Example sentences of "and giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis will be on developing an actor 's mental and physical concentration , and giving him/her sufficient craftsmanship to sustain a performance . |
| 2 | She bounced to the mirror to powder and tweak for a moment , catching Conroy 's eye and giving him a wink . |
| 3 | It seems to me that the successful professionals make their money not be selling their wares , but by selling their skills — by writing books , running courses , making videos , holding seminars and giving demonstrations — in short , by teaching others how to do it . |
| 4 | To have heard Rachmaninov play hisown or any other Russian music or to listen to his orchestral works is to realise he was a passionate musician , loving his art and giving his all to express the joys and sorrows , the tender and brutal moods and all the emotions to which man is subject . |
| 5 | In addition , Protech has excellent solar control properties , the clear film screening out 95% of damaging ultra-violet rays and giving 13% solar energy rejection . |
| 6 | If you have had any experience of Aids-like illnesses in dogs , please write to us enclosing as many details as possible and giving a daytime telephone number . |
| 7 | Many articles have appeared in the amateur radio press and elsewhere describing the many aspects of propagation and giving more detailed information on the theory of and effects of solar radiation on communications systems . |
| 8 | The Hill Samuel plan envisages splitting off the UK naval and avionics businesses and giving shareholders one share in the new company for every share they hold in the existing organisation . |
| 9 | He continued : ‘ I am looking forward to the next Labour government throwing out the Tory anti-union laws and giving working people the protection that they need to conduct legitimate industrial action . |
| 10 | Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , will offer reassurances on the changes to the National Health Service , with a strong defence of the policies for allowing hospitals to opt out , establishing an internal market and giving GPs practice budgets . |
| 11 | Toshack has wasted no time in putting his stamp on the side , moving the West German midfielder Bernd Schuster to libero , Michel from the right flank to central midfield , and giving the striker Emilio Butragueno a slightly withdrawn role . |
| 12 | People want high quality service , and that 's what money should be spent on — not on expensive public relations and giving shares away free . ’ |
| 13 | So a company chairman earning $750,000 a year and giving $250,000 to the local orchestra would pay tax on only $500,000 . |
| 14 | IMAGINE the reaction if , say , Ladbroke came to its shareholders and said : ‘ The Government have decreed that we will have to rebid for our betting licence in 1992 , and to put ourselves in a better position to win it we are taking on borrowings equal to our equity and giving our managers around 15 per cent of the company . ’ |
| 15 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 16 | In the report CNP calls for a number of proposals including — abandoning the 1998 deadline for renewable energy subsidies ; enabling grants to run for 15 years from the start of any one project ; issuing planning policy guidance on how to deal with planning applications , and giving encouragement to offshore wind generation which they claim could provide 50% of energy needs . |
| 17 | The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 18 | He was forward at seeking out young people of promise and giving them encouragement . |
| 19 | The new emphasis is on management skills and giving value for money . |
| 20 | Family was Jim and the others ; family was her women 's group and squabbling at two-thirty in the morning about whether women could be said to constitute a separate class because they had a separate relation to the mode of production , while still making each other coffee and giving each other hugs . |
| 21 | In rationalising the corporation and giving it the equipment that would allow it to compete with rivals , particularly foreign rivals , I had to have a capital programme . |
| 22 | So I settled for dusting off his shoulder and giving it a quick squeeze . |
| 23 | The front-wheel-drive Sigma is powered by twin-cam multi-point fuel-injected 3-litre 24-valve V6 engine , producing 202bhp and giving claimed performance of 140mph and a sub-eight second 0–60mph time . |
| 24 | On healthy hair the cuticle scales lie flat , reflecting light and giving hair a healthy sheen . |
| 25 | But his reminiscences , twice , thrice told , were lost on the dance-hall air as Erika walked away round the hall , affecting not to see Fritz who was standing moodily by the door , and giving a start of surprise when he asked her to dance . |
| 26 | When the congregation of the Lutheran Church gathered to hear the Word of God expounded , they expected to hear it expounded fully , and the Pastor of Tappersdorf was ready to oblige , not merely comparing the German text for the day — a reference to the doings of an obscure Old Testament prophet — with the original Hebrew , and giving a learned half-hour to an explanation of the circumstances in which the prophet lived , suffered , and prophesied , a time in which it seemed a small group of people struggled for the truth and searched for God under the shadow of huge decadent empires to the East — and the West , but he , the Pastor , was perfectly willing to apply the prophet 's message to the present day — and to present-day socialist Germany , at that . |
| 27 | Much of it just fails to scan correctly — very odd for someone who was lecturing and giving tutorials on English poetry . |
| 28 | The two shepherdesses are up until two o'clock each morning looking after ailing animals , and Small tours the farm continually during daylight hours , checking on the progress of lambing and giving help wherever it 's needed . |
| 29 | But the immediate priority , he emphasised , was to get back to the basics which Sir Reo Stakis tried to inculcate in his managers : using staff effectively to provide a service on the spot and giving the customer what he or she needs and expects . |
| 30 | And giving young parents a source of friendly , practical advice . |