Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [Wh pn] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUNDREDS of children enjoyed a sunny day out by the sea yesterday , thanks to the kindness of 300 drivers who gave their time to transport the youngsters . |
| 2 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 3 | Davis Cup nerves certainly got to them as they started their defence of a trophy they had only just won back for the first time since 1932 but full marks to the British challengers who gave of their best in terms of commitment and attitude . |
| 4 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 5 | The measures would come into force on the expiry of the two-month amnesty to suspected activists who gave themselves up [ see p. 39168 ] . |
| 6 | There are coats of arms all around the Chamber of hon. Members who gave their lives for peace in Europe . |
| 7 | Cissie Fairchild , through investigating the statements of French women who gave birth to illegitimate babies , has challenged Shorter on his own terms . |
| 8 | The lesson was , of course , that I must never , ever cry for myself for I was a lucky little girl ; my tears should be for all the strong , brave women who gave me life . |
| 9 | Of the 365 visitors who gave the location of their permanent home , slightly more than a third ( 38% ) were from in or near Edinburgh , while the next largest group , accounting for just over a quarter ( 27% ) of those who replied , did not come from elsewhere in Scotland , but from parts of the UK outside Scotland . |
| 10 | Many of the ordinary Panamanians who gave the general such a stinging defeat in May 's annulled elections were astonished that the US allowed the coup to collapse when it had 12,000 troops stationed around the canal . |
| 11 | There are also the geologists and civil engineers who gave evidence for Cardiff residents against the barrage during the Select Committee stage of the proceedings on the private Bill in February , April and May of last year . |
| 12 | MAY I thank the following persons who gave their services free at a recent function held by the Royal Victoria Heart Club : Barnbrack , Sylvia Paris , Yvonne , Mary Ann , Bobby Crowthers , David Patterson ; the committee and staff of the Ulster Sports Club , High Street who gave their premises free ; the prize donors ; and , finally , those who attended . |
| 13 | Does Mr Stigle not appreciate that without these hard-working VOLUNTEERS who give so freely of their time and money , there would be no main line steam ? |
| 14 | ‘ There are many groups who give people a great deal of help to get over all sorts of problems . |
| 15 | The Victorian entrepreneurs did not miss the extraordinary opportunities offered by the business of travel and Cook and his descendants had many rivals who gave them keen competition . |
| 16 | However , many 16-year-olds who give birth or have a termination are still of compulsory school age for up to six months after their birthday and their pregnancy occurs while they are still schoolgirls . |
| 17 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and of reliance by a wife on her husband to make the business decisions for the family was the justification in the first place for the tenderness of equity towards married women who gave their property as security for their husband 's debts . |
| 18 | The first declared excommunicate all laymen who gave , and all clergy who received , lay investiture of churches or ecclesiastical offices , and any bishop who consecrated a clerk who had been thus invested . |
| 19 | Robert Grosvenor is one of those artists who give new meaning to the term ‘ raw material ’ , using as he has over the years wooden beams — stacked , splintered , split and variously arrayed over the floor . |
| 20 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate aplicants who give evidence of equivalent academic capability are also considered . |
| 21 | When the British evacuation of Dunkirk came in May and June 1940 , Sgt Smith was one of those pilots who gave air cover to the boats ferrying Servicemen back from France . |
| 22 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate applicants who give evidence of comparable academic capability are also considered . |
| 23 | Indeed , those writers who give the Labour governments of those years high marks for achievement , fail to take sufficient account of the manner and nature of the achievement [ Cairncross , 1985 ; Morgan , 1984 ] . |
| 24 | In France the factionalism from which the country suffered was largely inspired by the nobility , so that command of the army , as the tragedy experienced at Agincourt in 1415 demonstrated , was chiefly in the hands of noble leaders who gave the army a character as noble as it had had in the 1330s . |
| 25 | Led by Lola Hahn-Warburg , who herself was an indefatigable hospital visitor , the voluntary workers were supported by an impressive team of medical advisers who gave freely of their expertise . |
| 26 | And he asked : ‘ Now , six months on , how many of those reluctant voters who gave John Major the benefit of the doubt , are regretting their decision ? ’ |
| 27 | This plaque , this memorial plaque , is in honour of those men who gave their lives during this memorial , memorable period of history . |
| 28 | They were both weak kings who gave generous patronage to foreigners and annoyed their own barons … neither had any military ability to speak of . ’ |
| 29 | If an adjournment is ordered , the petitioning creditor must inform the debtor and any creditors who gave notice of intention to appear ( see section 5 below ) ( r 6.29 ) . |
| 30 | Yet the big powers have tended to pick high-grade but unadventurous diplomats who give them a quiet life . |