Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] give [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 No , not really I think erm , er first of all I think very important that especially with the Baltic share the public the should not give the commission to the Baltic public until , unless the Republic itself guaranteed the right of the Russian and minority and the Polish minority and the and the Republic .
2 IBOA has totally rejected this arrogant attempt by the Banks to undermine the settlement proposals and members in all Banks should clearly give a message to their Management , that this development is totally unacceptable .
3 York winner Sabre Rattler will be backed for the big two-year-old race , but may not give the weight to Urry Urry Urry ( 3.00 ) .
4 If a critic has a very decided political or religious point of view , this can override other considerations in judgements about art ; the viewpoint may also give a bias to the description or interpretation made .
5 If someone goes away on holiday , you may well give the key to a neighbour , they probably know a relative of yours or somebody like that that if anything does happen they can contact you or your relative to come down and check the house over .
6 Lil and I would always give a home to John 's wife and child . ’
7 " I shall also give a warning to those present , to the effect that , in my view , nothing could be worse for the treatment of cholera than the warm baths , mustard-plasters and compresses recommended by Dr Dunstaple , which can only further reduce the water content of the blood No medicine could be more dangerous in cholera collapse than opium , and calomel in the form of a pill is utterly useless . "
8 It would also give an advantage to non-EC purchasers of European heritage .
9 Once he had Garry back with Berenice he would n't give a thought to the Adams twins and she would forget him and the time she had spent hunting Garry and her sister through the Northumberland countryside .
10 But it 's very infectious , and you ca n't give the vaccine to pregnant bitches . ’
11 The next day I went to the State Bank , and there I was told , ‘ That 's fine , only we ca n't give the money to the person here .
12 The Keeper of the Temple will only give the Key to those who have proved themselves worthy .
13 It is not difficult to make similar observations in the case of other adjectives : ( 8 ) a meteorological expert romantic novelists foreign policy a nuclear scientist animate nouns the royal hatmaker All these are wholly respectable phrases of English ( especially the last one ) but , in every case , a test using the sentence " This N is A " will either give a meaning to the adjective which is different from that in the original phrase , or simply produce an unacceptable result .
14 An examination of the structure of the mouthparts will therefore give a clue to the feeding mechanism and frequently to the nature of the food of an insect .
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