Example sentences of "they [modal v] give [noun] " in BNC.

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1 People of opposing political views can live together , as can people of different religions , until something happens to make them meet head-on , and then one of them must give way .
2 For all people , that they may give glory to God for the gifts of speech , hearing and sight which make communication possible , and for the audiovisual media which nourish these gifts in new and marvellous ways .
3 Yet again , they may give rise to conflict , with one seeking to dominate the other either through conquest or infiltration .
4 if they 're saying there are no restrictions , cos they can not , they simply can not give there good clearance if there was something which is something of a restriction of competition , they must give exemption , they have no jurisdiction to do anything else , if they look at a clause and say
5 They should give Quayle his own network and just ask him questions , that 's the show .
6 In particular , they should give pupils the opportunity to gain some experience of the works of Shakespeare .
7 In particular , they should give pupils the opportunity to gain some experience of the works of Shakespeare .
8 But where local law is absent or ambiguous , and British courts have the opportunity to shape the law according to their notion of an appropriate public policy , they should give effect to the policy laid down by the Convention .
9 If they also observe the principle of Conventionality , then on those occasions where the meanings of new words would be identical to those of conventional words already known , they should give priority to the conventional words .
10 If these institutions genuinely want to help the poor , they should give priority to helping voluntary organizations .
11 If there 's anyone up atop they might give trouble . ’
12 They could give kamikaze pilots some lessons !
13 Oh yes when the war started yes , you , you see the people would have been called up into the forces anyway people young enough to fly , who , who had an interest , because er one of the air displays I remember very much a tomboy as she was she they used to give pleasure flights and she had defied this pilot to take her up and make her sick , and he was took her up there looping rolling and everything and er
14 It is to him that the most certain benefit of holding more surgeries would accrue : they would give proof of availability and sympathetic concern and increase the number of his personal contacts .
15 Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked .
16 The irony of Labour 's tax proposals is that they would give Britain an income tax profile like that in the United States , where the burden falls hardest on middle income families with children .
17 Greenpeace in turn criticized the Commission 's proposals on the grounds that they would give industry a licence to burn waste rather than encourage it to minimize the production of waste .
18 They may provide for the position of the institutional equity investors in respect of warranties on a flotation , in particular , whether or not they would give warranties in the offer for sale agreement to the merchant bank leading the flotation .
19 They will give Mirror readers an initial FREE survey providing you agree to use their services if further work is necessary .
20 It is little surprise that they are saying that for the time being they will give Mrs Cresson the ‘ benefit of the doubt ’ .
21 We usually start by looking through the Yellow Pages and ringing up companies to ask if they will give donations and prizes .
22 In return they will give £30 , and a range of OBO fixings worth another £20 , to the most amusing letter each month — to make sure you get it right next time !
23 But there , there is an agreement actually er with employers stating that they , they will give time off for erm that 's what
24 ‘ If that happens they will give respect back . ’
25 They will give presentations on those aspects of engineering and science that are having an impact on the development of military equipment and systems .
26 They will give counselling , support and advice .
27 Members of the Suffolk Accident Rescue Service , staff voluntarily by GPs , are usually the first doctors to arrive at the scene of car accidents where they can give specialist emergency treatment , additional to that provided by ambulance staff .
28 You can always seek financial help from the Executive because they can give money out campaigns selective .
29 Unconvinced of the healing powers of art , they can give artists-in-residence a hard time .
30 They need to describe initially what issues they want to stand firm on and what issues they can give way to .
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