Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adv] giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not only leading the horse but also giving it mental stimulation . |
| 2 | Within an hour hundreds of spadefoot males were bobbing like so many light balloons on the pool 's surface , each every second or less giving voice to a single loud ‘ Wah ! ’ . |
| 3 | The business of getting into costume and make-up and then giving his performance as the father in Malcolm Harris 's The Hooded Owl meant that details like confrontations with murderers would have to wait . |
| 4 | Both Age Concern and the social services department have set up befriending schemes , sending volunteers or care assistants to spend time with elderly people at home and often giving carers a break . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ If Ian Lang is telling the truth in saying there is nothing political about the Government 's proposals then there is now good reason to think seriously about cancelling the reorganisation and instead giving consideration to setting up an independent commission . ’ |
| 6 | At the Sollum Voe anchorage this 145 tons of sea water was pumped out and the ships patched up , causing a day 's delay but also giving time for Christmas dinner and a night 's sleep with everyone fully recovered from sea sickness , a malady with no respect for rank or courage . |
| 7 | This creates opportunities for accountants to act as experts , preparing a report on the subject of the suit or prosecution and possibly giving evidence in court as an expert witness . |
| 8 | An award for helping to improve the environment and simultaneously giving support to a local hospice , has been presented to Stoddard Carpets Ltd . |
| 9 | Simon did n't answer , just turned in his swivel chair and began lacing up the front of Kim 's basque while still giving me my instructions . |
| 10 | The beauty of the versatile LM method is that we can also just choose one or two methods to gain that experience while still giving our patients the gentle but speedy improvement they desire . |
| 11 | modern traffic calming measures however er I believe we have experts on the Council er in these matters but I believe that by narrowing the road and perhaps giving us pavements because one of our problems is that we have not got a continuous pavement through the village , and it is necessary to cross the road four times in some cases to walk from one end to the other . |
| 12 | money for light and they 've been having to keep her pension and like giving her so much at a time because it 's been going missing with all the money ! |
| 13 | She had been up and about for over an hour , moving slowly about her caravan , straightening the covers on the bunk , shaking the rag rug and even giving the brass on her beloved stove an early rub with metal polish . |
| 14 | In a short statement on photography ( Land , 1972a ) , Land suggested that it was a way of retaining the shifting , fleeting world of childhood and thus giving the child ‘ a new kind of security ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ He was first rate ! ’ enthused Surkov , using the English adjective and thereby giving his compliment an ironic tinge . |
| 16 | The depth of focus will be small if the lens aperture is larger , ‘ stopping down ’ will bring the extreme rays closer to the axis so that the true focus can be further from the film while still giving the same size of blur spot . |
| 17 | At the economic level by avoiding the separation of accumulation from production and so giving the working class control of the social surplus product . |
| 18 | Apart from helping read my mail , taking my letters to the Post Office and even giving me weather reports , he is always cheerful . |