Example sentences of "it gave to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not the least surprising aspect of the BBC radio documentary ’ The Price of Perfection ’ was the space it gave to the aggrieved reminiscences of the Philharmonia Orchestra 's former first flute , Gareth Morris . |
| 2 | Next , a story lifted from the Daily Mail about Professor Jerrold Petrofsky 's work in Dayton , Ohio , and the hope it gave to the paralysed PC Philip Olds . |
| 3 | We discussed the cosmic background microwave irradiation and the support the discovery of it gave to the big bang theory . |
| 4 | Thus the Church , for all the opportunities which it gave to men to find new lives and lofty ideals , to transcend the limitations of the age , still , in its main structure , reflected the social organization of the world . |
| 5 | She had learnt long ago that Nahum 's chief interest in the Foundling Hospital was the boost it gave to his own ego being on the Board of Governors , a position acquired mainly through the generosity of his brother-in-law , John Bradford , who always supported the charity financially . |
| 6 | The humble old Citroën 2CV probably never realised just how much it gave to European light aviation ! |
| 7 | The atmosphere remained fraught , and though he may have secretly relished the animation it gave to things , he needed to settle into a quiet routine if he was going to produce good work . |
| 8 | Indeed , the new economy , the concomitant increase.in the standard of living and the purchasing power which it gave to the individual sounded the death-knell for the minor guilds . |
| 9 | Although we think of it now as a packaging material and the ubiquitous polythene bag appears to be a major support of modern life , its primary contribution was in the impetus it gave to the plastic moulding industry and the first development of plastic buckets , sink bowls and so on . |
| 10 | I had won the scholarship to the grammar school and I could n't begin to describe the joy it gave to Aunt Hettie and Uncle Fred . |
| 11 | It gave to the administrative unity of Bourbon Spain , ‘ the supreme creation of the eighteenth century ’ , an emotional content . |
| 12 | She was thrilled with the suffragettes ' tenacity and the expression it gave to her feelings about being in some kind of sexual trap . |
| 13 | I swung the axe in swift rhythm , glad of the release it gave to the tension I felt building inside and around me . |
| 14 | He laid both hands to the ring and turned it , and it gave to his cautious thrust and let him in . |