Example sentences of "given it [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Frazier , a writer for the New Yorker , has taken this bleak and maligned region and given it life . |
| 2 | I have found that erm it seems basically to be a very pessimistic kind of fiction , more pessimistic than people have often given it credit for , largely because they tend to see , for example in Dashiell Hammett , who 's the author I 'm most interested in from this period , erm a precursor of a lot of heroes , private eyes , who were said to have a very kind of steely moral integrity , which they balance against a general corruption in the world outside , and it does seem to me that in fact with Hammett the detective mirrors the corruption of that world as much as he stands against it , so that it does seem to me rather pessimistic . |
| 3 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 4 | As early as 1752 , David Hume noted that ‘ the plan of liberty is settled , its happy effects are proved by experience , [ and ] a long tract of time has given it stability ’ ( Hume , 1906 : 203 ) . |
| 5 | I had n't given it houseroom for long enough . |
| 6 | Its importance even in the Mediterranean , the sea which had given it birth , was rapidly declining by the later seventeenth century . |
| 7 | But this implies that the world is an entity other than God and God has given it freedom and thus the possibility of ‘ going wrong ’ , of producing evil , sin , pain and suffering , whatever explanation we may try to give of how such things have come about — at least they are only too obvious in the world we know . |
| 8 | ‘ I should have given it consideration in such a small place as Wakefield … |
| 9 | He has given it continuity and confidence , matching perspiration with performance . |
| 10 | He has given it continuity and confidence , matching perspiration with performance . |
| 11 | And it will be obvious to the person receiving your letter that you 've given it priority treatment , to ensure a speedy arrival . |
| 12 | So what in fashion are you given it Claire ? |
| 13 | And the recent deal with Tivoli Systems Inc ( CI NO 2,107 ) has given it access to SQL and object-oriented database tools . |