Example sentences of "give as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two honest critics can be given as exceptions , the first a Japanese who recorded a negative reaction to a picture which did not come up to his standards of meaningful symbolism . |
| 2 | The advent of 1992 was explicitly given as one reason for the Japanese company being interested in the deal . |
| 3 | Among the pastoralists of East Africa women produce most of the foodstuffs through agriculture , but only cattle , cared for by men , are defined as the really important and noble product , and in fact women 's dominant productive contribution is given as an excuse for their social devaluation as low creatures unconcerned with the aesthetic and political value of pastoralism . |
| 4 | A final twist is given to this situation ; the fact that women do all of this work is often given as an explanation of their inferiority . |
| 5 | In the villages the amounts given as a dowry vary from area to area and community to community , but within any community they depend on the status of the bridegroom and his family . |
| 6 | An advancement means a sum of money paid to a child to start him in business or to make a permanent provision for him ; it does not include casual payments given as a present or to help to tide over temporary difficulties . |
| 7 | 19ff ) ; one of the earliest attested acts of faith centred upon the near sacrifice of a human being ( Isaac , son of Abraham ) , replaced at the last moment by a substitute ram which was given as a burnt-offering ( Gen. 22 ) ; and the first redemption of the embryonic nation Israel involved the smearing of the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts and lintels of the Hebrews ' homes in Egypt as a sign to the Angel of Death to leave them in safety ( Exod. |
| 8 | In Chapter 5 the equation for a straight line was given as : y = mx + c where m is the slope and c is the point where the line cuts the y axis . |
| 9 | Remissions for crime , given as part of the justice of the feud when the victims of the crime or their kin had been satisfied , were not in fact a sign of weakness on the part of the crown , forced to acquiesce with an aristocracy resistant to justice , as the author of ‘ L'Etat et puissance ’ had suggested ; they were the crown 's part in a highly effective means of controlling crime , dispute and disorder . |
| 10 | The 13th month rule by which an extra month 's pay is given as a bonus on the last working day before Christmas . |
| 11 | Mr Hamnett , of Hassocks , Sussex , said chocolate penises had been given as Christmas gifts by departmental secretaries during the lunch . |
| 12 | Although more than half earned up to £24,000 , with a further 17 per cent getting more , low running costs were given as the main reason for their choice . |
| 13 | Mr Heseltine , who has achieved his ambition of heading an enlarged Department of Trade and Industry , has been given as a junior minister Mr Neil Hamilton ( Tatton ) , a Right-winger who is regarded as a keeper of the Thatcherite flame . |
| 14 | The pigment has to be given as an additive in their food here . |
| 15 | A drop of Drosera in the 30th dilution succussed with 20 strokes of the arm at each dilution , given as a dose to a child suffering from whooping-cough , endangers life , whereas , if the dilution phials are succussed only twice a , globule the size of a poppy seed moistened with the last dilution cures it readily . ’ |
| 16 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 17 | One , deriving from Hobbes and Locke , regards the consent given as an expression of rational enlightened self-interest . |
| 18 | Sheaths were often lovingly carved and given as love tokens or dowry gifts . |
| 19 | In Britain alone , Glasgow St Enoch 's was torn down in European Architectural Heritage Year ( 1975 ) ; Birmingham Snow Hill was allowed to rot for years and finally demolished on safety grounds , epitomizing a technique in all too frequent use — deliberate and wanton neglect given as a justification for removal . |
| 20 | The final tally was given as six killed , eighteen wounded and five missing . |
| 21 | The choice of the first ( ‘ Shakespeare 's Sister ’ ) and the timing of the second ( ‘ That Joke Is n't Funny Anymore ’ ) , already available on ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ , coupled with a lack of airplay were given as reasons for their failure . |
| 22 | He was helping with the ‘ Vic-Wells ’ charity costume ball in January 1947 and Adieu was given as part of the entertainment there . |
| 23 | Throughout the carve gybe ( a high speed , fairly advanced manoeuvre ) is given as an example . |
| 24 | The enforcement of Amhara supremacy over other nationalities and the absence of a democratic machinery for instituting change are given as the main reasons why the Tigray People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) started an armed struggle in 1975 . |
| 25 | The results are given as Table 4 . |
| 26 | All functions scored reasonable marking between 3 and 4 , but book selection and acquisition obtained the lowest average marking at 3.14 — the main reasons for dissatisfaction being given as lack of currency , inaccuracy of cataloguing-in-publication data , and lack of comprehensiveness . |
| 27 | The band played ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ and cheers and counter cheers were given as the ferry pulled into midstream … . |
| 28 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 29 | The important points for the surname study were that his name had been spelt both as Fortereshey and Forsteresheigh , as well as Forsey and , perhaps most significantly of all , the name of the estate itself was given as Forstereshey . |
| 30 | Lack of time is a perpetual problem for the ward staff and may be given as an excuse for the failure of ward teaching and supervision . |