Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] give " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Halifax Building Society has also produced a booklet called Home Help for Widows , which has been compiled in conjunction with the National Association for Widows and gives practical advice on property matters . |
| 2 | One difference was that working-class women were more likely to describe themselves as housewives and to give ‘ domestic ’ responses generally . |
| 3 | Now Emperor Clocks gives you the opportunity to own a classic timepiece that will stay in your family for generations and give to your children and your grandchildren the same precious memories . |
| 4 | For the finance community , what they 've got to do , too , is take a longer term view about projects and give the companies an opportunity to grow and ride the pitfalls and the the peaks and troughs . |
| 5 | This split barrier is an ideal solution for keeping out undesirables such as motorbikes while giving room for wheelchairs to pass through easily . |
| 6 | You see I get the impression that , that most of you more or less are willing to except all the bad things about cars because given at this particular hundred has sixty three car er , car or vehicle owners , you 'll put up with the danger and the pollution and er , er all the various bad side effects of the motor industry because weighing things up you 've got independence , you 've got freedom , you 've got shelter , a wardrobe , some where to carry the kids , is , would that be a correct estimate , is that , that , that is a general |
| 7 | Mr. Wilson : As the Minister reiterates his enthusiasm for bids that give workers a substantial say , does he consider that there is any conflict between that and what he has told us about the SDA investing £500,000 to ensure that such bids do not succeed ? |
| 8 | The librarian brings items to the attention of lecturers and gives advice where needed . |
| 9 | As he progressed over the cobbled stretches of roads that give the race its title ‘ Hell of the North ’ , he was cheered on by police and public alike . |
| 10 | It was the combination of large circulation share and a large number of titles that gave concentration its distinctive character in 1990 . |
| 11 | To Zborowski 's annoyance , Modigliani still clung to his old habits in the cafés , making dozens of sketches and giving most of his work away or bartering it to buy drinks . |
| 12 | Now you rea fo w with a story like this you really need a erm a , a decent does of antibiotics and given the of the unpleasant taste and the pus you can see , ordinary penicillin probably wo n't do the trick , so we need to use something with a bit more oomph |
| 13 | Such clubs were vulnerable to untrustworthy treasurers ' misappropriation of funds and gave members none of the benefits of an interest bearing fund . |
| 14 | BeckerTools is a set of utilities that give you better or extra disk and file utilities under Windows . |
| 15 | There will probably be a small range of settings that give satisfactory results . |
| 16 | In short Moses Moses revealed to that like the Egyptians each generation of Jews that gave them their character in general which is that today |
| 17 | When choosing say , a new fridge , do we worry about the power it uses compared with our existing model , or do we go for the one with the clever arrangement of shelves that gives plenty of room for the mineral water ? |
| 18 | I said , I said we 've been doing boundaries for the trial park today and they ran out of passes and gave us these and said they 'd be alright . |
| 19 | Within the overall group of advanced industrialized , capitalist market economies , it is necessary to choose a pair of countries that gives sufficient interesting variation in the ‘ independent variable ’ ; that is , in the nature of the political system ( including the place of state enterprise within it ) , and in the relationship between social classes and the state . |
| 20 | The plans would seem to have the merit both of broadening the spectrum of judges and giving the consumer greater choice . |
| 21 | And they were the sort of corsets that gave you the the straight boyish look that was necessary for the clothes of the twenties and the early thirties which were cut on the cross . |
| 22 | As usual , the Minister makes a lot of statements but gives no real facts , It would be useful if he followed the Prime Minister 's example and supported the concept of targets for the number of women that he expects to see in grades 1 to 5 of the civil service in one , two and five years ' time . |
| 23 | It is interesting to observe the behaviour of individuals when given a choice of conducting a piece of business in person or in writing . |
| 24 | You must explain the use of tapes and give clear instructions on the correct methods of drilling , both in classroom groups and in individual sessions . |
| 25 | At the same time , many governments offered social reforms to ease the plight of workers and give them fewer grounds for opposition . |
| 26 | Thus the ‘ qualities ’ covered a wider range of sports but gave them proportionately much less space overall than the populars . |
| 27 | It is easy to imagine the uses to which historians might put this information : from improving their understanding of the role of charities and giving , to providing material to construct a profile of a twentieth-century charity . |
| 28 | I can offer an account of what the minimum level to be attained at 16 by 80%-90% of pupils would entail in a few areas of the curriculum … ; in English , pupils would need to demonstrate that they are attentive listeners and confident speakers when dealing with everyday matters of which they have experience , that they can read straightforward written information and pass it on — orally and in written form — without loss of meaning and that they can say clearly what their own views are ; in Mathematics , that they can apply the topics and skills in the foundation list proposed in the Cockcroft Report ; in Science , that they are willing and able to take a practical approach to problems , involving sensible observations and appropriate measurements and can communicate their findings effectively … ; in History , that they possess some historical knowledge and perspective , understand the concepts of cause and consequence , and can compare and extract information from historical evidence and be aware of its limitations ; and in CDT [ craft , design and technology ] , that they can design and make something , using a limited range of materials and calling on a restricted range of concepts and give an account of what they have done and the problems they encountered . |
| 29 | Thus a type description might present a comprehensive array of structures and give each of them equal descriptive weight , but a token description might well reveal that some of these were of rare occurrence , or restricted to a realization through a limited range of lexical items , almost exclusively confined to certain contexts , or associated with certain meanings . |
| 30 | First , Suenens proposed a plan d'ensemble , an overall plan , to reduce the number of topics and give some direction to their work . |