Example sentences of "of [noun pl] give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
2 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
3 | At either end of the village two long avenues of trees gave it a friendly air . |
4 | To belong to the Communion of Saints gives us a sense of deep communion . |
5 | But the equally necessary professional detachment of undertakers gives them a valuable view of human reactions . |