Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] gives " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking after her gives me something to do . ’ |
| 2 | The tiled roof over the single south aisle was stripped off and partly replaced with bronze-coloured aluminium glazing bars framing bronze-tinted ‘ anti-sun ’ glass , the upper panels of which are laid to the same slope as the original roof , the lower panels producing a range of shallow vertical windows , the combination of which gives ‘ conservatory ’ lighting to the first floor flats ( Plate 23 ) . |
| 3 | Moreover , recent work has shown that much of the heat energy in the seas of the North Atlantic ( every square kilometre of which gives off as much energy as a nuclear power station and hence influences our weather ) is absorbed from sunlight in the tropical Pacific and is carried by ocean currents through the Drake Passage and up into the Atlantic . |
| 4 | They were also happy to use the new triphosphors ( each of which gives a narrow band of visible light ) , because these give better colour rendering . |
| 5 | All of which gives one seriously to think that there must be many another way in which hearing folk are completely at sea in their ideas about what is right and proper for the deaf . |
| 6 | There are seven ‘ positions ’ each of which gives the player a different series of notes ( consisting of course of the now familiar members of the harmonic series ) . |
| 7 | Section 61(1) of the Sale of Goods Act defines a warranty as ’ … an agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale , but collateral to the main purpose of such contract , the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages , but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated . ’ |
| 8 | Since this is a quadratic equation there will be two solutions , only one of which gives a positive rm . |
| 9 | This requires looking at the environment through different " windows " , each of which gives a slightly different picture . " |
| 10 | There has been much confusion here mainly because the SGA 1979 uses the words " condition " and " warranty " as technical expressions , the breach of which gives the right to treat the contract as at an end in the case of a condition ( s11(3) of SGA 1979 ) , or in the case of a subsidiary term like a warranty , the breach of which only sounds in damages ( s61(1) of SGA 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Er now clearly if the if the members had si had been simply the highways committee had been deciding the preferred route simply on the basis of which gives the greatest traffic relief then on that basis they would have chosen an inner northern . |
| 12 | If there are two of you lifting/lowering someone , make sure that you work together and that one of you gives the command ‘ 1-2-3 lift ’ , for example . |
| 13 | And we hope that you will listen to the criticisms that each of you gives to each of the other groups , and when Bob Satchwell comes that he will have something very positive to say about relationships with the press . |
| 14 | In the dyad employer/employee the relationship is specified and recognizable in terms of who gives what to whom . |
| 15 | First there is the question of who gives what to whom and how much . |
| 16 | Only do n't wax sentimental over their hospitality , just thinking of it gives me indigestion . |
| 17 | The mere thought of it gives me the horrors , ’ Silas admitted . |
| 18 | In the absence of detailed requirements , the question of what gives a true and fair view is notoriously subjective . |
| 19 | And in Dworkin it is evident in his views that ‘ government must be neutral on what might be called the question of the good life … [ and ] political decisions must be , so far as possible , independent of any particular conception of the good life , or of what gives value to life ’ . |
| 20 | There are good arguments for limiting a field of study to make it manageable ; but it is also true to say that the answer to the question of what gives discourse its unity may be impossible to give without considering the world at large : the context . |
| 21 | If we are to find the answer to the problem of what gives stretches of language unity and meaning , we must look beyond the formal rules operating within sentences , and consider the people who use language , and the world in which it happens as well . |
| 22 | She has been good to me and although she knows there is something wrong and maybe suspects there is something I have not told her about she gives nothing away . |
| 23 | Although the second method sounds like it gives twice the cover , it is far from twice as expensive . |
| 24 | The impact of the National Curriculum and all the changes it brings with it gives heads a pressing reason — just as Mr Baker 's off-the-peg allocation of incentive allowances gives them an opportunity — to review the structures and responsibilities of management in their schools . |
| 25 | Laid mesh side up it gives a good base for carpets and tiles , and smooth side up it can be painted and stencilled to match design schemes . |
| 26 | As far as I 'm concerned anybody who wants to sign a contract with me gives me copy and a cheque is a legitimate . |
| 27 | Lazaris suggests that whatever we most pride in ourselves gives a clue to our Ego 's fantasies . |
| 28 | This in itself gives strength to the contention that neither can be based on beliefs of real substance . |
| 29 | The word ‘ panspermia ’ in itself gives the clue to the common element in this group of theories , The Greek prefix pan means ‘ all ’ ; the spermia part of the word comes from the Greek for ‘ seed ’ . |
| 30 | There is enormous variation in just what is transferred and in who gives what to whom . |