Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [prep] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seminar took the view that the timber trade helps preserve forests by giving them economic value . |
| 2 | He went on to criticize the Holy Office for acting as judge and jury when it condemned theologians without giving them an opportunity to know what they were accused of , or of responding . |
| 3 | FRANCE pursues a single-minded policy to promote families by giving them a large tax deduction for each child , in addition to an allowance for mothers who stay at home . |
| 4 | As more of their advertising budget was diverted into promotions , consumer-goods firms strengthened retailers by giving them far more discretion over pricing . |
| 5 | The aim of this policy was to define parental rights and incidentally , mobilise parents by giving them more influence within the schools their children attended . |
| 6 | The restored Stuarts also encouraged companies by giving them charters , and two or three trading companies did a lot to expand English interests , although settlement of land by commercial companies never regained its initial importance . |
| 7 | There are also some that are actually innocuous but are seldom eaten for they have taken a rather complicated gamble by copying the colours of poisonous caterpillars to delude aggressors into giving them as wide a berth as the creatures they mimic . |
| 8 | It may be that the death of their adopted parents leaves them free to make inquiries without giving them hurt . |