Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as essences or forms give rise to those properties , so definitions of those forms , when used as premisses , give rise to conclusions about those properties . |
| 2 | Whatever your needs or circumstances give us a ring now ! |
| 3 | Do n't let your hands , face or body give your intentions away |
| 4 | While the springs or foam give support , it 's the padding and upholstery that gives the mattress its softness . |
| 5 | Spades , scoops and spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 6 | Spades , scoops , spoons of different size , shape or colour give opportunities for comparisons . |
| 7 | It is possible that the two women are one and the same , or that there is a serial killer on the prowl , but as none of Barbs 's friends or neighbours give a damn where she is , her continuing absence occasions little comment . |
| 8 | A holding , or aggregate holdings , of shares carrying 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of a company , irrespective of whether the holding or holdings give de facto control . |
| 9 | What happens , reckons the study ( which looked at 88 big , troubled firms , 41 in chapter 11 and 47 in workouts , between 1983 and 1990 ) , is that creditors give up some of their seniority rights as a carrot to get management to agree to a deal . |
| 10 | A common complaint from clients and workers is that courts give young women sentences designed to control and confine their behaviour rather than punishments which fit their crimes . |
| 11 | fair point , its still er , I mean its a considerable number , I mean you can see why the insurance company 's are doing quite well , but your willing to put up with that as well for the , for the good points of a car , for the freedom that er , that cars give you and the safety someone has said , the individual safety as a woman , yes . |
| 12 | A more recent theory supposes that animal signals are mainly selfish , that animals give signals in order to manipulate other animals into doing things that benefit the signallers . |
| 13 | With ministerial support they could have more financial control over juniors ' posts and be responsible for verifying the information that units give to purchasers . |
| 14 | It has been known for some time that eyes give out bioelectric signals — the retina has a positive charge , the cornea is negative . |
| 15 | We no longer believe that language and reality ‘ match up ’ so congruently — indeed , we probably think that words give birth to things as much as things give birth to words . |
| 16 | Yet if he has watched Eastern Europe closely he will have seen that , however the transition begins , be it by round table , coalition government or free election , once Communists give up part of their power they quickly end up losing it all . |
| 17 | I do n't know oh They 've been telly that Tom give us , that give us and then I did n't put on |
| 18 | The most that sociologists can hope to do is to understand the meaning that individuals give to particular phenomena . |
| 19 | Such policy simulation forms the basis of the advice that economists give to governments about what policies they should actually undertake . |
| 20 | The one thing that pots give you above everything else is versatility . |
| 21 | While statistics on household expenditure suggest that families give priority to health needs , in practice many mothers find themselves cutting back on basic necessities . |
| 22 | Although most economists agree that PPPs give a more accurate measure of the relative size of economies than market exchange rates , this still leaves a problem : the original local-currency figures may themselves be unreliable . |
| 23 | Witnesses said that directives give the flexibility needed by member states . |
| 24 | Theatre 's task is ‘ to smash language in order to touch life ’ ; it is to show that the force of the aural lies in sound ( reduplicating for Artaud the significance that dreams give to the sounds in speech ) and not words ( Sellin 1968 , pp. 49–52 ) . |
| 25 | He suggested that Israel give up its nuclear weapons and submit , with its neighbours , to international inspection to keep the region nuclear-free . |
| 26 | We should insist that industrialists give us this information as of right . |
| 27 | The strength of this method is that managers give their views on their peers — in other words , on firms they should know something about . |
| 28 | These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday , Christmas or other religious celebration . |
| 29 | The works of no jurist other than Scaevola give even a hint that the distinction had become unimportant , and works on trusts continued to be written separately from those on the civil law of succession . |
| 30 | " But pots are spectacular for adding interest and raising cuttings and all sorts of things that friends give me . " |