Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The value per share of the players comes to £2 — a useful figure for shareholders given our fully prudent accounting policy . ’
2 It is also illegal for manufacturers to give their product a misleading name , or to claim that it is made of a particular ingredient which in fact makes up a very small proportion of the product .
3 The day after doctors gave him their cautious opinion Roy gave away prizes for yet another cancer research fund-raising effort .
4 ‘ I can remember going down the Speakeasy with The Clash to look for models to give us cocaine and blow jobs .
5 If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report .
6 We have resisted the temptation to link up with any beauty product firm simply because we want our panel of experts to give you nothing but honest , impartial and wholly unbiased advice .
7 Gardening and agricultural production , unlike trading , were safe from government intervention , and his mixture of activities gave him some security should his job or his shop come under threat .
8 Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ?
9 The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion .
10 Bangkok is well supplied with ‘ shooting galleries ’ where pushers go down lines of addicts giving them all a fix with the same needle .
11 Goodlad 's ideas have received some outside encouragement : the Royal Society of Arts gave his course on communication of scientific ideas an Education for Capability award for providing an effective combination of academic reflection and the learning of practical skills in communication of ideas .
12 NEARLY half of parents giving their children vitamin pills are unaware of overdosing dangers .
13 A Crookes spokeswoman said : ‘ Bedtimers was launched after research showed that a third of parents gave their children adult hot chocolate drinks .
14 And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen .
15 One thing for certain , Sanders , you wo n't be coming here to the Mother of Parliaments to give us all the benefit of your profound wisdom .
16 Stress management in this respect is a matter of good management : not least , of managers giving themselves and their staff a clear , forward-looking idea of their role and how well they are fulfilling it .
17 So I I I mean , but I do n't know whether to take it today or you know because she 'll get a lot of things given her today .
18 At either end of the village two long avenues of trees gave it a friendly air .
19 This is about a young boy who is trying to avoid going to the dentists so he comes up with a series of excuses to give his mother .
20 To belong to the Communion of Saints gives us a sense of deep communion .
21 They searched my whole flat before they took me , looking for things like Durex , and to see whether I kept any books of accounts , of girls giving me money , all this sort of thing .
22 ‘ Unfortunately I 'm fresh out of medals to give you , but — ’
23 The great majority of voters give their first vote either to the CDU/CSU or to the SPD in much the same way as most British voters give their only vote to the Conservatives or Labour : that is where their basic loyalty lies .
24 The consolidation of results gave me , on one page , an overview of the ledger by risk category and was very effective in resource planning .
25 ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you .
26 More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women .
27 Enjoying a variety of foods gives you all the nourishment you need .
28 Enjoying a variety of foods gives you all the nourishment you need .
29 Although the Society of Gardeners gave their name to the Catalogus Plantarum ( Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs both Exotick and Domestic that are Hardy enough to Bear the Cold of our Climate in the Open Air and are Propagated for Sale in the Gardens near London ) 1730 , Philip Miller and Thomas Fairchild are thought to have been its chief promoters .
30 Far from hurling a newly laddered pair into the nearest rubbish bin in a rage , three-quarters of women give their stockings a second chance .
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