Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] give [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 2 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 3 | Childhood instincts caused the individual to turn , on those occasions when his self-confidence failed him , to animate and inanimate objects to which he ascribed comforting powers similar to those originating in his parents , and these real objects eventually gave way to the imaginary ones that became the first ‘ gods ’ . |
| 4 | For the moment it is sufficient to note that while the managerialist picture of management discretion unbounded by market pressures is unquestionably a serious distortion , the more extreme claims made for the constraining power of these additional markets also give rise to considerable doubts . |
| 5 | In addition , early cleavage stage blastomeres disaggregated and cultured individually or in small groups frequently give rise to " false blastocysts " which appear to be composed of only TE ( 26 and references cited therein ) . |
| 6 | A series of small overlaps above give rise to technical and varied climbing , with the odd blindish move making for some entertaining sequences — something which caused a little consternation on my initial freezing encounter . |
| 7 | Despite his wonderfully unattractive and humourless appearance , his exotic origins nonetheless gave rise to an extraordinary rumour . |
| 8 | Geometric designs gradually gave way to more curvilinear , Persian-style schemes during the period of Ottoman rule ( early 16th to late 18th centuries ) and some of these Ottoman Court carpets are among the finest examples of the period . |