Example sentences of "we give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salim can be designated a Kenya Asian : the name we give to those hard-working aliens who have been driven out of African countries , and who include the shopkeepers and merchants expropriated in Uganda by Amin . |
| 2 | We give the child two pencils of equal length side-by-side , and he correctly judges them to be the ‘ same size ’ . |
| 3 | Finally we give in and rent the movie we ignored a few months ago when we went to see Midnight Run . |
| 4 | Nicholas was sympathetic : ‘ He is only as good as the players we give him . ’ |
| 5 | FILM / A-Z of films for the capital : The programme of the 33rd London Film Festival was announced this week : We give complete details and Owen Slot picks out some of the highlights |
| 6 | ‘ These measures have added nearly another £600m a year to the support we give to those over retirement age . |
| 7 | What is important is to tell your readers that the Safety Authority is quite independent of the influence of Eurotunnel and of the Government when it comes to the advice we give on safety standards of the tunnel and its railway system . |
| 8 | They both took up together , ‘ We give Thee thanks , O Almighty God , for all Thy bounty which we have received through Christ Our Lord who liveth and reigneth world without end , amen . ’ |
| 9 | In creating a single market we have to make sure we give equal opportunities to everyone , and not just create a jamboree for the Japanese . ’ |
| 10 | We give two examples of these . |
| 11 | Certainly , expecting that you will suffer from jet-lag hardly helps and this becomes an argument for adopting a positive attitude to the difficulties and knowing that they can be minimized by following the advice we give later . |
| 12 | Such knowledge will be the basis of the advice we give in the next chapter for promoting adjustment after a time-zone transition . |
| 13 | If we give to personally known recipients , we experience gratification while they experience obligation . |
| 14 | ‘ It can not be irrelevant to evangelism that so many unbelievers think the place we give to women in the Church is frankly absurd . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’ |
| 16 | All the trappings of Christmas — the decorated tree , lights , the presents we give , the crib , tinsel , crackers , the eating and drinking which make up our celebrations — are only ‘ signs ’ . |
| 17 | I do n't think we will talk sensibly about a Decade of Evangelism if we give a cross theology second or third place in our preaching . |
| 18 | We give each other . |
| 19 | We give birth surrounded by people who reflect our own fear that we will lose control and that our animal self will burst forth noisily and messily . |
| 20 | follow the advice we give in this book and you will attain all your health and fitness goals . |
| 21 | So often we give children pat , reassuring answers when we really have all sorts of unanswered questions ourselves . |
| 22 | THE more scientists write to The Times threatening to vote Labour unless we give them huge sums of money , the more many of us feel it is time to call a halt to science . |
| 23 | We give them one period in the year of intense stimulation . ’ |
| 24 | But he continued : ‘ Although we represent the Israeli point of view , we give out the whole picture . |
| 25 | For it often happens that the things we take for granted are the very things that need most explaining , but to which we give least attention because we are barely conscious of them ourselves . |
| 26 | In fact , we give a kind of reality to imagined creations by feeling these emotions ; in a way we live an imagined situation because it affects us emotionally . |
| 27 | We give substantial aid to the relief of poverty and to help the struggling economies of the developing world . |
| 28 | We believe that only the best is good enough for Britain , and that the best will only be accomplished if we give the British people the freedom and the opportunity they need to succeed . |
| 29 | That the potential for collaboration was there may be seen from the final sentence by J. W. Heslop Harrison ( 1948b ) where he says ‘ Still , it must be admitted that much remains to be done , and by many workers ; we give a hearty invitation to others to join us in our labours ’ . |
| 30 | It is possible to live with wild animals , if we give them a little space . |