Example sentences of "[noun pl] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 2 | Two weeks after the publication of proposals for the National Curriculum in September 1987 , the Times Educational Supplement invited 13 curriculum pundits to give their views . |
| 3 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 4 | In a friendly atmosphere look around at leisure and allow our experienced designers to give you advice and original ideas . |
| 5 | RAY McCarron , Monaghan 's rotund scoring machine was up to his old tricks at Castleblayney when he fired in two goals to give his side an Ulster championship lifeline . |
| 6 | Her eyes darted back to his and she studied him before parting her lips to give him his answer . |
| 7 | And as students of the star signs will verify , the cuspate divisions help explain his ability to carve the characters he plays into different personality fragments to give them added depth . |
| 8 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
| 9 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 10 | It is also illegal for manufacturers to give their product a misleading name , or to claim that it is made of a particular ingredient which in fact makes up a very small proportion of the product . |
| 11 | And delivered as an integral part of the application are two utilities to give us as much flexibility in achieving that goal as possible . |
| 12 | Interested groups such as businessmen , shoppers and environmentalists will be given three months to give their views . |
| 13 | The Syrian foreign minister who , after meeting Douglas Hurd , evoked the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 in which the British and the French secretly carved up the Middle East between them ( later using the League of Nations to give them the so-called Mandates as a cover ) , was not making some arcane and irrelevant allusion . |
| 14 | Special programmes must be provided where needed to address the problems that refugees face through their past circumstances to give them equality of opportunity and to avoid eroding their talents and initiative . |
| 15 | At the scene of the two-year-old 's death , a telegraph pole bears a long poem pleading with the killers to give themselves up and release the family from their pain . |
| 16 | got toothbrushes to give you but the |
| 17 | Empty phrases to give you the illusion that it 's Adam who 's holding you , and not me ? |
| 18 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 19 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 20 | We would support any moves to increase the powers of the regulators to give them stronger teeth . |
| 21 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
| 22 | Once documented the data can be rearranged in a way that reveals how you can reorganize matters to give you more time . |
| 23 | He persuaded her parents to give her in marriage to a friend of his and by constant threats and ill-treatment she was forced to consent . |
| 24 | There 's a main board , with various part-time notables to give it respectability , and an Executive Committee of Directors , consisting of Ingard and one or two of his pals , who actually deal with what goes on . |
| 25 | The final stage was to roll her hair with Tech Ni Pli velcro rollers to give it extra fullness and shape . |
| 26 | ‘ I can remember going down the Speakeasy with The Clash to look for models to give us cocaine and blow jobs . |
| 27 | As the oil majors integrated forwards into petrochemicals , some chemical companies such as Du Pont bought oil companies to give them access to captive sources of petrochemical feedstock . |
| 28 | A small investment — for INCUBUS — in certain companies to give us a toehold inside me Common Market . |
| 29 | Under section 245A , where copies of the annual accounts have been sent out , laid , or delivered to the Registrar and it appears to the Secretary of State that there is or may be a question whether they comply with the Act he may give notice to the directors indicating the respects in which it appears to him that the question may arise and specifying a period of not less than one month for the directors to give him explanations or prepare revised accounts . |
| 30 | These raised the nap on the cloth , which could then be cropped with shears to give it a smoother finish . |