Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] give [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Government are sincere about the Bill , they should not hesitate to give assurances to the House and the country that the money will be found to ensure that a link will be provided and that services will be available to the communities in the regions , and particularly the north , from the channel tunnel . |
| 2 | While it is not right that either partner should always have to give way to the other , each may have to concede at times , for both their sakes and for the well-being of their marriage . |
| 3 | What good was this love that she should never have given birth to ? |
| 4 | This happened rather often , and if the inhabitants of Oswaldston had not mostly been shut up in front of their televisions at this time of day , it might already have given rise to some talk . |
| 5 | If the lunar curves in Figure 6.9 can roughly be applied to Mercury then crater erasure took place before about 4000 Ma ago , and most of the present craters , which may also have given rise to the smooth plains , were in place by about 3000 Ma ago , and little has happened on the Mercurian surface since except for the effects of tidal slow-down and interior shrinkage . |
| 6 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 7 | His lips would n't move to give voice to the words . |
| 8 | I ca n't afford to give way to my emotions . |
| 9 | A fair employer will already have given thought to the alternatives to redundancy , perhaps even contacting other companies within the same group to see whether vacancies exist elsewhere . |