Example sentences of "give to " 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 Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools .
3 The constructivist thesis , it is argued , is not relevant because mental representations have not been defined away and replaced by talk of actions : we still have to say how mental life as we know it to be , with the representational character that we naturally give to it , relates to neuronal life .
4 ‘ These measures have added nearly another £600m a year to the support we give to those over retirement age .
5 The excitement , suspense , and danger which seems the lot of the police on celluloid feeds into the definitions many of Easton 's section police give to their work experience , and the supposed similarity of this experience leads them to see police films and television programmes as an accurate portrayal , to be watched avidly because of this shared world .
6 It is also structured by the biographical situation of the person using the term and the definitions they give to their work role .
7 Then , picking up a rifle that had been give to me by the French Commandos , I joined the others , lining up in the darkness at the edge of the wood preparing to move off .
8 He believes that the financial support companies give to charitable works can , and should , be quantified .
9 I would like to commend you for the support you give to rural artists and craftspeople , through your excellent articles — especially at a time when , due to cuts in grants , such people need all the help they can get .
10 And as the lifeboats are run entirely on voluntary contributions and membership fees , the £6 you give to us is vital .
11 If we give to personally known recipients , we experience gratification while they experience obligation .
12 ‘ It can not be irrelevant to evangelism that so many unbelievers think the place we give to women in the Church is frankly absurd . ’
13 A credit crunch is the name economists give to a sudden reluctance among banks to lend money .
14 Their inadequacy is often disguised by the tax incentives that many governments give to institutional saving .
15 Nothing is more characteristic of churches than their attitude to assurance and the place they give to it in their preaching and systems of doctrine .
16 The one real problem is the voice-over give to Liotta 's wife , which drifts in and out of the action and rather muddies Scorsese 's operatic clarity .
17 The answer is 0.9 recurring , but I do not expect to be awarded great sums of public money for this discovery , which I freely give to the world ; nor do I demand the overthrow of government and its takeover by a gang of lower-class hooligans .
18 Our society is built on interdependence , we all give to it , and take from it .
19 If that is the sense they give to the word ‘ Panslavism ’ , oh ! then I am a Panslav .
20 This mainly reflects the care spouses give to one another , and underlines the importance of the spouse as the first source of care in old age .
21 Warm acceptance , and a compassionate and kindly approach , should be the marks of all that we give to others — and to our own children too .
22 As a result , happiness and fulfilment in our lives never come ready-made , but the emotional environment we give to our children can contribute enormously to their growth .
23 It can not be irrelevant to evangelism that so many unbelievers think the place we give to women is frankly absurd .
24 Indeed , all that remains today of the old inherent rights are the power to control the method of carrying out the functions which Parliament from time to time give to the local authorities and the power to make rules as to the conduct of the meetings of the local authority .
25 Facial expression is a rich source of information regarding the emotional state of the individual and some evidence of this can be found in the amount of space and time authors and playwrights give to describing the facial changes in their characters .
26 Meditation is the just judge that can look at the present and put it into perspective ; the images of the past , the faithfulness , the many joys and sadnesses give to the present a continuity so that the nearness does not warp the judgement .
27 Thus , when we think of a person , the impression we give to him and the one we wanted to give to him and what we really think of him , and what we say to other people about him are all exactly the same .
28 Give to me the death certificate book , and this new patient 's notes . ’
29 Coleman 's will , dated 1 July 1839 , provided for the founding of a Coleman prize : ‘ Also , I give to the Royal Veterinary College , at the expiration of three years from my decease , the sum of one hundred and sixty-six pounds thirteen shillings and fourpence , 3 per Cent .
30 In return countries in , say , western Europe or Japan , give to the US information from their own satellites .
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