Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be tempted to justify these requests or to give reasons for them . |
| 2 | The company then planned to introduce new individual contracts for all journalists and to give a 4.5% pay rise to those who accepted and signed new contracts by 1 January 1990 . |
| 3 | The tradition recorded that Jesus had entrusted his church with the power of the keys , that is , a commission to decide disputes and to give rulings about erring individuals . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal held that the ordinary rules of construction require the court to look at the section 's words and to give them their plain and natural meaning . |
| 5 | The Samaritans petitioned the Syrian king in order to dissociate themselves from the Jews , to be considered Sidonians and to give to their god the name of Zeus Hellenios : " Now you have dealt with the Jews as their wickedness deserves , but the King 's officers , in the belief that we follow the same practices as they through kinship with them , are involving us in similar charges , whereas we are Sidonians by origin , as is evident from our state documents . |
| 6 | Engineers often introduce into factories new electronic machinery not because it is better than the old methods but to give management the upper hand over the workers |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) Every local education authority shall make arrangements for enabling the parent of a child in the area of the authority to express a preference as to the school at which he wishes education to be provided for his child in the exercise of the authority 's functions and to give reasons for his preference . |
| 8 | Working together with the poor at home and abroad , Christian Aid , SCIAF and Shelter share the same concerns , this : to bring about lasting change in communities and to give people renewed dignity and hope . |
| 9 | Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles . |
| 10 | These days Hannah keeps an engagement diary She is in constant demand to make public appearances and to give television and other media interviews . |
| 11 | It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities . |
| 12 | and conscience is either killed , or , if it lives at all , lives but to give rebellion its fascination , and disobedience its charm . |
| 13 | One difference was that working-class women were more likely to describe themselves as housewives and to give ‘ domestic ’ responses generally . |
| 14 | Between these a great deal happened to influence policies and to give them a character they often retain . |
| 15 | Compiled from the 35,000 architectural drawings in the museum 's collection , the selection will be changed every six to nine months , both for conservation reasons and to give visitors an idea of the scope of the holdings . |
| 16 | ‘ We run regular courses to train health and other professionals to run stop smoking groups and to give help and advice on a one-to-one basis to all smokers who want to stop , ’ said Dr Ramaiah . |
| 17 | The significance of encouraging consumers , including government departments and public bodies , to review their contract specifications for manufactured products and to give preference to those containing recycled materials . |
| 18 | Our main role will be to assist in an advisory capacity in the development of future business plans and to give financial guidance . |
| 19 | Among other things , these regulations require operators of hazardous installations to draw up on-site and off-site emergency plans and to give information to members of the public who live or work near such installations ( Houston 1987 ) . |
| 20 | I would be more than happy to receive any invitation to take workshops or to give talks on the subject . |
| 21 | China itself was riven with rebellion , and the ruling Qing dynasty was in decline , unable to withstand the depredations of Western traders and governments or to give the leadership it had been able to offer in former times . |
| 22 | Enterprise zones , therefore , introduced the concept of the simplified planning regime , intended to speed up planning applications and to give deemed planning consent for many developments . |
| 23 | We positioned it so that it faced away from the doorway , to avoid draughts and to give the future inhabitants a little privacy . |
| 24 | But he was usually mild in manner , especially with subordinates , to whom he was ready to devolve responsibilities and to give support when the business or political going got rough . |
| 25 | Sometimes the rug is simply washed in water and then left out in the sun to dry , but many weaving groups now add chemicals to the water in order both to alter the tonal intensity of the colours and to give the pile a gloss or matt sheen . |
| 26 | Friendship as well as marriage is a two-way affair and it is only when both parties have the opportunity to share problems , experiences and ideas and to give as well as take , that the relationship is a success . |
| 27 | This polarisation of attitudes was perhaps unfortunate since there had been signs of a certain willingness on the part of the Department to reconsider the validity of their ideas and to give some weight to the social issues behind the public reaction to the housing policy . |
| 28 | At the same time , however strong the desire to cut defence costs and to give priority to home affairs , too much had happened since the mid-1930s for the United States to return to its prewar foreign and defence policies . |
| 29 | She wrote eighteen more novels , none of them distinguished or now read , enabling her to live alone in relative comfort for sixty years and to give her only son the best upper-class education that her country could provide at that time . |
| 30 | They will be used primarily for tuning purposes and to give early warnings of potential capacity problems . |