Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] give [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While there is no way of knowing whether these rates of erosion are typical or atypical of Andean regions in general , the data nevertheless give cause for concern and emphasise the role of soil erosion as a major agent of environmental change . |
| 2 | Luke broke off without completing the shocked question , the appalled look in his eyes gradually giving way to contrition as he stared at her . |
| 3 | The legs also gave scope for embellishment ; they were turned into columns or bent into distinctive arch shapes with ball feet . |
| 4 | Jordanhill also gives priority to students from sparsely populated areas in its hostel ; offers a Gaelic option in its Primary Diploma course and is associated with the Western Isles Bilingual Project . |
| 5 | The tape also gives advice on diet , health , and beauty . |
| 6 | Older associationist models gradually gave way to interpretations based on concepts of language learning . |
| 7 | As a person 's independence gradually gives way to dependence in one or more areas of daily life , it is generally accepted that the family will increase support and assistance . |
| 8 | It was a ‘ sad indictment ’ that some reporting accountants had evidently been issuing unqualified reports in circumstances subsequently giving rise to claims on the fund . |
| 9 | Loathsome as he now is , he becomes still more so as he hypocritically professes to Cornwall his filial embarrassment : ‘ How , my lord , I may be censured , that nature thus gives way to loyalty , something fears me to think of … . |
| 10 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 11 | The rapid growth of private charity in these years also gave rise to institutions demonstrating a variety of approaches to the palliation of poverty . |
| 12 | Ultimately the final culmination was the same : anarchy eventually gave place to patrician capitalism . |
| 13 | That said , the crew of the Enterprise still gives value for money as the reluctant honour guard to a Klingon delegation suing for peace . |
| 14 | Although the diet literature often gives information about animal sources of protein , there is surprisingly little about plant sources . |
| 15 | The orders therefore give effect without modification to their recommendations and I hope the house will approve them . |
| 16 | The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches . |
| 17 | The army later gave permission for women , children under 18 and men over 60 to leave Sarajevo next week . |
| 18 | The same incident also gave rise to complaints by a number of members of the public in respect of the conduct of several police officers who had attended it . |
| 19 | A. V. Dicey , the prominent nineteenth-century jurist and by no means an extreme anti-feminist , considered that while distinctions of rights founded on sex often gave rise to injustice ‘ they have this in their favour — they rest upon a difference not created by social conventions or by human prejudice and selfishness , or by accidental circumstances … which split society into classes , but by the nature of things ’ . |
| 20 | Chemical weathering frequently gives rise to minerals which are less dense than their precursors . |
| 21 | Tabitha sat in the stern and watched the olive groves and sponge gardens on either bank swiftly give way to shipyards , silica refineries and air plants . |
| 22 | I read carefully all of the somewhat defensive Book Tokens publicity material but , like his reactionary letter , it did nothing to lessen my conviction that a gentle broadening of advertising emphasis from the safely converted — adults buying for children — to embrace the message that tokens also give pleasure to adults could only be beneficial . |
| 23 | Falling world fish catches , rainforest depletion , reduced energy efficiency , disappearing bird species and increasing global temperatures also give cause for concern . |
| 24 | Cajolings then give way to threats and threats to the big stick until , undernourished and overloaded , their faith sinks to the ground and expires . |
| 25 | The roaring , bellowing growls sometimes gave rise to screams of agony . |
| 26 | Fortune duly gave way to forfeit ; the cars were sold , the duck marsh was turned into a bird sanctuary and the only tigers left in Bharatpur are stuffed . |
| 27 | The citation order now gives precedence to processes , such as circulation control and cataloguing , rather than to types of libraries . |
| 28 | Steam power finally gave way to electricity by the mid-1950s and in 1977 , the mill was completely gutted and re-equipped with modern machinery , much of it made locally by Simon-Barron of Gloucester . |
| 29 | These inequalities inevitably give rise to resentment . |