Example sentences of "as give [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order not to seem too dictatorial , and perhaps to conform with some grass-roots grocer-Tory image , ministers have sometimes spoken as if their aim was not so much to take powers to themselves ( and thus away from Local Authorities ) as to give powers to parents . |
| 2 | These journeys , operated by Edinburgh Transport and S.M.T. under contract to Lothian Regional Council , are specified so as to give residents of Ratho an opportunity to reach the nearest large shopping and business centre , which happens to be Edinburgh . |
| 3 | As well as giving reasons against Caesar becoming emperor , being no better , perhaps worse , than other men , Cassius also glorifies himself in this speech . |
| 4 | A series of specialist sports programmes culminated in the setting up of ‘ Sportsview ’ in 1954 , a half-hour mid-week programme which interviewed personalities — Mike Hawthorn , Stirling Moss , and Danny Blanchflower featured in October 1954 — as well as giving previews of top events . |
| 5 | So why was this condition not seen as giving prospects of profit and therefore providing adequate incentive to new investment which , in turn , would have strengthened the balance of payments and made sterling less of a handicap ? |
| 6 | As well as giving details of housing solicitors working in private practice and Law Centres , the list provides information on : |