Example sentences of "give [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than anything else could have been , it was searingly expressive of the contempt in which he held her , because he had ignored her face where her personality and individuality were written , his attention given wholly to a part of her body — and a body was just a body as far as she was concerned , with nothing to do with one 's emotional identity . |
| 2 | ‘ I was 17 and thought I had a god given right to be in Spur 's first team . |
| 3 | In North 's briefing on the contras , given widely to donors and politicians when he was at the NSC , the emphasis was striking . |
| 4 | Students may compete for the BBC Carlton Hobbs award which is given annually to two students from any of the drama schools ; the award offers a six month contract with BBC radio , as well as guaranteeing that vital entry into British Equity . |
| 5 | He directed that the governors of the College should ‘ apply the interest and proceeds thereof annually for ever in the purchase of a Medal to be given Annually to the author of the best dissertation on the Anatomy , Physiology , or Pathology of the foot of the horse , or the principles and practice of shoeing horses ( to be decided by Examiners , viz. either Veterinary examiners or Veterinary surgeons , to be appointed by the Governors at their annual meeting ) ’ . |
| 6 | The award is given annually to a deaf person of outstanding merit in leadership , citizenship and general achievement . |
| 7 | Three Chester students who set up their own company — called ‘ No Frills ’ — making everything from Jewellery to boxer shorts , took the BNFL award which is given annually to the operators of the best company . |
| 8 | The John and Ceridwen Hughes Uwchaled award is given annually to individuals in recognition of outstanding service through the Welsh language , to young people over the age of 11 outside formal education . |
| 9 | The second half of the concert will be given entirely to Johann Strauss II . |
| 10 | There 'd be a seedy little office somewhere with a phone number given only to those in the know . |
| 11 | Sarah was allowed to dust and polish in Mr Bradford 's rooms , a duty given only to trusted servants since it meant moving many of his important papers , but when she went in there after her return she dropped one of his boxes and everything was scattered over the carpet . |
| 12 | This information will be given only to the parents of the individual child . |
| 13 | Some teachers guard against this by making it a principle never to award an A. According to a French adage quoted by Remi Clignet ( 1974 , p. 349 ) , the maximum of 20 is ‘ given only to God , 19 to his saints , 18 to the professor 's professor , 17 to the professor himself ’ — so the student of French composition ca n't be expected to score more than 16 ! |
| 14 | Normally , the ‘ vocational ’ jobs , which carried slightly higher wages , were given only to men serving over two years , and the Superintendent stated that little attempt was made to ‘ rehabilitate ’ those sentenced to less . |
| 15 | No District Court accepted the exclusivity argument , many relying on a superficial reading of Article 27(c) of the Convention , which allows Contracting States to permit ‘ by internal law or practice , methods of taking evidence other than those provided for in this Convention ’ ; the better view is that this freedom is given only to the requested country and does not refer to the country from which the discovery request originates . |
| 16 | Public aid was given only to those — the aged , the disabled , etc. — who could be supported neither by their own labour nor by that of their families . |
| 17 | Consideration has so far been given only to family situations of legal , or what has become known as common-law marriage and to sexual elements of marriage in our indigenous culture . |
| 18 | Formulations of definitive tests are always dangerous , but it seems to me that , without claiming to expound an exhaustive guide , the following provides a satisfactory working test for whether , in any given case , a covenant touches and concerns the land : ( 1 ) the covenant benefits only the reversioner for the time being , and if separated from the reversion ceases to be of benefit to the covenantee ; ( 2 ) the covenant affects the nature , quality , mode of user or value of the land of the reversioner ; ( 3 ) the covenant is not expressed to be personal ( that is to say neither being given only to a specific reversioner nor in respect of the obligations only of a specific tenant ) ; ( 4 ) the fact that a covenant is to pay a sum of money will not prevent it from touching and concerning the land so long as the three foregoing conditions are satisfied and the covenant is connected with something to be done on , or to in relation to the land . |
| 19 | Home addresses will be given only to other teachers . |
| 20 | For the sake of a quiet life he had given in to an unreasonable request and only now did he fully realize what it meant . |
| 21 | You are old , you are bed-ridden , the work falls to me , you do not think or care , lying here day after day , waited upon and given in to , without worries or anxiety . |
| 22 | SHe had eventually given in to a desire to seek Tammuz out , even though SHe already recognised the signs which meant he wanted to be left alone . |
| 23 | He could have given in to his sympathetic side at any point but he was adamant that Charman had to go , even though he knew the hurt it would cause to someone with whom he had previously been close . |
| 24 | She could not refuse him , accordingly , and did not ; but more and more it was almost as if she had given in to Mr Poole 's demands ; one man was much like another . |
| 25 | Celia kept slipping and Liza kept telling herself she was ridiculous to have given in to the child . |
| 26 | At the end of it , just before Myeloski had given in to the rough flight conditions , Duncan had come to realize how sharp the policeman was , how through his individual approach he had put together clues that most others would have missed . |
| 27 | President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution . |
| 28 | Still , Huy had answered Surere 's summons , had even given in to the messenger 's insistence that they travel in the closed rickshaw , so that he would not be able to tell where they were going . |
| 29 | During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace . |
| 30 | His reaction had bewildered her , but she did n't want to dwell on it , because she knew that she would inevitably end up spending the entire evening thinking of him , and then feeling frustrated and angry with herself for having given in to her private weakness . |