Example sentences of "and gives [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It offers users benefits through greater accuracy of input and gives them more time to respond to customers . ’ |
| 2 | Getting children interested is the secret : ‘ That sets them free , and gives them a spirit of inquiry . ’ |
| 3 | He explains their shifts and duties , and gives them their copy of the document which they have already seen at their interview . |
| 4 | Tracey copies out her notes neatly and gives them to her manager : |
| 5 | All comes from the Bible , which is offered to them as proof of the truth of what they are told , and gives them the impression that both extremes of behaviour are correct and righteous . |
| 6 | ( He cuts approximately half from each and gives them to Mona . ) |
| 7 | Religion is not equatable with particular religions : it transcends Hinduism , Christianity , Islam , and all other religions , yet it harmonizes them and gives them reality . |
| 8 | Gandhi describes religions as human constructs or expressions of that which underlies them and gives them reality . |
| 9 | We explained how the enjoyment of reading helps to develop children 's imaginative and aesthetic lives , enriches their use of language , introduces them to our cultural heritage and gives them opportunities for cultural analysis . |
| 10 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 11 | Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen . |
| 12 | They do have an extra point of initiative instead , which puts them on a par with Men and gives them an advantage over Dwarfs . |
| 13 | Often humanist theory simply draws on popular ideas about gender and gives them a psychological reading . |
| 14 | teachers see it as natural justice ( comparison with colleagues reduces isolation and gives them a yardstick ) ; |
| 15 | The argument could far more plausibly be turned on its head : the ‘ latent function ’ of the operation of unofficial suspect categories may be to make the administration of ( in ) justice more efficient and ‘ rational ’ , which in turn institutionalizes these practices and gives them the status of ‘ due legal process ’ . |
| 16 | He respects them , and gives them the freedom , as he did Isabella , to solve their own problems . |
| 17 | It teaches them responsibility and gives them the chance to work as adults with other adults . ’ |
| 18 | The labour movement has made hardly any use of its own scholars and intellectuals , and gives them little support , so that many drift through higher education into roles that have little relationship with their origins and aspirations . |
| 19 | The revised structure brings shift controllers out of operations support branch and gives them a reporting route directly to terminal operations manager Roy Beardall . |
| 20 | He takes somebody and gives them the work on the side . |
| 21 | The young black people of Britain who are into black consciousness and cultural awareness are keen to speak Afro-Lingua because it reinforces their awareness and gives them hope where otherwise there would be despair " ( 1986a : 44 – 5 ) . |
| 22 | Yeah , I just er , like to , just to welcome the ongoing commitment to the Treasurers Department , to keep down the er , charges to the public service units through C E C. Obviously this is to the benefit , and gives them the , a greater chance of succeeding out there , in what is a difficult market place . |
| 23 | Clare takes conventional subjects and gives them a twist , physically and artistically . |
| 24 | and gives them to different postmen to take to different houses |
| 25 | Struggling to hold back tears , Mr Parry added : ‘ If my son becomes a symbol for peace and gives everyone a new sense of hope after so much tragedy , then that will be Tim 's unique achievement . ’ |
| 26 | From ironing to dog-walking , June says skill-swopping binds a community together and gives everyone — not least the unemployed — a sense of purpose . |
| 27 | For him it means a coalition government , with his party as the junior partner , which immediately introduces legislation for proportional representation , and gives him a job in the Cabinet . |
| 28 | Any movement of the head changes the position of the semi-circular canals in relationship to gravity and so tells the owner which way up he is and gives him general orientation . |
| 29 | So-called from ‘ hak ’ , a species of snake , developing into the term ‘ hagge ’ during the sixteenth century to describe ‘ a succubus who sits on a man 's chest and gives him nightmares ’ . |
| 30 | The first is that of Aphrodite and Adonis : Aphrodite , the great Goddess , hides the child Adonis in a chest and gives him to Persephone , Goddess of the Underworld , who falls in love with Adonis and refuses to give him back . |