Example sentences of "[be] giving [noun sg] for " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The specially-adapted unmarked cars will be compared on a day-to-day basis with a marked police car to see if they are giving value for money . |
2 | For example , a child who is sociable , and is likely to benefit from social and linguistic interactions with other children , may be best placed in an ordinary classroom but with special periods devoted to those areas of language which are giving cause for concern . |
3 | His condition is said to be giving cause for concern . |
4 | If you were giving outline for building , it would be different . |
5 | Delays for defendants in trials on indictment were giving cause for concern in 1975 , when the James Committee reported , but at that stage over 70 per cent . |
6 | States used them to discover whether schools were giving value for money . |
7 | WWF is giving money for conservation all the time in Northern Ireland , with much of the spending going into coastal projects , the theme of this year 's Walk for Wildlife campaign . |
8 | There is , however , the question of transport links to Europe which is giving cause for concern to well established exporters . |
9 | Already the position in the Capital is giving cause for great concern . |
10 | Mr Zivkovic , a draughtsman who lived in Britain for 24 years after the war but now lives in Tasmania , Australia , was giving evidence for the defence in Lord Aldington 's libel action over allegations by Mr Nikolai Tolstoy and Mr Nigel Watts that he is a war criminal responsible for the forced repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs . |
11 | If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment . |