Example sentences of "giving they the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent researchers , such as H.L. Miles ( 1983 ) , claim to have had more luck but even then , giving them the benefit of every doubt , ‘ there remains a large gap between the signing of these trained apes and the speech of children who have vocabularies of approximately the same size ’ ( Griffin 1984 : 199 ) . |
| 2 | We get to know people by accepting them , by trusting them — the opposite of doubt — and by " giving them the benefit of the doubt " indeed , unless exceedingly strong evidence to the contrary presents itself . |
| 3 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 4 | I mean , I think , I think that considering the work they , we ought to be looking at giving them the grant . |
| 5 | about analysis or me giving them the dream and I have to sort of like get out for myself what |
| 6 | That said , you can add a new lease of life to old hard disks by giving them the once-over with Norton Disk Doctor or SpinRite . |
| 7 | It aims to provide the boys with a good education , in a caring environment , while giving them the opportunity to train towards the specific goal of reaching the top 50 in the world , as professional tennis players . |
| 8 | We need to offer an education that enables them to play a positive role in society by giving them the opportunity to use their talents . |
| 9 | The expense of improving the standards of qualification and training of both categories of investigator was high , but these days newly recruited Inspectors ( Ops ) usually have a current qualification on modern aircraft and the cost is concerned merely with maintaining their currency on these types and giving them the opportunity to fly light aircraft regularly . |
| 10 | The therapist should let the client talk for a while , giving them the opportunity to relax . |
| 11 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |
| 12 | sends her sincere thanks to for giving them the opportunity to hold the ball . |
| 13 | I am grateful , and can only show my gratitude by giving them the text to criticise under more agreeable conditions . |
| 14 | At the same time , I have noticed that women academics can be ruthless bullies of girl students , with the possibly laudable motive of giving them the equivalent of a good shake . |
| 15 | Confident of winning the ball , Hove brought their full-back into the line , thereby giving them the overlap , but their rather mediocre handling and some excellent shadowing by Godwin prevented them from capitalising on this for much of the half . |
| 16 | Cope argued for a new theology in which the Creator has delegated His power to living things by giving them the ability to shape the future through their purposeful response to the environment . |
| 17 | Well you , you could do the sort of token gesture of giving them the land like they did in the past , at least that 's showing what some sort of communism |
| 18 | Later , as the Shah began to get news of his own , repaid their kindness by giving them the stop press himself . |
| 19 | She enjoyed giving them the slip , as she sometimes succeeded in doing . |
| 20 | She was a very nice girl named Eugena , I think , and there were guards at the end of the hotel corridors , I remember giving them the slip and wandering around Khabarovsk on my own in a snowstorm , only to be told the next day that there was quite a bit of excitement in the city during the night because a Siberian tiger had come into the city and was wandering the streets at the same time I was ! |
| 21 | ‘ Giving them the slip . ’ |
| 22 | To care for , teach and train a child , giving them the love and discipline they need in a secure home , requires all the intelligence and skill a woman possesses . |
| 23 | But even now , I still believe that if you trust someone you 're giving them the chance to prove that they are trustworthy . |
| 24 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 25 | Writing Radio Drama — A practical course aimed at getting women started on writing plays for radio and giving them the inspiration to carry on . |
| 26 | The idea is to invite youth workers to ring up onto a party line on a certain night , giving them the theme for discussion beforehand , linking them up with other people to talk about their work . |
| 27 | To name but three : Protestants everywhere insisted upon the necessity of allowing the laity to worship in the vernacular , giving them the cup in communion , and allowing the clergy to marry . |
| 28 | Some of these patriarchs grow magnificent beards and moustaches , the whole effect giving them the appearance of an Old Testament prophet . |
| 29 | And your answers should be couched in the terms that you would answer somebody in the pub , in that you 're giving them the information , you 're giving it to them in a clean way . |
| 30 | It was n't until 1880 with the passing of the Ground Game Act , giving tenant farmers protection against their landlords and giving them the right to kill hares and rabbits , that the laws were even modestly relaxed . |