Example sentences of "the [noun pl] give it " in BNC.

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1 One of the reasons why pressure from reform-minded people outside the ranks of the government intensified in 1858 derived from the fact that , up to a point , the authorities gave it their blessing .
2 Thus far I have , in the main , been looking at the problem in the context of a conflict between parents and the minor , either the minor consenting and the parents refusing consent or the minor refusing consent and the parents giving it .
3 Part of the mystique associated with a mature instrument is how the years give it an individuality and a sonic thumbprint of its own , and it 's still very early days for this one .
4 Polly Peck got credit unsecured but the banks gave it without a term , that was Nadir 's ( above ) biggest Mistake ’ .
5 It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it .
6 Many kinds of dispute arising out of industrial relations could find their way to the NIRC which , because of its status as a superior court of record and the powers given it by statute , was able to order the payment of fines and , if that or any other of its orders was disregarded , could imprison for contempt .
7 but it 's the one the chemists give it .
8 Indeed Michael Blair did it full justice several times last night and who says Josef Locke was n't standing in the wings giving it an envied ear …
9 When a car passed by the men gave it a cursory glance .
10 The students give it liveliness : motorbikes in the market square and a bit of noise in the bars .
11 While these results do not argue strongly for the maternal depletion theory , the findings give it moderate support , attesting to a probable differential in fetal viability with the elapse of varying periods between pregnancies or births .
12 However , from the facts given it seems that , based on normal accountancy principles , the Inspector must be incorrect in assessing the profit based on the date of order when this was in advance of the delivery of goods or performance of service .
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