Example sentences of "always give [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) .
2 Well , we 've always given money for Eretz and now we 're giving men and women , including our beloved Rabbi .
3 But in the same way that real poverty has always given birth to real revolution , this feigned poverty of the adventurous would breed a false-bottomed , jerry-built revolution in which the adventurers would continue their make-believe and be followed by the rock-concert lumpen , tired of their own voyeurism . ’
4 The British army has always given campaign medals which are rewards for just being there and doing an ordinary job , and special medals for gallantry beyond the call of duty .
5 Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen .
6 In practice there is increasing evidence that the rights of parents under the Act are not always given prominence .
7 But Dad had always given responsibility to Charles , shared his worries and fears with Charles … well , that was fine , as long as she was allowed her fair say as well .
8 ( 4 ) Cinema has always given primacy of place to images .
9 ‘ The people of the Cévennes have always given refuge to the oppressed . ’
10 This would always give Felix a cheeky look , even when he stopped being a black kid and started being a black man .
11 Do you always give way , perhaps because it 's the easiest thing to do ?
12 But then it is only a presumption ; and , as such , it must always give way to the language used if it is clear , and also to all counter presumptions which may legitimately be had in view in determining , on ordinary principles , the true meaning and intent of the legislation .
13 I will always give way to the hon. Gentleman .
14 Another problem is that if you 're trying to deal with other manufacturers in the way that we do , where we have this extremely close relationship and they are very reliant on our forward forecasts of volume , they feel if you have your own manufacturing plant that you would always give preference to it in bad times and the other suppliers would be the people to suffer if sales declined .
15 He says that people will nearly always give money to a cripple .
16 Brentford manager Phil Holder said : ‘ Joe is a very whole-hearted player who will always give value for money .
17 But I always give credit to the audience .
18 It seems a bit trivial to ask whether you have measured those parts of yourself that always give trouble ?
19 Whatever figure you have in your head , ask at every turn of your book , " What will the Reader ( I always give mine a capital letter in my mind ) want next ? "
20 There are numerous experiments in which the cells of the four-to eight-cell stage embryo are rearranged and recombined , always giving rise to normal development .
21 Les Phillips running the show in mid-field , Steve Foster defending stoutly at the back and the front runners always giving Spurs problems especially when the ball was played over the top .
22 They must naturally be pursued , but always giving counsellees the opportunity to move on to other , more crucial issues .
23 Team spirit was much in evidence though , with the fitter people helping the strugglers and always giving encouragement .
24 She was always giving orders to Kamala , who had to obey .
25 He is always giving people small presents !
26 Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them .
27 It always gave Anne goosebumps , especially when the unidentified male voice answered the girls ' plea for Mr Sandman to bring them a dream with a drawn-out , ever-so-slightly creepy ‘ ye-e-es ? ’
28 As Kenneth Macpherson was to note , film always gave evidence of ‘ its humble Pier Penny Peep Show beginning ’ .
29 But if the theory was mathematically consistent and always gave predictions that agreed with observations , we could be reasonably confident that it was the right one .
30 Edouard de Chavigny always gave jewels .
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