Example sentences of "or [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do occasionally get calls from people who 've dialled a number listed in one of the ads only to find that it 's wrong — an old lady in Dunfirmline insisting that she 's definitely not selling a Malmsteen Strat — or perhaps giving the ‘ unobtainable ’ tone on a number which does n't exist . |
| 2 | For those old people who want to continue living outside institutional life , it means in many cases living alone or away from their children and grandchildren , or perhaps giving up their own homes to live in ‘ sheltered accommodation ’ overseen by a warden and social workers . |
| 3 | But I think they 've more or less given up the ghost . |
| 4 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 5 | Within an hour hundreds of spadefoot males were bobbing like so many light balloons on the pool 's surface , each every second or less giving voice to a single loud ‘ Wah ! ’ . |
| 6 | So that , no matter what they do , they are more or less giving the same performance each time . |
| 7 | I more or less gave up cottaging for a while . |
| 8 | A science founds itself , Canguilhem suggests , on its method : ‘ When it became apparent that every science more or less gives itself its given , and thereby appropriates what is called its domain , the concept of a science began to place more emphasis on method than on object ’ ( 1980 : 38 ) . |
| 9 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 10 | views that hold a good life to be readily achievable only in certain well-defined types of social structure , or only in a society that works concertedly for the realization of certain higher human capacities and the suppression of baser ones , or only given certain types of economic relations among men . |
| 11 | TEST_MODE — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to enter all eligible modules ( TEST_MODE = FALSE ) or only give a report of what modules could be entered ( TEST_MODE = TRUE ) . |
| 12 | The Chief Constable fussed around the Bishop , the press had been shut up , or anyway given a damn sight less than they would have been if it had n't been a priest 's body , or rather , head . |
| 13 | The decision whether or not to give directives involves the Home Secretary in making a delicate and difficult political judgment . |
| 14 | You have a reasonable period of time to decide whether or not to give up your job , but it is not easy to forecast what will be regarded as ‘ reasonable ’ . |
| 15 | These were examined in detail and the sites visited before the students played the role of a planning committee , deciding whether or not to give each permission . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) Where there is served on the person who may consent to a proposed transaction a written application by the tenant for consent to the transaction , he owes a duty to the tenant within a reasonable time — ( a ) to give consent , except in a case where it is reasonable not to give consent , ( b ) to serve on the tenant written notice of his decision whether or not to give consent specifying in addition — ( i ) if the consent is given subject to conditions , the conditions , ( ii ) if the consent is withheld , the reasons for withholding it . |
| 17 | The basic rule of liability was stated in Goodfellow : has the accused acted in such a way as to create an obvious and serious risk of causing physical harm and , having recognised it , gone ahead , or not given any thought to that risk ? |
| 18 | I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true . |
| 19 | The House is expected to submit bills to sustained scrutiny and debate before giving its assent to them ( or not giving its assent to them , but the influence of party usually precludes such an outcome ) . |
| 20 | Discussing statements like these and saying whether they agree with them or not gives children an opportunity to consider views which conflict with their own and to modify their existing views . |
| 21 | Was pocket money earned or just given ? |
| 22 | She could have passed by without rumbling the Josephites , or just given them a light pasting and taken their food and fuel . |
| 23 | All you need to do is pop in to your local Radio Rentals shop … or just give us a quick call . |
| 24 | They 'll be sitting there , probably in the lounge , wondering whether Father 's going to feed them anything or just give an impromptu lecture on cancer of the colon or tapeworms , when he 'll sidle up to somebody , look round to make sure everybody 's watching , then in a conspiratorial stage-whisper say : ‘ See that door over there ? |
| 25 | Mums who struggle for 12 hours or more to give birth look with envy on those lucky women who have short labours of two to three hours . |
| 26 | Presumably either a creditor or a debtor could commit the offence of ‘ Knowingly or recklessly giving false information to the Director ’ , which carried a penalty of £400 , two years in gaol , or both . |
| 27 | The cops believe they have both participated in an alleged crime and wish to get one or both to give evidence . |
| 28 | The position of each piece in space can be disturbed slightly or grossly to give , respectively , either positional tolerance checking or exploded views . |
| 29 | It would not matter whether the consent was expressly or impliedly given , i.e. there is no theft from a company when it has consented to the taking . |
| 30 | However , the Government do not appear to be currently giving any commitment to provide funds or even to give British Rail the necessary borrowing authority . |