Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 2 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 3 | Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now ! |
| 4 | Guarantees are , however , only as good as the people or businesses giving them . |
| 5 | Tories such as Sir Keith Joseph put a different slant on the phenomenon , talking of a ‘ people 's capitalism ’ or ‘ property-owning democracy ’ rather than ‘ pension fund socialism ’ , but the basic conception is the same : shareholding on the part of the financial institutions which collect personal savings and pay out pensions , annuities or endowments gives everyone , trade unionists included , a stake in the production of commodities for profit . |
| 6 | Birds of prey , or raptors to give them an alternative group name , come in many sizes . |
| 7 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 8 | fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | The one thing that pots give you above everything else is versatility . |
| 11 | Weaker than the last , it holds that beliefs given us as ‘ data ’ are never fully justified merely for that reason , but that all such beliefs are already partially justified , quite apart from any further support they may receive from other beliefs . |
| 12 | We should insist that industrialists give us this information as of right . |
| 13 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 14 | " But pots are spectacular for adding interest and raising cuttings and all sorts of things that friends give me . " |
| 15 | ALTHOUGH critics give their judgment on the latest movie releases , it is the public that determines which films become hits . |
| 16 | To achieve their objective , they have to rely on the efficient working of the price mechanism such that prices give them the appropriate ‘ signals ’ . |
| 17 | When Springhall writes that adolescents gave their allegiance to ‘ society ’ , this is at best a half-truth . |
| 18 | Biblion and pegnunai give us ‘ bibliopegy ’ , which is the art of binding books , and ‘ bibliopegist ’ , the student and lover of bindings . |
| 19 | These forms of sexuality were dependent on specific codes and rituals to give them meaning . |
| 20 | Anarchy was over and there now began the reign of one of the strongest kings ever to rule England , one whose territories and titles gave him authority over a great part of north-western Europe . |
| 21 | Together they add up to a ‘ magical ’ mix of people and products to give you , the architectural specifier , extra confidence — extra choice . |
| 22 | Sumptuous public rooms , marble floors and rugs give it a style of its own , and the restaurant opens onto a splendid waterfront terrace . |
| 23 | Finally , both Biddulph and Music and Arts give us Weber 's A flat Sonata ( played with inimitable brio and wit ) , and Mendelssohn and Liszt respectively . |
| 24 | The musical flavour will be supplied by Edinburgh 's own Tam White and the Caledonian Brewery are laying on some of their amber liquid and pies to give you just a taste of what the atmosphere will be like during the weekend 13–15 August . |
| 25 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 26 | The numerous spidery capillaries scrawling their florid graffiti across her nose and cheeks gave their own silent clue as to her habits . |
| 27 | We needed to test our resources and Jets gave us that chance . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I enjoy using the Schut paper because the variety of weights and textures gives me the perfect surface for my work , from very detailed illustrations to the more spontaneous watercolours . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ANALYSING THE trends of incidents and accidents gives us an important measure of performance , allowing us to compare year to year , company to company , site to site , and comparable operations outwith the Wood Group . |