Example sentences of "this gives [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We use some of them in " polite " society or in a scientific context , but this gives them no absolute value . |
| 2 | Brachiopods have two valves , and this gives them a superficial resemblance to bivalved molluscs . |
| 3 | This gives them a distinct influence on the development of agriculture and the food economy of the region . |
| 4 | This gives them a little more shut-eye . |
| 5 | Outwardly , this gives them a chemical perception of ‘ taste ’ — roots seek minerals and water , while the leaves orientate themselves to derive maximum energy from the sun , ‘ stored ’ in chemical bonds . |
| 6 | This gives them a far better chance of survival . |
| 7 | They believe this gives them a great opportunity and I am sure they are right . ’ |
| 8 | This gives them a direct financial incentive to reduce pollution : doing so means lower taxes . |
| 9 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |
| 10 | This gives them the major role in making decisions about the most important school resources . |
| 11 | This gives them an advantage over other insects in their tropical rain forest home . |
| 12 | You will notice no definite article before the word ‘ sacraments ’ and this gives me a little liberty to begin my address reasonably broadly . |
| 13 | This gives me a strange feeling of relief . |
| 14 | This gives me a printed list of subdirectories on my hard disk . |
| 15 | This gives me the chance to have a last word on the World Cricket Cup final . |
| 16 | This gives me the terrible dichotomy of knowing that during the stalking season I would dearly love to ruin the day for the fat boors crawling all over Scotland , puffing in their tweeds , but I would hate to disturb Ted and his colleagues at their job , which pays their grocery bills and is their only source of income . |
| 17 | This gives me the basic framework on which to elaborate . |
| 18 | This gives me the basic framework on which to elaborate . |
| 19 | Making up her mind is the first stage as this gives her a clear aim and plan . |
| 20 | John Watson tends to regard himself as Mike 's adopted father , but Mike has inherited the substantial Lester shareholding and this gives him a considerable amount of independence ( which is not always to John Watson 's taste ) . |
| 21 | If you volunteer the irrelevant information that an imaginary character 's grandfather was a fishmonger , this gives him a history , an added dimension , that makes him more real . |
| 22 | This gives him the chance to escape at night while The Count of Monte Cristo is on the radio . |
| 23 | If you happen to know that it is the Prime Minister personally who advises the Queen to dissolve Parliament , you will realise that this gives him the whip hand over other members of the Cabinet — who fear the cataclysm of an untimely election as much as back-benchers do . |
| 24 | So it 's an attempt on , on , on the second level to minutely reconstructing historical , the lost , the truest but what really happened and in that on that level , it 's important for Freud to establish that Moses was not Jewish but Egyptian , because this gives him the link with Egyptian monarchism and the events of the exodus and explains it as well . |
| 25 | This gives him an additional +1 attack in close combat . |
| 26 | This gives him an unrivalled knowledge of the way in which banks operate , and contacts inside them . |
| 27 | This gives him an antidote to the high pressure selling techniques sometimes employed by door-to-door salesmen . |
| 28 | This gives him an opportunity of bringing his appointed representatives together to discuss sales opportunities , the marketplace , and provides an ideal opportunity for an exchange of ideas . |
| 29 | This gives it a whitish sparkle as light catches millions of tiny prisms and reflects white light . |
| 30 | This gives it a passing resemblance to a crab , with which it shares an inability to raise itself significantly above any flat surface on which it finds itself , giving the lie to that universally popular , but inaccurate , graffito , ‘ Please to stand upon the seat , the crabs in here can jump six feet ’ . |