Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again although there will be occasions when the bare lexical item will suffice to indicate meaning , when the context or the convergence of knowledge of those concerned will provide the specificity required , it will generally need to be supplemented by the addition of elements which give the word a more precise conceptual focus . |
| 2 | The majority of smokers who give up do so by simply deciding to stop but they may be helped by the informal support of the family , friends or colleagues . |
| 3 | The place itself , the arrangement of those low , recently rebuilt stone farms and the few mud and wattle cottages , the eternal comfort of the lake 's shape and colours which seemed not to mirror but to temper her mood , the rise of fells which gave her sensibility its reach . |
| 4 | But then of course the kind of stories I give and the ones that most people like generally speaking are the accidents I have . |
| 5 | The sort of events which gave rise to calls for statutory curbs — long-lens shots of the Duchess of York 's poolside exploits , or the ‘ Squidgy ’ tape — have not recurred . |
| 6 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 7 | The process is simply to find the combination of variables which gave the best fit in the past and then to extrapolate the equation to make predictions . |
| 8 | I mean you could start by saying , ‘ Canborough has , has been well known for the number of grants it gives , you know , as , as the means of saying , ‘ Up to now we 've been the good people . ’ |