Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to give [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 . |
| 2 | The Queen has been talking to prime ministers every week since the early fifties : when it comes to practical experience , she is better placed to give advice than her own advisers . |
| 3 | Charles offered himself as a donor and sat with his arm ready bared to give blood , but the unfortunate patient had died by the time the messenger returned . |
| 4 | It seemed especially designed to give weight to his ineptitudes , lending a ridiculous dignity in space to what he had screwed up , like making a free-hanging sculpture of a broken egg-whisk . |
| 5 | Though fever and diarrhoea still linger as killing diseases in parts of southern and south-eastern Europe , and malaria was only beginning to give way before D.D.T. in 1945 these diseases now linger on only in backward districts . |
| 6 | But there was still a long way to go , for the intransigent opposition not only refused to give way but put intense private pressure on Paul to reject this pernicious doctrine of collegiality . |
| 7 | It is for the courts to construe those words and it is the court 's duty in so doing to give effect to the intention of Parliament in using those words . |
| 8 | Do remember , however , that in respect of Unit Trusts and Life Assurance , Midland Bank staff are only allowed to give advice on Midland Bank Group products . |
| 9 | This section examines cases which use indirect words , words directed to someone other than the trustee , which are none the less held to give rise to an obligation under trust in the trustee . |
| 10 | seem to be patronizing people when really you just want to give information . |
| 11 | Some lenders were already refusing to give money for areas which they thought might eventually be included in the list . |
| 12 | An animal that is overtly unhealthy or has already started to give birth should not be used . |
| 13 | The recessed arch panels can now be easily removed to give access to the main girders for future inspection and maintenance . |
| 14 | If not , the fairness of an election may be suspect ; but to use the senatorial rules is to add a further complication to a system whose misguided ingenuity can in any case scarcely fail to give rise to misunderstandings and doubts about the way in which it works . |
| 15 | Good advice you just have to give way to these obstinate creatures . |
| 16 | This further seemed to give encouragement in practice to the ‘ go-into-groups-discuss-an-important-issue-and-find-a-dramatic-statement-for-us-to-discuss ’ sequence . |
| 17 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | What practical measures could we possibly take to give space to so many ? ’ |
| 20 | What he said was very significant — that the ANC wanted to encourage any film-maker , black or white , who tried to put on the screen images of black people that were recognisably human , and who also tried to give employment and encouragement to black technicians . |
| 21 | Libya also has to give proof of its claim to have renounced terrorism — notably by revealing its history of links with the IRA . |
| 22 | The GLC also agreed to give funding to the Gay London Policing group ( GALOP ) , a monitoring project , in keeping with their overall concern about police accountability ; and to the September In The Pink Festival , in keeping with their policy of generating cheap , enjoyable cultural activities . |
| 23 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 24 | Young great spotted cuckoos reared by pied crows , and striped cuckoos reared by arrow-marked babblers , are both known to give begging calls identical to those of the host young . |
| 25 | The precise costing of the alternatives was difficult ( particularly since the nationalised rail and coal industries both refused to give guidance on their future prices which were a crucial element in the analysis ) , but by 1950 a working party chaired by Sayers concluded that , on balance , a higher-voltage superimposed network — Citrine insisted it be more elegantly referred to as the ‘ Supergrid ’ — would be worthwhile . |
| 26 | But both had to give way to Larne AC 's flying doctor Peter Howie who produced his best ever run by storming through in the closing stages to grab the runner up spot . |
| 27 | It may be thought unreasonable that the legislation should both refuse to give credit for repayments and charge renewed borrowings as if they were a first-time borrowing . |
| 28 | Naturally , the words ‘ Central daily of the Hungarian Social Workers ’ Party' also had to give way to a much simpler phrase : ‘ Socialist Daily ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ Where in the ordinary course a person gives a statement to the police and later comes to give evidence for the Crown , the defence can not inspect in advance such statement . |
| 30 | We were , on the whole , comparatively fortunate people but , like everyone else , we had our anxieties and sorrows ; and , friends as we were , it was natural that we should communicate them to one another although , like well mannered people , we wrote letters mainly intended to give pleasure . |