Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many voluntary organisations depend heavily on those with technical , secretarial , accountancy , fund-raising , carpentry , building or professional skills giving their advice free of charge . |
| 2 | Nor , for practical purposes , are they a constraint for most regulated public companies given their size and their controlled returns . |
| 3 | Some 20 distinguished scientists give their views on the involvement of scientists with war in general and the arms race in particular . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On Jan. 17 EC Foreign Ministers gave their formal backing to the allied forces fighting in the Gulf . |
| 6 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 7 | According to Rohlen ( 1973 ) , drawing on fieldwork in a Japanese bank , about a third of Japanese organizations give their employees ‘ spiritual training ’ , akin to techniques of religious con-version , therapy and initiation rites , which emphasize social co-operation , responsibility , reality acceptance and perseverance in one 's tasks . |
| 8 | I heard afterwards that Butler left also , and that Lord Salisbury , as senior Cabinet Minister , invited the remaining Ministers to give their opinion about who should succeed to the vacant and , in the circumstances , not very alluring post . |
| 9 | Full length account of the production of the famous firm founded by Arthur Lasenby Liberty in 1875 , whose distinctive products gave their name to Art Nouveau in Italy — Stile Liberty . |
| 10 | The small court at Reading was inundated with spectators as various witnesses gave their accounts . |
| 11 | In April Thai and Indonesian leaders gave their formal blessing to the idea of the triangle . |
| 12 | It was very successful , both in appearance and in standing up to the wear small children give their clothes . |
| 13 | Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . |
| 14 | As most of us watched the Rodney King verdict and its horrifying aftermath on TV , journalist James Ryan and photographer Andrew Macpherson drove separately into South Central LA to record their views of the riots ; meanwhile , KRS-One , Heavy D , NWA and other rappers give their comments |
| 15 | The doctors gave their services , the nurses gave their services , all the lay workers give their services and from one clinic we went to seven clinics in a week ! |
| 16 | The Lords of Trade asked merchants and other interests to give their opinions about policy ; a number of ministers had grants of their own for settlements in North America and clearly expected to benefit as landlords , though they did not go out like the Penns and the Baltimores to take an active role in running their properties . |
| 17 | Today the three main candidates give their answers AS an international trading nation suffering from a consistently declining balance of trade , which must be paid for , exports are vital to our prosperity . |
| 18 | Wise parents give their children increasing freedom to do so , in order that they may gain experience before the time comes for them to be fully responsible for the choices they make . |
| 19 | For the last 14 years the show has been put on at the Apollo Theatre , with adoring parents almost filling its eighteen hundred seats as those true troopers give their all for the gang show . |
| 20 | So a legend which had originated with the attempts of Dark Age royal servants to give their masters a lineage as old and distinguished as that of the Western Roman emperors they had displaced continued in the twelfth century to satisfy the needs of new royal families and even of some princely houses . |
| 21 | Two senior Senators gave their reactions to Saddam 's message . |