Example sentences of "give [art] present [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the present state of understanding regarding the causes and appropriate forms of intervention for children with language difficulties , this kind of short-cut is likely to lead to inadequate assessment and ineffective treatment . |
| 2 | derating with the introduction of the poll tax and , given the present state of agriculture , there is considerable concern about what will happen under the council tax . |
| 3 | B R says such rises were inevitable given the present state of its finances . |
| 4 | Given the present gender order , women , other than a few exceptional women , just can not win . |
| 5 | This pessimism may have some truth given the present management approach within our schools but it is suggested here that if that managerial frame of reference was itself to be radically re-oriented , then teachers ' perceptions of their own professionality would also be powerfully affected and they may indeed come to feel that effective classroom activity was positively related to their performance in the wider school context . |
| 6 | Firstly , if the argument is that any of the suggested markets — be they for products , corporate control or managerial talent — at present actually operates to constrain corporate managers , this is not something which is empirically demonstrated , and given the present nature of these markets it seems an implausible claim . |
| 7 | However , perhaps he could be more generous , given the present need for investment , and allow for a limited period , such as that which operated when the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) was Chancellor . |
| 8 | Does he realise that , given the present replacement rate , the average bus will be on the road for 30 years ? |
| 9 | This has given the present city its innumerable trees , its many green spaces , and its fine views and prospects . |
| 10 | ( The reason for giving the present proof will appear in exercise 3.3.5 . ) |
| 11 | Each of these future estates , though it gave no present right to possession or enjoyment , was treated as something already in existence , which could be disposed of and would descend ( so far as it is inheritable ) just like a present estate . |