Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sudden variation in sentence complexity may help to give this effect : Norman Page points out that at the beginning of Jane Austen 's Emma , the three-word sentence " Miss Taylor married " stands out momentously against a background of longer sentences ( the average sentence length for the first five paragraphs of the novel being 26.5 words ) . |
| 2 | the hypothesis may seem to give a palatable explanation of the emergence of life on Earth , but it merely pushes the problem one stage back : how did life originate on the planet of these putative alien space travellers ? |
| 3 | They are not binding as authoritative directives , though the circumstances of the case may require giving them some weight if , for example , others innocently have relied on them . |
| 4 | There was internal bleeding that could n't be stopped even with the drip and the injections Sophie must have given . ’ |
| 5 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 6 | Similarly , the manager in charge of a local authority department may need to give a lead to others in defining the role and objectives of that department . |
| 7 | The popular image of the absent-minded , long-haired professor may have given way in recent years to the well-suited , urbane telly-don , but college teachers are still often represented as colourful , eccentric and even controversial figures : exotic creatures , trapped in a forlorn struggle between an unfeeling college bureaucracy on the one hand and an unthinking — nay , an invincible — student ignorance on the other . |
| 8 | The International Publishers Association may have given us a pointer in the right direction with the publication this year of its Charter for the Reader . |
| 9 | Now Marie may have to give up her job because Lucy 's gran can not travel to the new school . |
| 10 | A witness may refuse to give evidence if he has a privilege or duty to do so either under the law of the State where the Letter of Request is to be executed or under the law of the requesting State . |
| 11 | Thus , when the police officer comes to make his decision he must do so knowing of the defendant 's preference and any reason the defendant may have given for it . |
| 12 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 13 | But by expressing his views in this way , Scott must have given his clients a clear indication of the type of building he wanted to build . |
| 14 | So the coalition should have given a reasoned reply , welcoming the offer to withdraw and saying that all the other issues are open for discussion once the withdrawal has taken place and a cease-fire is in operation . |
| 15 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 16 | The irony was that , by dismissing as irrelevant all talk of the Tyrrell Society , he had closed his eyes to the vital clue Rex Cunningham could have given him : the identity of the man whose photograph Clare Mallender had carried about with her . |
| 17 | Mr Short : There used to be a place in Scotland where kids could go to give parents a break . |
| 18 | Dr Neil could have given her several answers , beginning with the beautiful hands lying in her lap which had visibly never done a stroke of work in their owner 's life , but said instead , ‘ A strange place for a young lady like yourself to look for it . ’ |
| 19 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 20 | Had he done that — and this is advice every sensible lawyer would have given to him — he might have been able to return to public life without the long and painful period of atonement to which he was exposed . |
| 21 | In Britain similarly parties would have to give careful attention to the locality factor . |
| 22 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 23 | However , respondents pointed to situations in which such a rule would seem to give anomalous results . |
| 24 | These and other strange animals would have given Olduvai a unique ambience , but the basic framework of the present-day savannah environment had already been established . |
| 25 | Therefore , I assume that the Opposition will want to give the Bill an unopposed Second Reading . |
| 26 | Schools will have to give ‘ substantially more time ’ to science to meet the requirements of the national curriculum , the inspectors added . |
| 27 | In between the ‘ jam ’ the trainers will try to give you the ‘ bread and butter ’ in an interesting and enjoyable way . |
| 28 | Charting the gains and losses will help to give a more accurate picture of the church 's growth profile . |
| 29 | ‘ In West Germany , for example , journalists can refuse to give testimony , and Spain has incorporated the right to protect sources in its new constitution . ’ |
| 30 | Peter Alliss might have given up competitive golf in the early 1970s but he still a formidable force out on the course . |