Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As soon as I 've rung my Orderly Officer to give him certain instructions , I 'll have to get off back . ’ |
| 2 | But the demands it made upon my timid psyche gave it a quality and significance its components : loose rock , repetitive moves and so forth , would n't immediately suggest . |
| 3 | As to British Aerospace , will my hon. Friend give a firm assurance that the Government will continue vigorously to support exports of military aircraft — something which is strongly opposed by many Opposition Members ? |
| 4 | After the general election , will my hon. Friend give priority to consideration of rather more remote areas , like Ilfracombe , Barnstaple or South Molton that have rural or coastal connections ? |
| 5 | When he considers his share of the Conservative party manifesto , will my hon. Friend give a promise to my Skelmersdale council tenants that they will be able to purchase their houses under such a scheme in the future ? |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend give greater and more sympathetic consideration to the question that has just been asked , because those of us who understand cask-conditioned ale — real beer — know that it is extremely damaging for it to be dispensed under pressure ? |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 9 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 10 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 11 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 12 | Will my hon. Friend give way ? |
| 13 | What consideration is my hon. Friend giving to the scheme put forward by the services charity , SSAFA — the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association — to deal with redundant housing stock ? |
| 14 | It is important to note that if the pledge that the Labour party made at the last election had been carried through , dramatically less money would have been spent on health , for the reasons that my hon. Friend gave . |
| 15 | Is it not right that there would be a reversal of the excellent figures that my hon. Friend gave ? |
| 16 | My hon. Friend gave impressive evidence regarding the improvement in health care for his constituents . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend gave the details and I shall return to them in a moment . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend gave the figures , and if a Conservative Member wishes to dispute them he is free to intervene and do so . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend gives impressive figures which underline the importance of a successful outcome to the GATT talks . |
| 20 | The good example that my hon. Friend gives shows that , in pursuit of higher environmental standards , new technology is coming forward . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend gives a timely reminder of the benefits of investment in our roads infrastructure . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend gives an admirable description of the so-called fair rates proposals of the Labour party , to which we do not intend to return . |
| 23 | Not one leaf is to go out of the garden until either I or my chief taster gives the order . " |
| 24 | It took us One and a half hours to clean up , but my early start gave us plenty of time . |
| 25 | Would my honourable friend give way , brief , very brief . |
| 26 | This is my 23-month-old granddaughter giving her fond father a real smacker to wish him a happy birthday — they say there 's nothing quite like a baby 's love ! |
| 27 | John Hill had queried Miller 's description and had published his views in Eden , or a Complete Body of Gardening ( 1759 ) and Justice retaliated in his British Gardener 's Calendar ( 1759 ) : ‘ I thought it my indispensable duty to give Mr. Miller his due , both from a love of truth and from a sense of gratitude to him for his public labours , as well as private friendship . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll pin Harry Prosser 's great picture on my front door to give our old postman the idea of how it should be done . |
| 29 | Occasionally linen , holland or cerecloth would have been specially bought in for this purpose rather than sacrificing a useful item of domestic furnishing in an age when linen of any appreciable width was a luxury and worthy of bequest ( 'There are 4 very fine smocks in your father 's little linen trunk and one of my four breadth Holland sheets for your own girl Peg … and I desire your father that he will not let any of my household linen be sold , but that it may go to you and your eldest son and I hope to his son too , only some of my broderies of my own making give to your sister . ' ) . |
| 30 | I can cope with anything now — unless my own health gave out . ’ |