Example sentences of "[noun pl] to give them " 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 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Runners are more conservative , instead of their heads they look to their shoes to give them the competitive edge . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We would support any moves to increase the powers of the regulators to give them stronger teeth . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It enables adaptation of plants and animals to human purposes that would be beyond the reach of traditional breeding techniques ; an example is the insertion of toxin genes from bacteria into plants to give them an in-built system for poisoning pests . |
| 12 | Women make up one million of the new union 's members and will be guaranteed two-thirds of its executive seats to give them effective control , although the three top salaried posts will be filled by men . |
| 13 | The week-long camps are sponsored by Digital Equipment Company , and are open to students aged from 14 to 17 years to give them practical experience of the computer applications they will come across when they take up their careers . |
| 14 | The club continues to occupy the ground under a protected tenancy requiring Butters to give them six months notice to quit but he has changed the locks and was ‘ too busy ’ to allow committee members access to check the pitch on Sunday . |
| 15 | Consequently , the result is a dull plod , a sort of po-faced mini-series in which a whole bunch of set-pieces go begging for some cinematic tricks to give them a proper build-up and punchline . |
| 16 | The Church has already agreed to let Pat have our morning tapes to give them free of charge , and if anyone else would like to send anything , it could be put to good use . |
| 17 | Additional discontent among former contras , who claimed that the government had reneged on promises to give them land , led to armed clashes and to promises from Chamorro to distribute a further 23,000 hectares of land in the south-eastern Boaco and Chontales provinces . |
| 18 | Still , it is not that he wants biologists to give them more credit for maintaining the planet . |
| 19 | How can you give them the opportunity to make alterations to the rules to give them " ownership " of a game ? |
| 20 | He will meet the Irish Foreign Minister , Dick Spring , in Dublin tomorrow to discuss the future of the talks , in the light of the election and his own proposals to give them ‘ focus and direction ’ . |
| 21 | These forms of sexuality were dependent on specific codes and rituals to give them meaning . |
| 22 | If they do n't contain a waterproof membrane such as Gore-Tex or Sympatex , you can obtain spray-on products to give them a water-repellent finish . |
| 23 | Coding can be done by interviewers to give them a break and to sustain their interest , but is more usually done by special staff . |
| 24 | Train personnel to give them appropriate skills and knowledge ( includes all engineers and technicians in risk awareness training ) . |
| 25 | If you have time , pipe a little flavoured butter around the tartlets to give them a professional finish . |
| 26 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 27 | Pluralism is a development of democratic theory and recognises that often individuals can best get their views heard by combining in groups to give them a stronger voice . |
| 28 | Sean Robinson , Middlesex 's full-back , scored two tries in the final five minutes to give them victory over Hertfordshire by one point , 22-21 , in the Toshiba County Championship at Croxley Green to go into the London play-off . |
| 29 | We 're also trying to find young , female African-American film-makers to give them a shot . ’ |
| 30 | But we have n't got a hundred pounds to give them . |