Example sentences of "and give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we are to reduce the number of new infections and protect our young people , they must be given the facts about AIDS/HIV and given the opportunity to discuss the issues openly . |
| 2 | So achieving Marchbanks was a gradual and thoughtful affair — I remember being taken aside by the director and given a whole day after we had been rehearsing for two weeks and simply talking together about the play and about ourselves which was the real making of the part over the next weeks of final rehearsal . |
| 3 | Which is not to say , he wrote , that the present project has any value over and above the others , mine and those of everyone else , I have been into the question of value already and will not return to it now , has any value or that its outcome has any value , I have to repeat this , simply that now , for me , today , after the things I have done and given the time left me , it is the most important thing , it is what , from the time I first picked up a pencil and made a mark on a piece of paper , everything has logically led up to . |
| 4 | The final garden section has been screened off neatly with espalier fruit and given over to salad crops and utility elements such as a shed , a compost area and an incinerator ( essential ingredients in most compositions ) . |
| 5 | In a similar fashion , all the representative bodies of the police — ACPO , the Superintendents ' Association , and the Police Federation — were outraged at the creation of the Crown Prosecution Service in the Prosecution of Offences Act in the mid-1980s ; for one area of police power in the courts had been removed at one fell swoop and given to another arm of the executive . |
| 6 | For one thing it has prompted a full-scale review of all the carving at Hampton Court and given the restorers the opportunity to reverse years of general neglect . |
| 7 | Many Brush-built Class 31s were equipped with ETH generators and given a major body overhaul , while some Class 47s were similarly treated . |
| 8 | In the meantime , most of the original Classes 302 , 304 , 305 , 307 , 308 have been turned into open saloons and given new seating and gangways . |
| 9 | He described the former as derived from traditional sources and given theatrical form which demonstrated how his peasants and farmers would move in everyday life . |
| 10 | Without this attitude , and given the inventiveness of many beer advertisements , we can forget about our greatest asset , the local and traditional character of British brewing . |
| 11 | And given the inevitable draining of tension at this point , it was remarkable indeed how she and the Scarpia , Keith Latham , revived the scene for its murderous climax . |
| 12 | The President said his government had the right to acquire any sophisticated weapon from the Soviet Union , ‘ if Pakistani intervention in Afghanistan expands ’ , but he wanted a political settlement in which Afghanistan would be demilitarised and given international guarantees of permanent neutrality . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours . |
| 15 | A novice struggling through one of Manze 's pies — crisp golden pastry on top and soggy pastry below — is quickly spotted and given a cursory instruction in the art of pie-eating by a Bermondsey-born professional . |
| 16 | A GROWING demand for slate roofs has breathed new life into traditional slate quarrying in north Wales and given a fillip to villages that for centuries have relied on the industry for jobs . |
| 17 | In an uncertain market and given the water flotation is already something of a lottery , that is a dangerous attitude to take . |
| 18 | In 1982 Mrs Chamberlain was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder , while her husband was convicted as an accessory and given a suspended 18-month jail term . |
| 19 | Political persuasion was required to keep up the political momentum , and given the changing age profile of the electorate — many of whom had not been adults a decade ago — Sir Geoffrey warned : ‘ We 've got to choose the style to match the mood of Britain . ’ |
| 20 | An 84 acre commercial conifer woodland near Exmoor has been bought by Paul McCartney and given to the League Against Cruel Sports as a sanctuary against hunting . |
| 21 | The woman had lashed out in fear and given the bird a fatal blow , feathers everywhere . |
| 22 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 23 | Then one day he was sent for by the refining director and given twenty-four hours to make up his mind about a posting to the United States . |
| 24 | We would have fished Tony out two or three kilometres down after the water had knocked him around a bit , and given him a dreadful bootful since he was wearing his Lundhags . |
| 25 | Given that Callinicos ' book is difficult , and given the probability that despite the seriousness of its argument it is unlikely to be widely debated , I will firstly offer an interpretation of what I think its main themes are , and what they are not . |
| 26 | In fifth it 's no faster , and given that Mercedes reckons it should reach 143mph , this is a disappointing result . |
| 27 | Flowers last longest if kept in a cool place and given a high phosphate feed once a month . |
| 28 | Thus a stream of pulses lasting 1 second each and given at 10 second intervals could be the ‘ background ’ ( they could be sound pulses or pulses on a screen , for example ) ; the ‘ signal ’ being sought could be the absence of a pulse , one that was shorter or longer than the standard value or one that appeared too soon or too late . |
| 29 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 30 | I have dusted down others and given them sacrilegious new twists , incorporating nuts into rolypoly , for example , and using kumquats instead of lemons for old-fashioned Sussex Pond Pudding . |