Example sentences of "a [noun] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gained the initial advantage , the company can then price at a level to give itself a profit but still deter rivals , who face higher costs from entering . |
| 2 | Whites agree in a referendum to give ‘ coloureds ’ and ‘ Indians ’ the vote — but not the majority African population . |
| 3 | Crude oil is thermally ‘ cracked ’ in a refinery to give petrol . |
| 4 | He also showed a willingness to give business to new firms , such as Saxton Bampfylde , as well as more old-established businesses like GKR and Clive & Stokes . |
| 5 | The real point at issue between the president and the big Democratic majority in congress was the size of the tax cut , but Ford showed weakness by revealing , at an early stage , a willingness to give ground on size while insisting that the most important requirement was that the legislature should act quickly . |
| 6 | He regarded the new ideas as a trick to give even more power to the manufacturers — and perhaps his political analysis was not at fault , since the exponents of these ideas were largely middle-class . |
| 7 | Enter Rooms for Windows , a shell that takes the metaphor of a building to give not just multiple desktops , but also multiple environments , each of which is called a room . |
| 8 | It must have been a wrench to give some of it up , but you had a choice ; I never had a choice . ’ |
| 9 | And me mam says , oh just for a change to give someone else a chance . |
| 10 | They also had a jeep to give backup support . |
| 11 | But Dawn Run was not a horse to give in meekly , and as the four came round into the straight she stuck resolutely to her guns . |
| 12 | He said , No Emma I ca n't there 's no way I can be at a wedding to give you away at nine o'clock . |
| 13 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 14 | Ministers won a vote to give a private company , Scallop Kings , exclusive rights to farm shellfish over an area of seabed along the shore south- west of Fort William . |
| 15 | Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some . |
| 16 | Resistance to uncomfortable news , for example a recommendation to give up one 's own home , is as strongly present as in earlier life . |
| 17 | Women , especially married women , have increasingly desired to return to work and remain there by having a break to give birth . |
| 18 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 19 | You 'll know that when you select NI products you 'll be buying gifts that are a pleasure to give as well as to receive . |
| 20 | I must say it 's a pleasure to give you that |
| 21 | There is never a better gift for a musician to give than to offer their talent and it being received . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 23 | For this reason it may be unwise to rely on hearsay evidence , particularly in contested proceedings , where it is possible to call a witness to give direct evidence of the facts in issue . |
| 24 | It will involve a deal to give greater powers to the European Parliament to control the EC council of ministers which , in turn , will supervise the proposed central bank on behalf of the 12 member governments . |
| 25 | The prince for his part seems to be working on a deal to give the Khmers Rouges a role in the political system . |
| 26 | Beefy has been recalled for the resumed Texaco Trophy series in a bid to give England a clean-sweep revenge for their World Cup final beating by Pakistan . |
| 27 | Artisoft Inc has journeyed to Palo Alto , California from its backwoods base in Tucson , Arizona and signed up the Wollongong Group in a bid to give Lantastic users access to the Unix world . |
| 28 | From January 1990 the maximum rate of income tax for private individuals and businesses was cut to 35 per cent in a bid to give a boost to the stock exchange and investment ; the new simplified system was also intended to reduce tax evasion . |
| 29 | American Donny Odom will partner Steve Regeling in the opening heat in a bid to give the team a flying start . |
| 30 | Work carried out in the area of ergonomics takes account of the fact that most drivers only have a few tenths of a second to give an order or read information . |