Example sentences of "[pron] would give [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He refused to elaborate , but is known to have expressed dismay at a proposed increase in prize money for doubles which would give singles only a 70-30 advantage . |
2 | Villagers are angry over a proposed deal which would give owners of a gravel pit the right to build thirty houses . |
3 | she has opposed every new European law which would give women more justice . |
4 | 2 ) the Campaign for freedom of Information is trying to promote a bill which would give patients the right to see their own medical records . |
5 | To heighten comprehension , our information was presented using personal pronouns in deliberately short sentences that explained or avoided technical terms ; awareness could be further enhanced by issuing the information sheets ( customised for specific operations ) during the initial outpatient consultation , which would give patients more time to assimilate the facts . |
6 | It operates mostly on labour-intensive , repetitive government forms rather than the wider variety of commercial printing work which would give men a marketable skill on release as well as a good work experience . |
7 | Britain 's low rating is mainly due to the refusal of successive governments to contemplate a Freedom of Information Act , which would give journalists and others a legal right of access to documents prepared by state officials . |
8 | But this approach seems unnecessarily rigid in cases where the matters which would give grounds for judicial review could also be resolved by the alternative process . |
9 | They may provide for the position of the institutional equity investors in respect of warranties on a flotation , in particular , whether or not they would give warranties in the offer for sale agreement to the merchant bank leading the flotation . |
10 | He would give diamonds when he loved , they said . |
11 | Another member of the quintet , one Lyamshin , a post-office clerk , gets himself asked to parties where ‘ he would give imitations of a pig , a thunder storm , a confinement , with the first cry of the baby , etc. , etc. ; that was what he was invited for ’ ; and later we hear of him ‘ mimicking , when requested , various types of jews , a deaf peasant woman making her confession , or the birth of a child … ’ . |
12 | If more women breastfed they say , it would give others the encouragement to go ahead , both inside and outside the home . |
13 | Until last April the Directory Enquiries service was not only free ; it would give addresses as well as telephone numbers . |
14 | At best in a major conflict it would give allies time to reach agreement on how to use nuclear weapons . |