Example sentences of "the [noun sg] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence given by some of those who had authorised this unparalleled act of iconoclasm in modern England , while clearly sincere , points to the narrow perspectives that had allowed the events to occur . |
| 2 | The response given by pupil 2 is couched in terms indicating that the method is general for any number of squares . |
| 3 | If Mr. Collins had sought to base an argument on the omission from the rules which I have characterised as unfair , we should have had to consider whether the opportunity given to Winchester on 6 November 1990 to make representations to Lautro 's board rectified this defect . |
| 4 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 5 | The Government trumpet the £140 reduction , but the reduction given to those on income support is inadequate and does not match the needs of those in receipt of that money . |
| 6 | Posing as a libber , one of our reporters attended a secret meeting of a pro-abortion group and heard its leader , journalist Miss Dorothy Lenham , warn the ‘ sisters — that the funding given to the campaign by the prestigious international research foundation PopCon , might well have sinister implications . |
| 7 | But Mr Fallon has replied , saying he was ‘ puzzled ’ at her request that the Government matched the funding given by the Two Castles Housing Association . |
| 8 | That is still the position and the direction given by the family proceedings court runs contrary to that principle . |
| 9 | A plane wave solution for a wave travelling along the direction given by the unit vector n in n is where k is the wave number . |
| 10 | As the day progresses , the angle between the food source and the sun alters and the direction given in the bee 's dance changes accordingly . |
| 11 | The coverage given to Mr Allen 's remarks must have been particularly galling to Mr Giuliani 's backers in the Republican party who have been unable to make crime an issue in the race . |
| 12 | A detailed analysis of such techniques is beyond the scope of this book , and so the coverage given to them will be generally limited to their marketing applications . |
| 13 | Adhesive and grout are both sold in a range of pack sizes , sometimes labelled by weight ( in kilograms ) , sometimes by volume ( in litres ) ; always check the coverage given by the manufacturer when buying , so you do n't over-buy or run out half-way through the job . |
| 14 | the coverage given by expansion to the 1st level ( definition ) ; |
| 15 | the coverage given by definition expansion to the second level ; |
| 16 | ’ 1st Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the first level , expressed as a percentage ( as described above ) . |
| 17 | ’ 2nd Level ’ refers to the coverage given by expansion to the second level , also expressed as a percentage . |
| 18 | To provide anything like the coverage given by the LDOCE , a corpus of much greater than 5 million words is necessary [ Jelinek , 1985 ] . |
| 19 | The support given to the Urban Foundation showed British recognition of the acute shortage of housing for blacks in South Africa 's urban areas , a move welcomed by Nthato Motlana , chairman of Soweto 's civic association . |
| 20 | An important factor was the support given to the proposal from both the republicans and the CSJ , which as a Dungannon-based group was particularly important . |
| 21 | The support given to Vera Coppard and her family by the Quakers came at a point when the Jewish organisations in Berlin and Vienna were reduced almost to the point of impotence . |
| 22 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 23 | It was the first sign of a crack in the support given to Mr Mellor by his close friend John Major . |
| 24 | There are , of course , problems with measuring and interpreting trade union membership since in the United States , for example , some professional bodies may not call themselves trade unions although they engage in bargaining activities and in France the only source of such statistics is from the unions themselves ( or , indirectly , via the support given to the various unions in elections for enterprise committees ) . |
| 25 | The drive for expansion received its greatest impetus from the support given to the movement by Lord Rothermere , who was persuaded by Mussolini to back Mosley . |
| 26 | The visitors , who included several who had been employed at RHS in its early days , were welcomed to the service by the school chaplain , the Rev Kevan McCormack , who referred to the support given to the school by many local people over the years . |
| 27 | These can include advisory services for businesses — support for local enterprise centres , such as the support given to Work West for its business information service based at the workshop on the Glen Road — enterprise awareness training and exhibitions and support for courses , such as the Women and Enterprise programme run by Work West . |
| 28 | Many examples of good rehabilitation practice have developed simply because medical teams have seen obvious need : cardiac rehabilitation , or the support given to people on long-term dialysis or those who have undergone organ transplants , are a few examples . |
| 29 | The prospects for world peace would be gauged by the support given to the democratically elected Popular Front government of Spain in its efforts to stave off the fascist threat . |
| 30 | Though ultimately the methodological bases of such findings must induce caution in the researcher , nevertheless the findings may lead to plausible conclusions about the workings of elite groups in local communities , in particular about the economic base of the members and the support given to their power by specific cultural norms . |