Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conditions ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) alone clearly are not enough and there can only be a limited number of ways of thinking of conditions which give the same results as ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) . |
| 2 | Lucille named d'Alembord to the Dowager Countess of Mauberges who gave the officer a very suspicious examination . |
| 3 | Again although there will be occasions when the bare lexical item will suffice to indicate meaning , when the context or the convergence of knowledge of those concerned will provide the specificity required , it will generally need to be supplemented by the addition of elements which give the word a more precise conceptual focus . |
| 4 | But then of course the kind of stories I give and the ones that most people like generally speaking are the accidents I have . |
| 5 | The place itself , the arrangement of those low , recently rebuilt stone farms and the few mud and wattle cottages , the eternal comfort of the lake 's shape and colours which seemed not to mirror but to temper her mood , the rise of fells which gave her sensibility its reach . |
| 6 | The majority of smokers who give up do so by simply deciding to stop but they may be helped by the informal support of the family , friends or colleagues . |
| 7 | A true geodesic has a criss-cross of poles which gives greater stability in high winds |
| 8 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 9 | The sort of events which gave rise to calls for statutory curbs — long-lens shots of the Duchess of York 's poolside exploits , or the ‘ Squidgy ’ tape — have not recurred . |
| 10 | I want to welcome obviously particularly er the order relating to Wales because it confers on Wales er one additional seat , giving us five altogether because of the rise in the Welsh population over the last ten years and that er although Wales was under represented under the previous erm er you know distribution of seats which gave us only four we will be slightly over represented when we have five because you simply ca n't have four and a half seats , it 's got to be one or the other but since the Welsh population is continuing to rise very rapidly then it is likely that that will be put right . |
| 11 | Erika was ready for a treat and a moment later , surrounded by a forest of plants which gave the café an Amazonian aspect , they were seated and ordering coffee and cakes . |
| 12 | Lindon Singers practice , group of singers who give concerts for charity , 14 Beech Road , Oatlands , Harrogate . |
| 13 | A second strand in research of the 1960s was a consequence of the increasing focus upon processes which gave indications of the magnitude of human activity and also led to the inauguration of research investigations specifically designed to measure the magnitude of man by comparing man-modified and unmodified areas or by measuring one area before , during and after the effects of man . |
| 14 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 15 | New proteins are now synthesized which provide the muscle 's contractile machinery and it becomes organized in the cell into a highly ordered array of filaments which gives muscle its striated appearance . |
| 16 | It uses the extensive Cabinet Minutes of the period , and many collections of private papers , to construct an explanation of policy in terms which give due weight to the nature of Cabinet government itself , and to the role of the Prime Minister in the area of external relations . |
| 17 | There is thus a contractual element in Moscow 's authority — a state of affairs which gives Eastern Europe 's conservatives a potential veto on reforms and experiments which the USSR might be tempted to support . |
| 18 | This would mean a bias to methods which give consumers a way of registering their preferences and those which encourage competition amongst suppliers . |
| 19 | It is not every failure to comply with law or every constitutional and non-constitutional short cut which adds up to an approach to powers which give rise to questions of legitimacy . |
| 20 | MODULES/ — provides a list of modules which give this user an interest in the DC . |
| 21 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 22 | Lodged in between these two dates were a number of factors which gave the issue a pressing urgency . |
| 23 | I mean you could start by saying , ‘ Canborough has , has been well known for the number of grants it gives , you know , as , as the means of saying , ‘ Up to now we 've been the good people . ’ |
| 24 | you divide three hundred and sixty by that number of sides which gives you this angle here , the angle at the centre . |
| 25 | My right hon. Friend the Chancellor put forward a number of measures which give a lot of cash flow help to British business — and none more important than that on the unified business rate , which means £500 million extra for business and relief from any increases in business rates . |
| 26 | One of a number of examples he gives is ‘ The Silence of the Lambs ’ , released in the West End of London in May , 1991 . |
| 27 | The process is simply to find the combination of variables which gave the best fit in the past and then to extrapolate the equation to make predictions . |
| 28 | So they devised a lot of things themselves to give them a a a helping hand . |
| 29 | George said : ‘ I think this should be a lesson to directors who give themselves massive pay rises . |
| 30 | The minutiae of naval , political and social life are introduced with the utmost literary tact so that the reader can enjoy the piquancy of surprise and can sense the author 's secret enjoyment of allusions which give the books their total authenticity . |