Example sentences of "giving [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 2 | You 're giving them the perfect opportunity to cut in again . ’ |
| 3 | And at only 70 calories per generous serving of plain boiled rice , you know you are giving them the healthy option . |
| 4 | Erm we 're giving them the appropriate and suitable skills to be able to do their job . |
| 5 | But I just hope Rugby League bosses will help the rest of the British talent by giving them the right set-up in which to play and train . ’ |
| 6 | But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information . |
| 7 | The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |
| 8 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 9 | As Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone L.C. put it in In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 199 , 202 , the ‘ first and paramount consideration [ of the court ] is the well being , welfare or interests [ of the minor ] ’ and I regard it as self-evident that this involves giving them the maximum degree of decision-making which is prudent . |
| 10 | When Italo started making big fish fingers in the chip shop he called them ‘ fingeronis ’ — giving them the Italian ending for ‘ big ’ . |
| 11 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |
| 12 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 13 | Postal clerks and refrigeration engineers became passable guerrillas , giving them the added confidence they needed when men from this camp faced Japanese attack . |
| 14 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 15 | The Bölkow 207 is fitted with toe-operated rubber pedals on the P1 position only , so Nigel was being very trusting in giving me the only set of brakes . |
| 16 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |
| 17 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 19 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 20 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 21 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 22 | to see which ones are giving you the good profits , sort of thing . |
| 23 | It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ? |
| 24 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to speak to you before I saw Ursula , ’ she concluded , ‘ because she might object to my giving you the private detective 's report on Maurice 's finances . ’ |
| 26 | After giving you the brush-off , as you thought , and then bellowing and being so bloody judgemental at the time Simon crashed , I had n't come over as either sensitive or supportive . |
| 27 | er to make sure that we 're giving you the right platform to earn money to keep all of your er aspects going . |
| 28 | ‘ Parents give in to the moaning , and sometimes ignore you , giving you the silent treatment . ’ |
| 29 | But I think I would be giving you the wrong impression if I suggested that most of the evaluation studies with which I 've been concerned have involved this kind of conclusion , or this kind of result . |
| 30 | DEF is well known to us and would be a different sort of purchaser giving you the German influence . |