Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun] give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , if a clause giving a reason for such an action has a pronominal subject , we expect it to refer back to the questioner . |
| 2 | From now on ignorance will be no excuse and if a doctor gives a pill or an injection it is up to each player to make sure it 's not on the list of banned medicines . |
| 3 | For example , if a father gives a child a motor car or jewellery and the child sells the gift and invests the proceeds , is the income from the investment paid to the child by virtue or in consequence of the gift or is it paid to him or her in consequence of the sale of an asset which belonged absolutely to the child ? |
| 4 | The law was changed in 1989 after public outrage when a judge gave a burglar who broke into a vicarage and raped the vicar 's daughter a higher sentence for the burglary than the rape . |
| 5 | The Way is waymarked , though a booklet giving a detailed route description is available from : |