Example sentences of "give [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one extreme , the editors could be given total licence to film anything they liked and to show the House in their own way ( as when covering a football match , or as in some American state legislatures where camera and microphone men are even allowed to wander around on the floor of the House ) . |
| 2 | Both Catholic and evangelical churches ( particularly those based in the United States ) have given economic aid to villages , particularly in the Ixil ‘ development pole ’ . |
| 3 | Discussion of the various phenomena of ‘ exposure learning ’ in Chapter 1 revealed just such an effect — rats given prolonged exposure to a pair of stimuli presented in their home cages learned a subsequent simultaneous discrimination between these stimuli more readily than subjects for whom the test stimuli were novel ( Gibson and Walk 1956 ) . |
| 4 | We have given strong support to the Sports Council and its efforts to raise participation in sport . |
| 5 | The crises of 1947 and 1949 might have given strong impetus to planning . |
| 6 | And now " The Meeting having given due consideration to the want of a regular and resident Surgeon in the Island , and conceive that such a person is much wanted , and they know that in general the practice and payments to a medical person is inadequate to support him in decency , and although a liberal subscription was opened and entered into by individuals still the supply would be scanty and unequal to the support of an educated person and a gentleman . |
| 7 | 1821 " This Meeting having given due consideration to various kinds of theft committed in the Island — Resolve to stent themselves in a sum ( £20 ) … for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting such persons as may be found guilty of theft . " |
| 8 | How often in the past have I not given due credence to relatives ' statements of how bad the client was ? |
| 9 | In seeking to escape from this conclusion it was submitted in argument that the reasoning of the judgment did not show , or show sufficiently , that Thorpe J. had given due weight to W. 's wishes and that accordingly he had misdirected himself . |
| 10 | Given due attention to other departments of the team plus average luck and good management ( rare commodities in recent times , I admit ) I see nothing wrong and everything right with the purchase of Nigel Clough . |
| 11 | Of the 653 branches only 288 had given definite support to disaffiliation , some by small majorities . |
| 12 | Rats were given extensive pre-exposure to a tone which was followed on some randomly chosen trials by a mild electric shock and on other trials by no event at all ( i.e. they received a partial reinforcement schedule ) . |
| 13 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 14 | This I had noticed , but had given little thought to . |
| 15 | Even where elected representatives are aware of the vote-catching potential of courting the ethnic communities , they have given little thought to the educational implications of their policies , and even less effort to ensure that the policies are implemented . |
| 16 | With a few exceptions , they said , most hornbills in captivity are not breeding , and many are given little chance to , living as they do without a mate or a nestbox . |
| 17 | On the whole , however , the left has given little priority to these issues . |
| 18 | This ‘ literary ’ slant to the drama 's content is an important contrast with all previous pioneers , most of whom had given little attention to content . |
| 19 | Most had given little attention to the assessment and care management of people with problem drug or alcohol use ’ . |
| 20 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 21 | Given that reference to Hansard was permissible , the taxpayers ' appeal was allowed . |
| 22 | Secondly Table 6.1 shows that community service costs increased markedly between first and second assessment ( as one would expect , given that referral to the psychogeriatric service , even without the operation of the Home Support Project , is usually the signal for an assessment of home care needs ) . |
| 23 | White and anxious , she said : Yes , she had given that bag to her daughter , and it had contained such chocolates . |
| 24 | And having given that advice to the pet shop , does it have to be complied with ? |
| 25 | Alternatively or additionally subjects may genuinely feel that there is greater subjective difference within the few films they have given high ratings to than within the many they have given lower ratings to and have been at least partially successful in avoiding what Poulton ( 1989 ) terms equal frequency biases . |
| 26 | The two companies ' more obvious synergies , claims le Quement , extend to design and he 's already given free access to Renault 's Billancourt design centre to all Volvo 's senior designers . |
| 27 | A plaque bearing the name of the adopter is displayed in the park and the adopter is given free entry to the park for a year . |
| 28 | All who finish will be given free entry to the show on July 26th . |
| 29 | THE Prince of Wales has given generous presents to his Highgrove staff . |
| 30 | Last night 's statement said Mr Barnes ‘ has given careful consideration to the material furnished by the CPS ’ . |