Example sentences of "it give to " in BNC.

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1 I got it given to me so er if you think it 's a different one you can tell me .
2 They probably , they probably get it given to you on your school pizzas
3 What reassurance does it give to people who might suffer damage due to a change in groundwater level when the Bill permits the Secretary of State to weaken the groundwater provisions ?
4 And I 'm not prepared to go on paying three thousand a year renting it to give to him when I could be buying one myself .
5 Not the least surprising aspect of the BBC radio documentary ’ The Price of Perfection ’ was the space it gave to the aggrieved reminiscences of the Philharmonia Orchestra 's former first flute , Gareth Morris .
6 Next , a story lifted from the Daily Mail about Professor Jerrold Petrofsky 's work in Dayton , Ohio , and the hope it gave to the paralysed PC Philip Olds .
7 We discussed the cosmic background microwave irradiation and the support the discovery of it gave to the big bang theory .
8 Thus the Church , for all the opportunities which it gave to men to find new lives and lofty ideals , to transcend the limitations of the age , still , in its main structure , reflected the social organization of the world .
9 She had learnt long ago that Nahum 's chief interest in the Foundling Hospital was the boost it gave to his own ego being on the Board of Governors , a position acquired mainly through the generosity of his brother-in-law , John Bradford , who always supported the charity financially .
10 The humble old Citroën 2CV probably never realised just how much it gave to European light aviation !
11 The atmosphere remained fraught , and though he may have secretly relished the animation it gave to things , he needed to settle into a quiet routine if he was going to produce good work .
12 Indeed , the new economy , the concomitant increase.in the standard of living and the purchasing power which it gave to the individual sounded the death-knell for the minor guilds .
13 Although we think of it now as a packaging material and the ubiquitous polythene bag appears to be a major support of modern life , its primary contribution was in the impetus it gave to the plastic moulding industry and the first development of plastic buckets , sink bowls and so on .
14 I had won the scholarship to the grammar school and I could n't begin to describe the joy it gave to Aunt Hettie and Uncle Fred .
15 It gave to the administrative unity of Bourbon Spain , ‘ the supreme creation of the eighteenth century ’ , an emotional content .
16 She was thrilled with the suffragettes ' tenacity and the expression it gave to her feelings about being in some kind of sexual trap .
17 I swung the axe in swift rhythm , glad of the release it gave to the tension I felt building inside and around me .
18 He laid both hands to the ring and turned it , and it gave to his cautious thrust and let him in .
19 The significance is the boost it gives to the AX 's performance , particularly in the context of the diesel .
20 It is becoming less popular now because of the lack of support it gives to the lower back , although it does give more buoyancy than other types .
21 The village is also known for the care it gives to its gardens and grass verges .
22 With its emphasis on the importance of personal uniqueness , it gives to the individual a value one is increasingly in danger of losing in this computer age .
23 With variations , this very simple shape is widely used in kite workshops as a project that produces results , both in the flight performance and in the degree of satisfaction it gives to the constructor .
24 Together they went to bullfights , to watch Chamaco and Ordonez perform , Minton 's interest in this art having been fired by Hemingway 's Death in the Afternoon , by its colourfulness , sense of theatre and by the focus it gives to male idolatry .
25 An advantage of the modular form is the flexibility it gives to both staff and student in organising a suitable degree course .
26 Physics is interesting in having connotations of both : as a physical science , its discoveries ( and the skills it gives to its graduates ) have obvious uses for industry ; while its status as a ‘ pure ’ rather than an ‘ applied ’ science gives it the appearance of being removed from the uses to which it may be put .
27 Largely because of the tax gains , but also the increased freedom it gives to the pensioner , many pension schemes have provision for allowing part of the value of the pension to be capitalized on retirement .
28 Another attraction of the scheme is the flexibility it gives to general practitioners to make budgetary savings in certain aspects of their clinical practice which can then be reinvested in other aspects of patient care .
29 It gives to the touch .
30 It is rather unexpectedly glutinous and flabby to the touch — all-in-all rather unpleasant , if it were not for the splash of vivid yellow it gives to an otherwise sombre winter hedgerow .
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