Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] given [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 2 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 4 | ‘ Your excellent work has given us the answer to that question , Watson . |
| 5 | In part 2 the author has given you the option of turning off those infuriating flashing lasers and electric grills , which I found helped me to think a little easier but , alas , did n't help me in solving the problem . |
| 6 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |
| 7 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 8 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |
| 9 | Evolution has given us the Canaletto whose complex city perspectives recede infinitely away and now it is itself seen regressing as |
| 10 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 11 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 12 | Rahab tells them , ‘ I know that the Lord has given you the land , and that the fear of you has fallen upon us , and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you . ’ |
| 13 | The Hochhauser Season had given her the courage to defy Georg — not to quarrel with him , she did n't want to do that — but to make it plain she was now her own woman , with her own life to lead , a life that might or might not include him . |
| 14 | His decisive , no-nonsense manner had given him the reputation of being a good doctor , and this had been only slightly dented by one or two spectacularly wrong diagnoses . |
| 15 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 16 | It seemed as though anger had given her the strength that rest in bed had failed to produce . |
| 17 | Her instructor had given her the name of a boy who was selling a sailboard and who would be here in time for the afternoon race . |
| 18 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary has given them the figures on investment in this country and they are rather good . |
| 19 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 20 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 21 | Science has given us the technology , but do we have the right to use it ? |
| 22 | ‘ The success of the over-haul has given us the incentive to improve the plant systems and procedures even further , ’ added Ian . |
| 23 | A property millionaire had given him the key to the Mayfair pad where he squired Antonia . |
| 24 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 25 | It was too late to ring Defence — early evening in London by now — but Maxim had given her the number of one of George 's military clubs and she left the name of Anglam Gateway and its solicitors with the secretary there . |
| 26 | But altogether her uncle Bean had given her the stiffening she needed . |