Example sentences of "to give a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignoring accrued interest , the price that a bond has to have to give a yield to maturity of 9 per cent is given by . |
| 2 | " A likely thing it would be if I were to give a drink of milk to every beggar who passed through ! " exclaimed the second brother . |
| 3 | The pillow was placed behind her back , to give a measure of comfort . |
| 4 | ‘ The British have always been prepared to give a measure of recognition to the imperial qualities of other races , especially when these races have been absorbed into their own dominions ; for obvious reasons of self-esteem , conquerors especially enjoy the subjection of those who were formerly paramount . |
| 5 | What it does offer , however , is the possibility of digitising the third dimension with a signal passing through the object being digitised to give a measure of its thickness . |
| 6 | One development worth calling to your attention , though , comes from South Africa : Vorster 's decision to give a measure of home-ownership rights to the ‘ urban African ’ . |
| 7 | This could be compared with an estimate of the same prevalence from some previous survey to give a measure of secular change . |
| 8 | It is impossible in this publication to give a resumé of these . |
| 9 | The bracket furthest away from the downpipe position will be higher than the outlet to give a fall of 1 in 500 ( 4mm for each 2m length or 1in for each 40ft ) . |
| 10 | Determine position of outlet ( directly above drain ) and screw outlet and end bracket in place to give a fall of 1 in 500 |
| 11 | Also 91¼° and 92½° bends for joining horizontal pipes to vertical pipes to give a fall to the horizontal length |
| 12 | The component values are chosen to give a frequency of 720Hz . |
| 13 | It should n't ; she had never been a woman to give a damn about other people 's opinions . |
| 14 | He was too far gone to give a damn about anything . |
| 15 | The minimum effort required is to treat the edges in some permanent way , to clear up rubbish regularly and , as many waste areas are rather flat , to give a structure by planting clumps and belts of fast-growing shrubs and trees . |
| 16 | Evelyn , who is also due to give a performance at Dumfries young offenders institution , said : ‘ I always enjoy playing in my native Scotland , and this tour is particularly special . ’ |
| 17 | What we are able to do in my job is to do what I was happy to do which is to give a performance in aid of a charity , one soon learns how to expend one 's energy and in which direction to focus it . |
| 18 | Evelyn stared into the blue eyes , willing them to give a flicker of understanding , of forgiveness . |
| 19 | Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’ |
| 20 | As a result of these negotiations , some of the original proposals had to be modified and , of course , I had to give a guarantee of absolute confidentiality to everyone involved , directly or indirectly , with the research . |
| 21 | It provides the glare reduction , radiation protection and anti-static lead available with other types of screens — plus the ability to give a degree of privacy to the user . |
| 22 | It provides the glare reduction , radiation protection and anti-static lead available with other types of screens — plus the ability to give a degree of privacy to the user . |
| 23 | The policy for returns of non faulty goods is to give a refund for any item where proof of purchase can be provided . |
| 24 | Of course when one thought about it rationally it was obvious there was bound to be an investigation of some kind , but throughout the long flight she had been too concerned with the purely personal implications of the news item to give a thought to those who might have a financial interest in the story . |
| 25 | Everywhere , his testimony was a ‘ show ’ : one that played in dentists ' surgeries to relieve the pain of extraction , in bars to give a purpose to drinking , in aeroplanes criss-crossing the country , and in television stores to crowds of people pressing against the windows . |
| 26 | As well as being interviewed , prospective chief officers will also have to give a presentation on a given topic , analyse financial data for non-experts and solve a practical problem . |
| 27 | The Provisional IRA usually endeavoured to give a warning of some kind . |
| 28 | The dragon-lady 's in a sober tizzy , eh ? , because they tried to give a bucket of beer to the horse . |
| 29 | Five Danish medical officers and four English coroners were supplied with details of forty cases of sudden death , half English and half Danish , and were asked to give a verdict of suicide , accident , homicide , natural causes , or ‘ open ’ . |
| 30 | threatened and awed the jurors to give a verdict for the King , and by unlawful means did surprize the county , that they might not make defence , and did use several menacing wicked speeches and actions to the jury and others , for obtaining his unjust purpose aforesaid . |