Example sentences of "for a [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A study by Peters ( 1988 ) showed a similar result comparing subjects ’ memories for a nurse giving them an inoculation with that for a researcher subsequently encountered , they found that face recognition was impaired for the nurse , another result suggesting memory impairment for an arousing event . |
| 2 | From time to time , taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other 's work and publications . |
| 3 | For a child given here to me , |
| 4 | It has been argued recently , however , ( see Graham , 1982 ) that it must be rational for a person to give up their autonomy sometimes . |
| 5 | And me mam says , oh just for a change to give someone else a chance . |
| 6 | He also stressed his belief that ‘ people should have the right to express their views through the ballot box , and he would continue to look for a way to give people the chance to exercise their democratic rights , ’ the department 's spokesman said . |
| 7 | I again last month wrote to Mr to try a promote a drug free competition for a Sunday giving various dates of nineteen ninety two and have yet to hear . |
| 8 | Rather than moving back to a more conventional approach based on genuine consultation , it had opted for a system giving it greater control . |
| 9 | The woman who answered Bernadette 's ad for a childminder gave a false name , no proper address , was evasive about her phone number , and had no references . |
| 10 | and for a while given him |
| 11 | After a few days she even left the cubs for a while to give him a reassuring lick . |
| 12 | Often , directing the flow of water from a garden hosepipe into the top — or bottom — of a downpipe or an open hopper will clear the blockage ; leave the hosepipe running for a while to give the system a good flush out . |
| 13 | It is a good practice for a member to give notice at one meeting that he wishes to discuss a certain matter at the next meeting . |
| 14 | So far as the early history of the emancipation process is concerned Field 's position is probably stronger than Zakharova 's , for although Nicholas I 's call for a militia gave rise to disturbances among the peasantry in 1855 , although almost all the memoranda which circulated in private during the Crimean War referred to the possibility of peasant risings , and although Alexander II alluded to the prospect of rural uprisings both in his speech to the Moscow gentry and in his comments on the papers submitted to him by Haxthausen , it is hard to prove that rural developments took pride of place among the reasons for setting reform in train . |
| 15 | Southampton must pay 25 per cent of the fine now and the other £15,000 will be suspended for a year to give boss Ian Branfoot time to sort out the worst record in top soccer . |
| 16 | For a man given to painting there is a surprising lack of colour , of objets d'art . |
| 17 | A thank you letter received from St. Clare 's Hospice for a cheque given for two hundred and eighty pounds . |
| 18 | Martin and I came back in together for a verse to give Bunny a lead in on his clarinet for three or four choruses and he was good , but probably barely audible above the traffic . |
| 19 | The closely-knit corps of torturers made it difficult for a torturer to give up his job . |
| 20 | How is it possible , in a legal democracy , for a sheriff to give a court order without evidence from both parties ? |
| 21 | Quite often , the police ask for a remand to give them time to make further enquiries , assemble their evidence and so on . |
| 22 | This is because the architecture makes it relatively simple for a compiler to allocate local scalars in registers , so there is no need for a language to give hints telling which should be used . |
| 23 | There is never a better gift for a musician to give than to offer their talent and it being received . |
| 24 | For a leaflet giving further details , please send an sae to the ADDP at 23 Slipper Road , Emsworth , Hants . |
| 25 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 26 | You may wish for a partner to give you all that , but what are you prepared to give of yourself ? |
| 27 | I shall invite Roirbak and Malamute here for a meeting to give you more freedom . |
| 28 | " He will share your bed and possess your body , " Maria Candida had said when asked what it meant for a woman to give herself to her husband . |
| 29 | It was also decided that the Master , Wardens and Assistants should pay for a key giving them access to the Garden . |
| 30 | Tonight Rebekah Ashford should be in hospital in London preparing for an operation to give her a new lease of life . |