Example sentences of "[noun] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny found herself dragged uncomfortably over the gear-stick and hand-brake , her left cheek was pressed in against her teeth by the pressure of an ardent but misdirected kiss and she felt a button on her cardigan give with a violence which boded ill for Marks and Sparks cowering beneath . |
| 2 | A lot will depend on how long referees give for the ball to appear . ’ |
| 3 | Much of this information is offered in the form that the authors give to their clients in written handouts . |
| 4 | Now what are you 're going now what are you 're going to do On your er way home er you can pop to the college give to the er caretaker give to this to tonight . |
| 5 | I have had to stoop to pocketing the money the Supporters ' Club give for raffle prizes . |
| 6 | That most schools give at least lip-service to the importance of this fact is obvious in the development of courses variously titled " study skills " , " library skills " , " information skills " and so on . |
| 7 | So it 's not a shortage of specialists , it 's a shortage of the erm importance both L E A's and schools give to the subject and make sure that the specialisms are used in the right place . |
| 8 | With ministerial support they could have more financial control over juniors ' posts and be responsible for verifying the information that units give to purchasers . |
| 9 | What guidelines does the Home Department give to magistrates courts committees on how they should approach the closure and amalgamation of rural magistrates courts ? |
| 10 | What powers does the constitution of the United States give to the president ? |
| 11 | His work remains largely in the hands of private collectors , and has so far escaped the reassessment and appreciation give to fellow Cubists Picasso , Braque and Leger in recent years . |
| 12 | I always enjoy the two preview parties that Mr John Partridge and the directors of Partridge Fine Arts give at their fine New Bond Street showroom , before both their summer and winter exhibitions . |
| 13 | This is , then , the meaning structuralists give to the ‘ relative autonomy ’ of the state . |
| 14 | ( Palmer 1986 , Radway 1984 ) But at the same time , such research raises many questions ; not least , how to make sense of the accounts readers give of their activity as they read . |
| 15 | Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools . |
| 16 | Parents give to their children , and continue to give more than their children ever give them in most cases , although one situation in which this flow often is reversed is where children have migrated to a more affluent country , and expect to send money back to their parents ( see for example , Thorogood , 1987 ) . |
| 17 | Parents give to their children and their grandchildren and they continue to give . |
| 18 | This kind of recognition seems to me to be as important in its own way as the lavish rewards which American companies give on complicated criteria . |
| 19 | He believes that the financial support companies give to charitable works can , and should , be quantified . |
| 20 | Another reason companies give for choosing to invest in Singapore is the availability of good accommodation and excellent schools , some specifically for expats . |
| 21 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 22 | Now what are you 're going now what are you 're going to do On your er way home er you can pop to the college give to the er caretaker give to this to tonight . |
| 23 | The picture would , of course , be ‘ a cinch for exploitation ’ for it would fit in nicely with ‘ the usual fashion shows which many of the de luxe houses give in conjunction with the department stores in their cities ’ ; in fact , Variety concluded , it ‘ was probably made with that in mind ’ . |
| 24 | The most common — and probably the most sensible — reason institutions give for getting a video camera is for teacher training . |
| 25 | Their inadequacy is often disguised by the tax incentives that many governments give to institutional saving . |
| 26 | Has social and economic change over the past two centuries led to a reduction in the actual support which kin give to each other ? |
| 27 | The main reason that Marslen-Wilson and Tyler give for rejecting the idea that context can operate before any sensory information is received is one which has been used by many other theorists , including Fodor ( 1983 ) . |
| 28 | Indeed it may be ( as in my case ) because one deeply cares that there should be good and equal relations between men and women that one is adamant that no one human being can be given the kind of status which Christians give to Christ . |
| 29 | A credit crunch is the name economists give to a sudden reluctance among banks to lend money . |
| 30 | Such policy simulation forms the basis of the advice that economists give to governments about what policies they should actually undertake . |