Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 2 | For very young children our Multivitamin Liquid can be mixed into milk or diluted fruit juice , or simply given on a spoon . |
| 3 | The transcripts were handed over to the Serious Fraud Office , and duly and properly given to the defendants in the criminal proceedings . |
| 4 | If he did not touch such heights again , he remained a thoroughly reliable keeper right to the end , small , neat and quiet , and rarely given to histrionics . |
| 5 | It is certainly less idealized , and less given to black-and-white distinctions . |
| 6 | Individuals usually more widely scattered over shore than Golden Plovers , and less given to manoeuvres in close flocks . |
| 7 | Mr Gilligrew seems ideally cut out to be leader of a protest group : insecure , loud , unhumorous , indignant , unpleasant , small and much given to counting points off on his fingers . |
| 8 | The students at Cuddesdon still found him very odd , and very unpractical , and very absent-minded , and much given to muttering to himself . |
| 9 | A broken man , pale and much given to outbursts of weeping , a man trembling on the threshold of self-murder . |
| 10 | Irrespective of their magnitude , whether they are big or small , in each case think about the emotional weight you once gave and still give to them . |
| 11 | Vestments and linens made by members in the preceding year were displayed and later given to churches as requested . |
| 12 | One produces a flower that closely resembles the form of a female wasp complete with eyes , antennae and wings and even gives off the odour of a female wasp in mating condition . |
| 13 | The kindest way is to say that , had we followed the advice so loudly and frequently given by the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his colleagues seven or eight years ago , it is highly probable that the hammer and sickle would still be flying over the Kremlin and , more importantly , that the Soviet armies would be massed in Europe . |
| 14 | The first , which is the simpler and the one used not in Northern Ireland but in the Republic , is to sort all of Paisley 's papers into " sub-parcels " , one for each second-preference candidate , and then to give to each such candidate a number of votes calculated in accordance with the following formula : the surplus divided by the total number of transferable votes , multiplied by the number of papers in each sub-parcel . |
| 15 | It was created and then given to the town in the last century by Massey — first name , and how fittingly , Placide — who had previously been the gardener in charge of the orangery of Versailles and at the Jar din tea Plantes in Paris . |
| 16 | Her Father had been a District Officer in N. Nigeria in the 1920's , and she gave us letters ; a diary ; some amazing old photographs and a telegram ; and , perhaps best of all , the mementoes of Piccin , the baby leopard reared by the family and then given to Edinburgh Zoo in 1929 . |
| 17 | This he kneaded into a pulp and then gave to Cleo to hold against her scratched cheek . |
| 18 | A clash with Constantius II was inevitable and Magnentius prepared for this immediately by raising a large army with substantial aid obtained from and freely given by the provincials , especially those in Gaul and Britain . |
| 19 | Knowing her husband , if he could be led to believe that the royal castle of Berwick might be alienated from the crown and actually given to him for his services , he would be the more apt to accede to the arrangement , being a man of acquisitive mind . |
| 20 | The food must not only be disguised , but also given in sufficient quantity , a task that has taxed the ingenuity of many a researcher ( see p91 and p92 ) . |
| 21 | This evidence was available to the chief veterinary officer last December but never given to the Select Committee . |