Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | HUNDREDS of children enjoyed a sunny day out by the sea yesterday , thanks to the kindness of 300 drivers who gave their time to transport the youngsters . |
| 2 | ‘ Now we are selling 50,000 vehicles it gives us encouragement that European consumers will forget the past and give us another chance , ’ said Mr Miller . |
| 3 | Of the 365 visitors who gave the location of their permanent home , slightly more than a third ( 38% ) were from in or near Edinburgh , while the next largest group , accounting for just over a quarter ( 27% ) of those who replied , did not come from elsewhere in Scotland , but from parts of the UK outside Scotland . |
| 4 | The Matra-Ford proved even more reliable the following season , as car and driver swept the board with six wins which gave Stewart the first of his three world titles , winning by 26 points from Jacky Ickx ( Bel ) . |
| 5 | We feel very strongly about freedom of expression , so when [ in 1989 ] the NEA withdrew its grant to Artist 's Space , within forty-eight hours we gave them $10,000 to replace it . |
| 6 | Extracting main ideas : students choose one of six statements which gives ‘ the most accurate summary of the passage as a whole ’ ; they decide who is responsible for the destruction of the jungle from four alternatives ; they then read the passage again and make notes on how to save the jungle . |
| 7 | In place of the few massy figures on that we see scores of small ones , ranged in six registers which give us seven stories from legend as well as a band of animals and florals , a battle of Pygmies and cranes on the foot , and other figures on the flat of the handles . |
| 8 | He has recorded seven sittings with seven different mediums over eight years which give , he feels , all the evidence he needs . |
| 9 | The three books which give this impression of relentless fun are The ZX Spectrum and how to get the most out of it ( hardly a winner of the snappy title award ) by Ian Sinclair ( Granada , pp 144 , £5.95 ) , and Easy programming for the ZX spectrum and Computer puzzles for spectrum and ZX81 by Ian Stewart and Robin Jones ( shiva , pp 144 , £5.95 and pp 64 , £2.50 ) . |
| 10 | If , let us suppose , you were driving south from Mâcon or Bourg-en-Bresse ( I would stay chez La Mere Blanc at Vonnas ) you could drive through La-Tour-du-Pin , Saint-Rambert d'Albon , Beaurepaire d'Isère , Beaumont-les-Valence , La Garde-Adhémar , St-Paul-Trois-Chateaux — the three castles which gave their name to the Tricastin district — then down to Suze-La-Rousse and the tiny village of Donzère and its great nearby dam which is as wondrous and absorbing a spectacle in its way as any of the great Roman glories of this province through which , they claim , Hannibal marched with his Carthaginians — and presumably his elephants — two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven years ago . |
| 11 | Anxious not to offend the tsar further , he hesitated ; after three days he gave way , went to Philippopolis and the union of the southern and northern Bulgars was proclaimed . |
| 12 | A dog otter 's territory can stretch for up to a dozen miles which gives some indication of their range . |
| 13 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
| 14 | Nearer to the shape of the Flexi , though sparless and using a multiple line bridle system , is the Wolkensturmer Paraflex with a span of 240cm ( 94½in ) and sixteen cells which give it exceptional lifting power . |
| 15 | So ten times something gave us three sixty ten times what ? |
| 16 | a bulletin produced every 3 weeks which gives up-to-date information on funding opportunities , calls for proposals , new initiatives , publications , seminars , etc . |
| 17 | Bought a Vax , they said no they 're a con do n't worry , he said with a little bit of luck you 'll get one that 'll be free , you 'll have to give a report on it once a month , then about after nine months they give it to you if they thought |
| 18 | Even after 37 years they give you problems from time to time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Over five years I gave away about a million quid . |
| 20 | But the tendency was reversed in the 1986 elections which gave CCOO a clear majority of the votes ( see table 5.4 ) . |
| 21 | The first type involves the collision of two continents which gives rise to an intercontinental collision orogen ( Fig. 3.2 ) , the most notable example of which are the Himalayas . |
| 22 | There were two signs which gave prisoners away : their primitive Italian and the way they walked , lifting their heels and walking briskly , as if they were flying . |
| 23 | After two months he gave in . |
| 24 | After two years they gave up prospecting and pulled out . |
| 25 | After two days which give them time to gain maximum strength they are taken back and released in the same areas as the eggs were collected . |
| 26 | The 3.1 million electors who gave those votes were entitled to expect representation , and they got it , in the form of 42 MdBs . |
| 27 | Erm the cost of sales is two and a half million pounds which gives us a gross profit of almost two and a half million pounds . |
| 28 | We need to have some idea what the cells are picking up from , and where they are sending information to , in order to apply those two principles I gave you earlier , the selective trigger feature , and the selective projective zone . |
| 29 | After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg . |
| 30 | Chris Waddle 's club , who this week took their spending for the season so far to £14 million by signing the Nantes player Didier Deschamps , have signed agreements with four players which give them priority should they wish to sign any of them . |