the female Guppy in a breeding trap or a separate tank and return her to the main tank after she has given birth .
30 Secondly , in the devouring quality of a human or animal mother when she is driven to reclaim the life to which she has given birth .
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