Example sentences of "[verb] and to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken Hunter , the youngest national chairman in BAIE history , has two main aims during his year in office : to listen to what members say and to give them value for money . |
| 2 | The way to recovery lies in learning to place that blame where it belongs , to use the anger it arouses and to give yourself the praise you deserve just for surviving the abuse . |
| 3 | We reject the compulsory route that is favoured by the Labour party , which will never understand that the way forward is to motivate and to encourage and to give people the incentives that they need to make the most of the opportunities that are available to them , not simply to rely on the dead hand of compulsion . |
| 4 | By a summons dated 10 April 1992 the local authority sought orders against W. and her aunt , who shared with the local authority parental responsibility for her , that leave be given to move her to such establishment as the Official Solicitor might approve and to give her medical treatment without her consent . |
| 5 | was to die for us , he said as soon as man came not to be ministered to , but to minister and to give his soul for life , as a ransom in exchange for |
| 6 | I learned to share and to give and to gain my own goals . |
| 7 | Could I firstly start by thanking those delegates who after Congress yesterday have expressed support about the two rule changes that we lost and to give some encouragement to new delegates here that even if you get up here and you lose it , there 's some one hell of a lot of support out there on the floor . |
| 8 | Their function was to work , to procreate and to give place to the next generation ; while the sprawling capital endured . |
| 9 | This step was welcomed by the Cinematograph Times , which could not resist pointing out that ‘ much of the criticism directed against the art expressed in the cinema originates from the small class not yet accustomed to modern outlook ’ who assumes ‘ that no art can exist or progress that does not begin with their patronage ’ and ‘ who do not yet appreciate that the masses today are fully competent to judge and to give expression to their own tastes ’ . |
| 10 | The primary purpose is to express concern for the individual involved and to give them a listening ear . |
| 11 | At first , there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector 's decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give a share to everybody . |
| 12 | Monitor evaluator to actually check and to give you the pessimistic side of everything to break everything down why it wo n't work why this should be done why that should be done instead . |
| 13 | The testimonies in the book were obtained mostly from the underlings of the house , led by sly , supportive Bert , a man who was able to take and to give pleasure — a fine portrait , which is also a self-portrait , of a second father . |
| 14 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module name is being reserved and to give an indication of what the module contains at present or is meant to contain in the future . |
| 15 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module names are being reserved and to give an indication of what the modules contain at present or are meant to contain in the future . |
| 16 | Giving parents a measure of choice would , it was argued , be more likely to secure their involvement in the school and in their child 's schooling : ‘ They are more likely to support a school they have freely chosen and to give it the loyalty which is so essential if their children are to do the same . ’ |
| 17 | Christian preachers attempted , without much success , to persuade their congregations to fast while inebriated pagans feasted and to give alms to the very poor who could give no present in return . ) |
| 18 | The need , however , was for a permanent body to deal with matters affecting Nonconformity , to encourage unity amongst the various denominations or at least to cut down on needless competition , to present a united Nonconformist ‘ witness ’ when required and to give a ‘ Nonconformist ’ answer to political questions whenever possible , that is , when this could be done without alienating the Methodists , especially the Wesleyans . |
| 19 | More specific information can be given to tell the system to include only those employees from a particular grade , to specify how the information should be sorted , whether any totalling is required and to give a title . |