Example sentences of "or [noun] give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Just as essences or forms give rise to those properties , so definitions of those forms , when used as premisses , give rise to conclusions about those properties .
2 Second , and more briefly , I shall ask some questions about the relevance of the 1988 Act to the particular needs of pupils in our schools who have significant difficulties with learning , or whose behaviour or adjustment gives cause for concern .
3 The questions which arise in aircraft accident investigation usually relate to the boundaries of radio technology — things such as trying to establish the radio propagation conditions in which some phenomenon or other gives rise to a kink in an instrument landing system localiser or glide slope but only on an intermittent basis , or the reliability of a radio altimeter in an auto-land system during an approach over surfaces with greatly differing radio reflecting characteristics .
4 The issue was ‘ the date of the act , neglect or default giving rise to the action ’ for the purposes of the applicable limitation statute .
5 ‘ No action of damages where the damages claimed consist of or include damages … in respect of personal injuries to any person shall be brought in Scotland against any person unless it is commenced … before the expiration of three years from the date of the act , neglect or default giving rise to the action …
6 … I am prepared to hold , therefore , that the ‘ act , neglect or default giving rise to the action ’ was the doing of damage to the plaintiff by the negligence of the defendants : and inasmuch as the action was commenced within three years from the date when the damage was done , it is not barred by the statute .
7 or , ( 1 ) a claim which by virtue of any other enactment the court has power to hear and determine notwithstanding that the person against whom the claim is made is not within England and Wales or that the wrongful act , neglect or default giving rise to the claim did not take place within England and Wales .
8 He was the soapbox orator who could quote Virgil or Shakespeare to give dignity to a bitter grudge .
9 So construed , section 9(4) would have some effect , because it would prevent a court from ordering a Crown officer or servant to give evidence of the executive branch 's current attitudes or policies , but it would be of very limited scope .
10 He was the last of the non-juror bishops to die , and his acceptance that cession or death gave legitimacy to the new bishops enabled most of the non-jurors to return to communion with the Church , though the extreme minority continued in schism .
11 A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose .
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