Example sentences of "that [pron] gives [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The huge advantage of fame is that it gives me , for no proper reason , access to people that I would never otherwise have .
2 I 've told you that it gives me a terrific edge in any sale where Kemp 's a bidder .
3 The only trouble is that it gives me an American accent .
4 can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement .
5 Some people prefer to work their male ferret on a line , saying that it gives them control over its movements .
6 This dietician saying that the architect w wants to know all about endoscop what it involves , so that it gives him an idea as to what is about .
7 What she most relishes about no longer having to worry about where the money to pay the rates is coming from is that it gives her the freedom to be creative .
8 The presence of maids obviates any need for husbands to undertake traditionally female tasks and so , while a woman following her career does challenge a husband 's machismo in the sense that it gives her some independence ( both economically and socially ) , it does not do so in the sense of changing his role in the home .
9 In that it gives us ‘ knowledge ’ , as opposed to mere ‘ belief ’ or ‘ faith ’ , of course it has ; but Locke also means that revelation must be answerable to reason .
10 ( 1 ) If seeing something is like eating it with the eye , so that it gives us sensations in our eyes as eating manna gives us ‘ sensations of sickness , and sometimes of acute pains or gripings ’ in our stomachs , then what physically enters the eye comes to have an importance not only for understanding the physical mechanism of visual perception , but also for understand the concept of visual perception .
11 The definition is adopted , of course , not merely for the reason that it gives us a further explanation of the difference between causal items and their effects .
12 A realization that it gives us rights that we do n't have as well as some sharing , some loss .
13 If we just win freedom that freedom will become very empty if we 're not able to use the power that it gives us to create justice and peace in the region .
14 Do n't forget that it gives us another chance to make progress in Europe this season ; success for Linfield and of course Crusaders may yet lift us away from the bottom of the ladder and give us a chance of avoiding those detested preliminary rounds .
15 If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence .
16 Try a recording in which the camera looks at the class the whole time so that it gives you the teacher's-eye view .
17 Your Lordship er will see from paragraph three eleven that what the letter er says is as we discussed on the telephone , the advantage of the landlord 's objection is that it gives you time to put your finances in order , if the licence was forthcoming now you would be obliged to complete the transaction which at this stage you are unable to do .
18 The buzzword among those who follow the routine is that it gives you ‘ energy for life . ’
19 alright and if you look at the diagram on page thirteen and you look at the little arrow diagram you 'll see that it gives it quite nice and clearly there is that alright ?
20 And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive
21 The candidate must also give his consent to nomination and at the same time that he gives his consent in writing he must state his qualifications to be a candidate .
22 In practice the resolute supporter of Party A is not likely when he lists his preferences to be thinking primarily of any eventual cooperation between his party and Party B. His chief concern will be the success of as many as possible of Party A's candidates , and it will be to all of them that he gives his higher preferences .
23 However , as Clementina Black pointed out at the end of her inquiry into married women 's work for the Women 's Industrial Council , some women worked when the family income was already adequate , because they prized their independence : ‘ A shilling of your own is worth two that he gives you ’ .
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