Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sucralfate or bFGF was dissolved in saline and given by the intragastric route in a volume of 1 ml or infused subcutaneously at 4ml/hour . |
| 2 | I wanted to say , as I believed , that the consul was an English person of good sense with a proper grasp of facts , but I was too well brought up to state unequivocally that all foreigners , including Nour , were superstitious and given to exaggeration and unnecessary alarms . |
| 3 | In my view , the existing available protection is adequate and gives to a governmental body all such rights as are necessary in a democratic society for the protection of its governing reputation . |
| 4 | ‘ You were warm and giving in my arms until , in an understandable moment of shyness , you backed away . |
| 5 | That the boy was just simple and given to playing stupid jokes . |
| 6 | The FPP ( also known as the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei ) had been formed in March 1990 not 1991 as given on p. 38646 ] by the Council of Chiefs — a 100-strong body to which ethnic-Fijian members of parliament and government nominees were now also admitted , outnumbering the traditional chiefs . |
| 7 | Nitroxynil and levamisole are also very efficacious when given in the water . |
| 8 | The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich . |
| 9 | Backless Hill , to the north of the loch , was the eighteenth-century lair of a Caithness ‘ Robin Hood ’ , said to have robbed the rich and given to the poor . |
| 10 | Taken as a whole , the tax and transfer system takes money from the rich and gives to the poor . |
| 11 | Did he from the rich and give to the poor ? |
| 12 | A deep sense of another 's ingratitude invaded her — she found this foolish light-minded bird quite detestable in her desertion , in her stupidity and folly , in her lack of recognition of the comfort and safety arranged for her own good , contrived and given with heartfelt care and love . |
| 13 | Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late . |
| 14 | According to the most recent Green Paper ( DES 1985b ) there were at that time 184 institutions engaged wholly or mainly in the provision of higher education courses , and another 372 in which some provision was at this level — a total of 556 ( 10 fewer than given in Annex A of that document ) . |
| 15 | It was presented , to Darlington Harrier Andy Campbell , when the race was established as an open event in 1904 and given to Duncan McLeod-Wright to keep when the Scottish runner became the first man to win three times , in 1929 . |
| 16 | In fact 41-year-old Hesketh was arrogant , self-important and given to ‘ infantile tantrums and eye-popping rudeness ’ . |
| 17 | It is sufficient to say that in broad definition the former term applies to the language used up to the twelfth century , and the latter that given to the language between the twelfth and the fifteenth , when Modern English started to emerge . |
| 18 | The MMD , formed in July 1990 [ see p. 37602 ] , won 125 of the National Assembly 's 150 seats [ not 135 as given on p. 38049 ] and Kaunda 's United National Independence Party ( UNIP ) , the sole legal political party between December 1972 and December 1990 , won the remaining 25 . |
| 19 | Hepatitis B vaccines also are 70%-88% effective when given within one week after a hepatitis B exposure . |
| 20 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher 's resignation as Foreign Minister formally took effect on May 18 [ not May 17 as given on p. 38872 ] as anticipated . |
| 21 | Disregarding variations of ordering and sign as in the decompositions of 6 as given above one can establish a uniqueness-type theorem ( 1.5.1 below ) . |
| 22 | The measure was nevertheless defeated by 254 votes [ not 362 as given on p. 37704 ] to 179 . |
| 23 | The USA proposal , in turn opposed by the EC , covered among other aspects import access , export competition and sanitary and phytosanitary ( not psytosanitary as given on p. 36508 ) measures , and envisaged a phased dismantling of the entire structure of subsidies and other forms of agricultural support . |
| 24 | Drug doses also tend to be higher and given for longer periods . |
| 25 | Its potential use was limited because it was not absorbed from the gut and so was ineffective if given by mouth , and because tyrocidine , in concentrations liable to occur during therapeutic use , damaged or destroyed red blood cells . |
| 26 | All the loving and giving of small luxuries and necessities that she had not thought of herself , and the expected regularity of their attendance at those sumptuous Sunday luncheons , encroached dangerously on the precious isolation of life at Kileady . |
| 27 | The measurements are approximate and given as an indication only at this stage , taken from the architects ' drawings , the sizes may vary slightly after construction . |
| 28 | This discrepancy in drug uptake may explain why Ac-ASA seems to be ineffective when given to patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 29 | President Alfredo Cristiani told the new Legislative Assembly which opened on May 1 ( not June 1 as given on p. 38093 ) that final ratification of the amendments should be conditional on a ceasefire coming into effect . |
| 30 | Accessions during 1990 : Tunisia on Aug. 19 ; Venezuela on Aug. 31 [ not on Sept. 8 as given on p. 37710 ] ; Bolivia on Sept. 8 and Costa Rica on Nov. 20 . |