Example sentences of "given we [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are now threatening to withdraw compensation from us although they have given us no written guarantee that our lands are free from contamination ’ , he said in 1976 . |
| 2 | The ‘ modern action ’ of Peruvian politics exacts a heavy price , and Shakespeare has given us a very plausible sense of the people — lovers , priests , guerrillas , soldiers — who have to pay it . |
| 3 | The Japanese produce bland , artless copies of European products , totally without character : they have never given us a car like a Citroen . |
| 4 | ‘ All sorts of people have helped : The Rural Development Commission has lent us £10,000 to top up what we raised ; all the retired , trainee and working accountants , lawyers , journalists and businessmen in the village have put in hours of voluntary work , and our grocery wholesaler Pharaoh Quirke has given us a new fascia board . ’ |
| 5 | What held good for Stoke Poges held good for the Western Isles ; Kathleen Raine has given us a description , worthy of Thomas Gray , of the burial of an old Scotswoman : |
| 6 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 7 | Greece 's conservative government conceded yesterday that a socialist victory in a weekend by-election in Athens had ‘ given us a clear message ’ . |
| 8 | Martin O'Neill , Wycombe 's manager , said : ‘ The result has given us a real chance of the championship as long as we can keep the momentum going . ’ |
| 9 | Announcing this programme , the then Minister of Fuel and Power , Geoffrey Lloyd , said dramatically , ‘ Our nuclear pioneers have now given us a second chance — to lead another industrial revolution in the second half of the twentieth century . ' |
| 10 | It would have given us a base at least to operate from , a place where we could be contacted , and where we might even meet some of our fellow producers . |
| 11 | Many major obstacles had been overcome : a friend had loaned me £1,500 , and two others , Tommy and Hilary Thomas , had given us a home after my curacy at St Luke 's Church , Cheetham , had terminated . |
| 12 | THE contemporary women 's movement has given us a language with which to describe and understand patriarchal oppression . |
| 13 | He had wept almost at the calling up of Michael Soames , who he thought might never dance again , but had given us a most glowing description of an Egyptian hand dance by Mr Anton Dolin . |
| 14 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 15 | Andy had given us a special ticket which was non-transferable , so we sat in the departure lounge disconsolately watching half-empty flights leaving for Heathrow . |
| 16 | ‘ At least it 's given us a breather . |
| 17 | The progressive dominance of print since the invention of the mechanised production of books in the fifteenth century has given us a very prosaic and flat image of the Bible that hides its true nature . |
| 18 | He 'd probably have given us a proper meal and , and — ‘ |
| 19 | ’ — given us a home in a shoebox , ’ said Masklin . |
| 20 | ‘ — and given us a home in a shoebox , ’ said Gurder automatically . |
| 21 | Over the years motor caravanning has given us a completely new view of the world . |
| 22 | This has given us a story . ’ |
| 23 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 24 | The International Publishers Association may have given us a pointer in the right direction with the publication this year of its Charter for the Reader . |
| 25 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 26 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 27 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 28 | Working in the sometimes difficult Philadelphia Memorial Hall where CBS , RCA and EMI teams have produced variable sonic results in the past , they have given us a balance which is tonally on the bright side and acoustically rather dry . |
| 29 | Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered . |
| 30 | The programmer has given us a production concept which will spread to every aspect of the teaching process . |