Example sentences of "gives them the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life ! |
| 2 | ‘ They need booze because the stink from the engine gives them the runs . |
| 3 | It gives them the contact with the theatre that they crave , without the total commitment which acting every night demands . ) |
| 4 | What Trudy and Juanita and the rest of them are trying to say , it seems to me , is that Tod gives them the creeps . |
| 5 | He takes somebody and gives them the work on the side . |
| 6 | He respects them , and gives them the freedom , as he did Isabella , to solve their own problems . |
| 7 | After all , becoming a provisional member of Equity does n't give them work , it merely gives them the opportunity to work in the career for which they have trained . |
| 8 | At the same time many among them are sympathetic to the Greens , whom their second vote gives them the opportunity to support . |
| 9 | Some service housing is already available to service men on discount purchase , which gives them the opportunity to get on the home ownership ladder . |
| 10 | It gives them the opportunity of working on a real live project er which actually has an end point and is going to be used . |
| 11 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 12 | Rail privatisation gives them the shivers . |
| 13 | Their agility gives them the edge , not so much in dispossessing an attacker but in evading attempts to win back the ball and in creating time and space for passing and regenerating their own offence . |
| 14 | For some , in fact , this meeting may be the only evening out they have during the month ; and it is often the encouragement and moral support they get from the group that gives them the resolve to come at all . |
| 15 | They lack the experience and practice which gives them the ability to communicate with the public : they lack common sense . |
| 16 | At light-speed , however , their very velocity gives them the ability to exert pressure . |
| 17 | This behavioural pattern gives them the chance to avoid detection initially by staying very still . |
| 18 | It teaches them responsibility and gives them the chance to work as adults with other adults . ’ |
| 19 | That gives them the chance for promotion to the British League , where they could face Swindon and Milton Keynes . |
| 20 | That gives them the chance for promotion to the British League , where they could face Swindon and Milton Keynes . |
| 21 | Shelter gives them the confidence to come out in the open . |
| 22 | This new process gives them the confidence to experiment with the 240 test shades available . |
| 23 | And who gives them the right to fire off questions such as ‘ Would you like to make canned food more nutritious ? ’ . |
| 24 | Conrad and Philippa think they are real , and their reality gives them the right to doubt mine . |
| 25 | Sometimes I 've been drinking tea with a Sherpa friend of mine in the village of Kundy and there 'll be a clatter up the stairs caused by a dozen people saying ‘ We understand Hillary 's here ’ , as if that gives them the right to charge in and take over . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And that gives them the right to try and maul me ? ’ she flared , unable to contain her hurt and anger . |
| 27 | The level of tuition fees charged to students gives them the right to expect a professional standard of service , particularly with regard to test-marking ; the Education Service is judged , to a considerable extent , by that criterion . |
| 28 | That 's what gives them the power . |
| 29 | It also gives them the incentive of winning some cash . |
| 30 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |