Example sentences of "that [noun] [vb mod] give " in BNC.

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1 Paul suggested a way of getting rid of this passivity , arguing that lecturers should give out notes at the beginning of lectures and then :
2 On May 17 1988 , Computergram Number 930 reported that DEC would give IBM OEM pact for 3480s * * * Siemens and Nixdorf backed IBM-DEC-Hewlett-Packard alternative Unix plan * * * Network Equipment was in dispute with Excelan over acquisition * * * Wang would unbundle VS operating system .
3 More and more adults are discovering that ponies can give as much fun ( if not more ) than horses , and can do twice as much for half the price !
4 It was settled that Branson would give her the signed contract at the Roof Gardens , where all the directors of Virgin were meeting for a Christmas dinner .
5 It can be argued that tendering will give the best result from the vendor 's point of view , as each purchaser is likely to submit his best offer and therefore in the absence of knowledge of the level of other tenders , may pay a figure far in excess of the nearest competitor .
6 It is likely that Compact will give a new focus to such activities and provide new opportunities for student involvement .
7 Harry was already convinced that Ann would give him a son .
8 The Court of Appeal expressed hope that judges might give some help to juries in future about the real value of money .
9 Suppose there is a convention in some legal community that judges must give both sides an equal opportunity to state their case .
10 It is far better and essentially less embarrassing for such education to be given at school than within the family , even if it could be certain that parents would give it or that their children would listen .
11 The Whigs favoured the accession to the throne , on the queen 's death , of the Elector of Hanover , the later George I. They demanded that England should give effective support on the continent to the Dutch and the Emperor against Louis XIV during the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1702–13 ) .
12 The Basques , romantics to a man , believed that Fate would give Biarritz a helping hand .
13 She worried that Chris might fall and break his leg , that Annie might swallow a stone and have to go to hospital , that Alan might give himself an ulcer through working too hard .
14 However , some pro-Chinese politicians expressed concern that Patten might give preferential treatment to British business interests .
15 According to Les Echos , union officials said that Pache would give no indication of the size or timing of staff losses .
16 Mulroney announced that Canada would give Russia an additional $100 million credit for food purchases .
17 Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour .
18 To do this they will need not only a knowledge of the vocabulary of steps through which dancers communicate , but an ability to explain their design so that dancers can give it depth of feeling ( see page 78 ) .
19 The kind of help that museums can give to adults can equally well be given to schoolchildren , and to teachers who bring parties of schoolchildren for specific purposes .
20 He denied suggestions that Hewlett-Packard might give up its Precision Architecture RISC architecture for the IBM-Apple Computer Inc-Motorola Inc PowerPC , but said the two firms are ‘ technically close ’ , and that Hewlett-Packard is ‘ flexible ’ .
21 Labour ministers in 1966 and Conservative tacticians in 1985 both feared that television would give valuable publicity to the arguments of their opponents .
22 Many societies , our own included , have imposed severe penalties on those who have aspired to the power that writing can give .
23 We might have expected that people would give particularly low ratings to sources they described as biased but there was little evidence of any such reaction .
24 So always treat those in exactly the same way as you would a normal roundabout , so that you 're coming up and always assuming that people should give way etcetera in the manner in which they should unless the roundabout directs otherwise .
25 The fact that people will give money to save the otter , a nocturnal animal whose presence is detected even by full-time otter survey teams only by its tracks and droppings , is the best answer I know to that mean-spirited and illogical argument : ‘ What 's the use of saving it , if I ca n't see it ? ’
26 And , surely it 's about erm helping , I do n't know how you go about it but the illegality of it prevents people admitting it and asking for help , and taking erm any advice that people can give about using it safely .
27 Announcement of the England team , originally scheduled for 10.00am , had been delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news .
28 The announcement of the England 12 for Lord 's was delayed by two hours so that Gooch could give Daffy the bad news .
29 Iago can turn anything into its opposite : under his tuition even Othello becomes a hypocrite , with difficulty — ‘ O , hardness to dissemble ! ’ he says ( III.iv.34 ) , like Coriolanus , feigning ‘ a salt and sorry rheum ’ so that Desdemona will give him the handkerchief ( III.iv.51 f . ) .
30 Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit .
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