Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the removal of all tariff barriers , there will be few other measures available to States to grant assistance and there is a danger that , in the absence of control , State aids could become a substitute for protectionism , enabling a State to give preference to its own industry . |
| 2 | STEELWORKERS staging a sit-in gave their strike fund a boost yesterday by selling the bosses ' wine stock . |
| 3 | Although in terms of outgoings this type of mortgage is the most expensive , it arguably provides the best value since , having repaid the mortgage , the balance of the pension fund ( 75% ) is applied to purchasing an annuity giving a guaranteed income for life . |
| 4 | In May 1985 Mr Bewick had been duped into believing a kidney given by a living Indian donor was from a relative , Mr Sells said . |
| 5 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 6 | Lodging an application gives you the option of pursuing full patent protection in 60 countries , and proves the idea was yours first . |
| 7 | The first possibility can be assessed by using the mean risk ratings and the percentage of subjects recalling a junction given in Table 3.2 . |
| 8 | The Court said obiter that presenting a cheque gave rise to the same representations . |
| 9 | Each way of generating a sentence gives rise to a rooted tree , called its parse tree . |
| 10 | Women involved in radio are invited to participate in this venture by completing a questionnaire giving details of their interests and involvement . |
| 11 | Using a cream gives time for the hydrogen peroxide to be in contact with the bacteria in order to kill them or inhibit their division . |
| 12 | There are five specific reasons for not calling a witness given in r25 — namely , that the witness is dead or beyond the seas or unfit by reason of bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness or that , despite the exercise of reasonable diligence , it has not been possible to identify or find him or that he can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection of matters relevant to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement . |
| 13 | Certain movements such as boys kicking a football gave me ideas tor the choreography . ’ |
| 14 | She found it in Medau Rhythmic Movement when attending a course given by Molly Braithwaite at St. Andrews in Scotland , and decided at once to study at the Medau Schule in Coburg . |
| 15 | The other headmen indicated their agreement by attending a feast given by the chief , though the women of the village ‘ cried , wrung their hands , tore their hair , and appeared to be in the utmost distress ’ , at the notion of this fundamental change to tribal life . |
| 16 | Delaunay , for example , violently repudiated any analogy between his own art and that of the Futurists both in an open letter to the press and in a long essay written immediately after attending a lecture given by Marinetti at the time of the first Futurist exhibition in Paris . |
| 17 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 18 | Having a spill gives them a thrill , and it 's something for them to talk about afterwards . ’ |
| 19 | Women , especially married women , have increasingly desired to return to work and remain there by having a break to give birth . |
| 20 | Girls , Millett argues , are fully cognisant of male supremacy long before they see their brother 's penis ; and what they envy is not the penis , but the things to which having a penis gives the boy access — power , status and rewards . |
| 21 | Both these methods of creating a mortgage give the mortgagee a legal interest in the land . |
| 22 | He did this by undertaking a tour giving literary lectures and talks on elocution and in 1909 he published " A Literary Tour of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland . " |
| 23 | GIVE WAY is the most important rule — when entering a roundabout give way to any traffic already on the roundabout on your immediate right , unless road markings or road signs indicate otherwise . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) Subsection ( 3 ) above does not apply where a society or associated body is authorised by the scheme to relieve itself of its obligation to take the steps it is directed to take or pay the compensation awarded by the society 's undertaking an obligation to give the requisite publicity for the reasons for not doing so and the society undertakes that obligation . |
| 25 | Parents have found many ways to mark a new arrival — planting a tree , designing a certificate or making a book to give to the child when older . |
| 26 | Following a presentation given by Group environmental manager Jon Lawrence the children were set a questionnaire and asked to design a poster and come up with a project to help safeguard the environment . |