Example sentences of "and [v-ing] the [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher 's achievements in taming the trade unions , reducing inflation , introducing privatization and more commercial values into the public sector , and recovering the Falklands gave scope for her adversary talents . |
| 2 | A technique known as " funnelling " in which more general questions are followed by more specific ones amplifying the general ones can be useful in guiding the interviewer through the schedule and encouraging the respondent to give fuller answers . |
| 3 | That in line with the Area Staff Commission and understanding the need to give adequate administrative support on an equitable basis , Regional Coordinators be given a budget of certainly not less in real terms than at present , to allocate to administrative support for regional colleagues wef April 1st , 1993 . |
| 4 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
| 5 | Some dealers and collectors were not above altering or even removing the genuine patina and treating the surface to give the appearance they felt it should have had . |
| 6 | Being part of a movement , collectively analysing , planning , working and reviewing the plan gives confidence that the outcome could represent the best alternative as viewed by the majority . |
| 7 | There is complete executive supremacy in the legislative process , severely limited opportunities for general debates criticising the government , virtually no opportunities for scrutinising executive acts and making the executive give an account of them … |
| 8 | This special art involves slightly fanning out and cramping the fore-edge to give a firm surface , and then painting on it , in very dry watercolours , a landscape or conversation piece . |