Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found ( see also Batson and Best ( 1981 ) ) that animals given his discrimination training procedure showed an enhanced preference for the safe flavour ( the conditioned inhibitor ) . |
| 2 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 3 | ALTHOUGH critics give their judgment on the latest movie releases , it is the public that determines which films become hits . |
| 4 | When Springhall writes that adolescents gave their allegiance to ‘ society ’ , this is at best a half-truth . |
| 5 | The numerous spidery capillaries scrawling their florid graffiti across her nose and cheeks gave their own silent clue as to her habits . |
| 6 | We shall go on improving our public services , cutting through the authorities and bureaucracies to give our colleges , hospitals , school and doctors ' surgeries their own funding . |
| 7 | Since consultants gave their time free they were more available in more wealthy urban areas which could support the private practices that provided their income . |
| 8 | Since playgrounds give our children so much , it 's a great shame that in many areas , the old playparks are being allowed to run down until they 're in such a bad state that it 's easier and cheaper to knock them down and build a carpark than try to make them safe . |
| 9 | SMILING DI : The princess yesterday , beaming as fans gave her flowers Picture : HARRY PAGE |
| 10 | Di — who smiled when wellwishers gave her flowers — said people took more notice if someone well-known was involved . |
| 11 | The happiest results came when householders gave their evacuees time to settle in and made some attempt to understand their cultural differences . |