Example sentences of "[noun] or give " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its strengths , the game has a few flaws — you ca n't drop objects or give them to another character . |
| 2 | It provides criteria for notification , a workable timetable ( which could , however , be improved by shortening the time limits ) and a system for authorising mergers if the parties modify their plans or give undertakings . |
| 3 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 4 | ( g ) To lend and advance money or give credit on any terms with or without security to any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any holding company , subsidiary or fellow subsidiary of , or any other company associated in any way with , the Company ) , to enter into guarantees , contracts of indemnity and suretyships of all kinds , to receive money on deposit or loan upon any terms , and to secure or guarantee in any manner and upon any terms the payment of any sum of money or the performance of any obligation by any person , firm or company ( including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any such holding company , subsidiary , fellow subsidiary or associated company as aforesaid ) . |
| 5 | The rangers are always happy to answer queries or give advice about the best walks and trails to follow when you are out and about so please feel free to approach them and ask for their help . |
| 6 | A counselling technique , where the listener does not pass judgement or give advice , but focuses all attention on the speaker . |
| 7 | You do n't have to leap in and pass judgement or give advice immediately . |
| 8 | Schools which create a department or give teachers specific responsibilities for meeting individual needs can , inadvertently , reduce the responsibility of all teachers . |
| 9 | Many firms , therefore , pay retention bonuses or give redundancy payments above the statutory minima to those staff who stay until an agreed date . |
| 10 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 11 | His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it . |
| 12 | Erm , so what I promised to do in er er , a moment or two if people are to ask specific questions or comments to make arising from either of those printed reports on page six and page twenty erm , if you would make your point or ask your question now er , it will be recorded and transmitted to the officers responsible and they will take any necessary action or give any reverent replies to those questions . |
| 13 | If evil stalks abroad they will stand and fight it , not turn and run or give in and live with it . |
| 14 | And all the men wanted to take Aileen dancing or give her presents . |
| 15 | Interior Minister Horacio Serpa Uribe on April 17 confirmed that the government would not negotiate with the drug cartels or give in to their violence and would continue the policy of extradition . |
| 16 | Anselm acquiesced in this explanation and waited for peace , but then , long after it had been apparent to others , it dawned on him that he must either do the job or give it up — preferably , so far as he was concerned , the latter . |
| 17 | Often bosses ignore workers or give them the silent treatment — a negative , no-win situation for all concerned . |
| 18 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 19 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 20 | There is support for such a pragmatic concept of reference in Strawson 's ( 1950 ) claim that ‘ 'referring ’ is not something an expression does ; it is something that someone can use an expression to do' ; and in Searle 's view that ‘ in the sense in which speakers refer , expressions do not refer any more than they make promises or give orders ’ ( 1979 : 155 ) . |
| 21 | He interrupted himself to explain , ‘ I did n't make any false promises or give her a lot of romantic fantasy to persuade her . |
| 22 | But this time can you concentrate more on what you are going to do with your body to actually tell people via your body or give them a good idea of exactly what you mean |
| 23 | A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions . |
| 24 | try reaching a compromise or give way on one ( lesser ) risk so as to obtain your teenager 's agreement to forego another one . |
| 25 | But the problem remained that the physical basis of Ampère 's equations was implausible ; they provided a model which could be adapted to fit new discoveries , but which did not lead to new predictions or give a convincing explanation to those whose first language was not mathematics-like Faraday . |
| 26 | If you have any further donations of clothes and intend passing them onto Jean at Church would you either leave them in your car boot or give Jean a call first , so she can pick them up … ! |
| 27 | Intervention by the court will normally cure delay or give rise to an acceptable explanation . |
| 28 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 29 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |
| 30 | When the guarantee is released , or you get the deposit back , you must help us to cancel the guarantee or give us the deposit . |