Example sentences of "[pron] gives they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the theory of universal grammar , children start outlife with a universal grammar or language ‘ blueprint ’ in the mind which gives them some idea of the form that any language will take . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know why anyone gives them any credence . ’ |
| 3 | But the ideal is asserted in all areas of psychological method : in observations , questionnaires , interviews , and projective tests , as well as experiments ; and it gives them all a claim on scientific reliability . |
| 4 | The girls are required to plan their own day , and when they are used to this system , most prefer it to the structure of school and it gives them some control over their daily lives . |
| 5 | If it gives them some real advantages , then it will get used . |
| 6 | People expect of a theory of origins that in some way or other it gives them some quite privileged and special position , and they feel undermined and threatened by a theory of origin which does n't say something really rather special about them . |