Example sentences of "it [vb mod] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It may give them the light as well as what
2 The provision sometimes inserted in a settlement for giving remuneration to a professional man who is one of the trustees is open to considerable objection since it may give him an interest in incurring expense , and will , in any case , tend to make the other trustees leave the management mainly in his hands .
3 Moreover , ’ he continued , ‘ perhaps it may give you some time to reflect on the Lady Maude . ’
4 It may give us some answers .
5 More intimately , it may give us greater understanding .
6 Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud .
7 If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct .
8 I mean the only thing that an appeal fund like that should do is to give the widows and dependents of the the dead of the platform , it should give them immediate money to tide them over until they get their compensation which they need .
9 The Met Office says it should give them much more accurate information .
10 Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him .
11 Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics .
12 " People are always telling other people to do that kind of thing , " said Clelia , " it must give them a vicarious thrill .
13 It must give you the pip every time you think about those days . ’
14 Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ?
15 If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’
16 Though it might give them ideas , ’ he added wistfully .
17 It might give her an advantage at some time .
18 It might give him ideas . ’
19 Except it might give him security .
20 ‘ Thought it might give you an opening , ’ he said .
21 Trace it to its source and it might give us a rough idea of the way we came in — which might give us a rough idea of south , for further referee .
22 ‘ If you could make contact with Bell , it might give us an in we 've never been able — ’
23 It might give us a head start , just in case we have to admit her . ’
24 It 'll give them the option to say no now and again .
25 Rowden is a fine school and it 'll give him plenty of sports and develop a side of him which could never see the light of day in Ireland .
26 It 'll give him an interesting pixie look for the rest of his life . ’
27 It 'll give him heart see ?
28 It 'll give him something new to think about . ’
29 It 'll give me a chance to get on with my baking an' that then for the WI stall , ’ she said with a nod of approval .
30 ‘ Well ’ — Joe laughed now — ‘ it 'll give me a bit of practice before I 'm introduced to the real thing , and that should n't be long now . ’
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