Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in the case of transactions before the making of the bankruptcy order , if the transferee or recipient gave value , was in good faith and without notice that the petition had been presented , he will be protected ( s 284(4) ) . |
| 2 | He was the last of the non-juror bishops to die , and his acceptance that cession or death gave legitimacy to the new bishops enabled most of the non-jurors to return to communion with the Church , though the extreme minority continued in schism . |
| 3 | A local authority , once satisfied that an odour amounts to a statutory nuisance is under a duty to serve an abatement notice in accordance with s.93 of the Public Health Act 1936 on the person whose act , default or sufferance gave rise to the nuisance or caused it to continue , requiring that person , in a specified time , usually two to six months , to abate the nuisance and to execute such remedial works and take such steps as may be necessary for that purpose . |
| 4 | A law against obscene libel was created by the judges , although Parliament gave some assistance in 1857 with an Obscene Publications Act which permitted magistrates to destroy immoral books found within their jurisdiction . |
| 5 | While some investigators found that oxygen gave direct symptom relief , others suggested that any benefit was mostly the placebo effect of air on the rhinopharynx . |
| 6 | In many ways that act gave a pattern to my life — the deep need to straddle the east-west in everything I do . |
| 7 | Blagg told me he 'd thrown away the revolver that woman gave him . |
| 8 | ‘ Still , it 's a good thing that doctor gave 'em to ‘ er . |
| 9 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 10 | Even more importantly though , the feeling of freedom that travelling gave Zeng had such a profound effect on him that returning to normal life with his work unit seemed practically unthinkable . |
| 11 | In the 1970s optimism and faith gave way to disillusion and doubt as medical costs soared with little apparent benefit . |
| 12 | Sainsbury 's sponsored the grape-treading stage and Faith gave a bare-footed demonstration before the Prince . |
| 13 | Katy and Jamie got ready very quickly and Mum gave each of them two wee spoons . |
| 14 | ‘ I came from a poor family in the countryside and communism gave me a chance for a better life . |
| 15 | On May 11th Mr Ryabov appeared to give his blessing to Mr Yeltsin 's plan , when he said ‘ it would be nice if parliament gave its blessing ’ to the constitution adopted by the constituent assembly . |
| 16 | The alienation of king and archbishop gave added significance to long-standing grievances at a time when by protecting Eardwulf 's enemies the archbishop was allying himself against the king . |
| 17 | If money gave him power , he himself became a victim of it : many of these young men , once the recipient of Minton 's not uninterested generosity , returned in a steady stream for more . |
| 18 | However , it was not all one-sided and Hammer gave a good account of themselves in the first half , restricting Haslemere to one goal and going close themselves with long-range shots . |
| 19 | However , from 1972 to 1984 the Department of Trade and Industry gave grants under the Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 for mineral exploration for the ores of non-ferrous metals , fluorspar , barium minerals and potash , provided the results were deposited with the British Geological Survey . |
| 20 | The Department of Trade and Industry gave three years of core programme funding to it and makes annual grants to the NDC and other regional development agencies to undertake our important and beneficial inward investment promotional work . |
| 21 | By-employments such as basket-making , hemp-dressing and wild-fowling gave them additional security . |
| 22 | Controlling his own forces required more subtle tactics , for they could not be dismissed as " anti-Spain " and their part in his victory and elevation gave them a claim on his gratitude and on how post-war Spain would be shaped . |
| 23 | The trade unions have sustained the Labour party over all these years and Labour gave the trade unions the appalling powers which were so badly abused in the run-up to the 1979 election when , as we all know , the country was brought to its knees by a new strike almost every week . |
| 24 | The interesting point , however , is that divisions within the student body would become less significant as conditions for all students deteriorated throughout the reform decade and optimism gave way to despair . |
| 25 | In a recent unpublished experiment , Honey and Hall gave rats extensive experience of two contexts but presented the target stimulus in just one of them . |
| 26 | On 26th June , Pennethorne sent a long memorial to the Treasury explaining his position and his grievances , and Hall gave his version to the Treasury on 21st July . |
| 27 | I will love him , Lily , like this , ’ and Pen gave her a strangling hug so that she gasped and laughed and begged to be released . |
| 28 | Merging into that vast , sweeping seascape of sky , waves and sand gave her no sense of calm . |
| 29 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
| 30 | Lansdowne announced the changed policy at an Albert Hall rally on 14 November 1912 , and Law gave his support at Ashton-under-Lyne on 16 December . |