Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a major victory for the concept of affirmative action or reverse discrimination , the Supreme Court ruled by five to four on June 27 that Congress had broad powers to mandate government policies which gave preference to racial or ethnic minorities . |
| 2 | The city suits and ivory silk dinner jackets she gave to Franky . |
| 3 | Today , the challenge is to create working time arrangements which give individuals far greater autonomy in their own lives , including the opportunity of lifetime learning . |
| 4 | Accordingly , the increase in value of the shares does not derive from the removal or variation of a restriction , or the creation or variation of a right , relating to the shares , ie there is no novus actus interveniens which gives rise to the increase in value . |
| 5 | But the Guy 's Hospital Trust money men who gave McDonald 's a lease were more enthusiastic . |
| 6 | Ringing round some of the ex club members they gave their pictures of Philip : ‘ A quiet but firm man , who always had time to listen , and give advice when asked . ’ |
| 7 | The heavy breasts and opulent maternal figures of the old Stone Age goddesses which give way to the multiplied breasts of the Ephesian Diana and then to the Mother-and-Child images mentioned above represent a trend of increasing clarification and refinement of the basic psychological situation — the need to find in heaven a substitute for the primal mother lost on earth . |