Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I am satisfied that it can not be said that section 6(2) is unworkable if the words of that provision are given their wide general meaning .
2 Ford , 20 , is technically on loan from Rotherham until the end of the season , but the Millmoor club are giving him a free transfer .
3 Does my hon. Friend agree that many leaders of local industry are giving their time and experience to ensure the great success of TECs all over the United Kingdom and that it is imperative that we , the Government , ensure that they are properly funded ?
4 Two members of the French side were given their marching orders and have since received substantial suspensions .
5 However , the body of the report was accepted by the Americans , who if they needed any further confirmation were given it in the form of a 72 per cent failure rate among recently qualified army medical officers who had been given a questionnaire on the venereal diseases and their control .
6 ‘ She says she feels sick and ca n't eat anything — on top of which her right side is giving her pain .
7 And erm the we are given or they h one of the reasons or the purposes behind Confirmation is to give us the strength to use the gifts which God 's al has already given us .
8 I decided to eat with them as Head of Primary Department is giving me this afternoon off and therefore I do n't need a break from the kids .
9 A good thriller , and Corgi is giving it a major campaign .
10 My only alternative is to give it slack line , laying the rod in the rests and hoping it will swim out of its own accord .
11 The lady who ran Ruane 's office said the dispenser was giving them better coffee , better chocolate , than any time in the last nine years .
12 His only concession to emotion was to give his shirt to one of the ball-boys — a valuable memento for one German lad .
13 About this time the Club was given its second trophy and which today is known as the Lovell Bowl .
14 His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees .
15 The alternative was to give it to them in 50 crates . ’
16 Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction .
17 The whole point of investing this money on auditing is to give us possible feed back . .
18 The old boy is giving him hell . ’
19 What we done in that brief session is giving you an overview of identifying training needs and you can go to , I have seen books written identifying training needs and I have read books that thick and they so many ideas there give you a starter .
20 If this help is given it will be for three months in the first instance and the position will be reviewed from time to time after that .
21 This would imply that if supplemental oxygen is given its administration ought to be extended into the postgastroscopy period .
22 At the time of writing , the coordinating committee is giving its attention to future INSET developments in which the panel may be involved .
23 She giggled , ate the pieces of orange Davide was giving her , licked her fingers , and dangled the spectacles in front of Tommaso .
24 Eva 's desire to communicate the gospel was given plenty of outlets .
25 Midnight Cowboy was to give him his first chance in over fifteen years to regain respect in the business .
26 I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes .
27 Our only aim is to give you ever more news and views from some of the outstanding writers on the game .
28 My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia .
29 Our aim is to give your intermediate students a fuller understanding of natural spoken English , and the British way of life today .
30 One good way of starting the dreaming process is to give yourself a physical check-up .
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