Example sentences of "the [noun pl] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Acts gives us many examples of Christian people bearing witness to Jesus , in particular his death and resurrection , to soldiers and governors , prince-lings and mediums , crowds and individuals . |
| 2 | I have to know that sort of thing otherwise I would n't know how hard to fire the retro-rockets to give you a gentle landing . |
| 3 | As an 11-handicapper who does not play quite as often as she would like , I found the clubs gave me more consistency and greater ‘ feel ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ It is easier for the institutions to give us records of all accounts rather than trying to strip out just those accounts which paid above a certain level of interest . |
| 5 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 6 | In one respect it is superior , as by staying lower down you will be constantly amazed by the ever changing scenery — higher up the views give you a good idea of the terrain you 'll be walking through the next day . |
| 7 | The court therefore has to approach its construction on the footing that the new Act may exhibit policies and intentions which are not necessarily the same as those in the earlier Act , and which require similar words to be given different meanings from those which the courts gave them under the earlier legislation . |
| 8 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 9 | The men times the hours gives you the man hours . |
| 10 | The Saudis give me a stretch Mercedes and a clandestine litre of Johnny Walker Black , but no girl . |
| 11 | They are just carrying out their life in accordance with the rules given them , as all ‘ people ’ including Chewong do . |
| 12 | How can you give them the opportunity to make alterations to the rules to give them " ownership " of a game ? |
| 13 | I agree with it and , for the reasons given him , I , too , would allow the appeal . |
| 14 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 15 | My Lords , for the reasons given I would however dismiss this appeal . |
| 16 | ‘ There just were n't the windshifts to give us leverage , ’ Conner admitted . |
| 17 | One of the reasons why pressure from reform-minded people outside the ranks of the government intensified in 1858 derived from the fact that , up to a point , the authorities gave it their blessing . |
| 18 | If you have time , pipe a little flavoured butter around the tartlets to give them a professional finish . |
| 19 | The parentheses gave her a sense of not existing , un-being perhaps was not too strong a word . |
| 20 | But the eyes give him away : sometimes they are all-seeing , giving the impression that he is quietly dissecting one 's soul . |
| 21 | ‘ I found the last 20 minutes extremely hard but the lads gave me every encouragement and I am delighted , ’ he said . |
| 22 | We 're all really close to each other , so if the lads give me a good track with some good bits that turn me on , I want to do well for them , I wan na get some lyrics out they 'd like . |
| 23 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
| 24 | This teacher 's view that the Afro-Caribbean pupils felt obliged to live up to the labels given them by the school was reiterated by other teachers . |
| 25 | Tolonen was getting to his feet , one of the guards giving him a hand . |
| 26 | The guards gave us a cigarette each and then left . |
| 27 | It scarcely mattered , since only one of the passers-by gave them anything . |
| 28 | Under section 245A , where copies of the annual accounts have been sent out , laid , or delivered to the Registrar and it appears to the Secretary of State that there is or may be a question whether they comply with the Act he may give notice to the directors indicating the respects in which it appears to him that the question may arise and specifying a period of not less than one month for the directors to give him explanations or prepare revised accounts . |
| 29 | We would support any moves to increase the powers of the regulators to give them stronger teeth . |
| 30 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |