Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 2 | The crytic stage in the choroid plexus may also give the ‘ tryps ’ time to alter their surface antigens , and so escape destruction by the immune system ; the trick that has , to date , made it impossible to construct vaccines effective against them . |
| 3 | In its practical implementation by public authorities , the legislative framework may well give some scope for recognising the potential of family care prior to care . |
| 4 | Martin Harrison ( 1989 , p. 656 ) accepts that television ‘ reporting of routine , uncontroversial activities may well give incumbent governments an inbuilt advantage ’ but he rejects the idea of applying the concepts of impartiality and balance to the governing party 's total television coverage . |
| 5 | I disagree and think that a lone driver should never give lifts to strangers . |
| 6 | Normally we need to look at large numbers of objects ( tens , or perhaps hundreds ) : the analytical technique must therefore give results in a reasonable amount of time per sample and cope with large numbers of objects . |
| 7 | Researchers should therefore give more attention to its negative effects on their conduct , especially in the way it requires researchers to make a number of pragmatic compromises which depart from the textbook portrayal of ideal research practice . |
| 8 | Unfettered competition of dog eat dog policies must surely give way to positive employment policies and achieve what desired , a society set free from idleness . |
| 9 | Even when the sound-level meter is not available , the physical effort of talking and the strength of the signals from the vibrator may still give useful clues , although the loudness of background noise would not be shown visibly . |
| 10 | But the Tory loons may now give Mr Major a breathing space . |
| 11 | The end of family rule may now give Congress a chance to reunite . |
| 12 | Having the capacity of a CD-ROM at its disposal means that palmtop textual databases may soon give way to multimedia . |
| 13 | Any gamma coming from the capture of fusion neutrons should therefore give a peak between these two , at 2224 keV . |
| 14 | THE ‘ novelty ’ of first-class cricket in the North-East might well give the Durham county team the pleasure of playing its home championship games in front of the biggest crowds on the circuit . |
| 15 | The recipient could also give evidence that she recognised the voice or tape recorded the offender . |
| 16 | Eliminating skilled labour would thus give more power to management . |
| 17 | This magical number may have rendered the split-screen sequence superfluous ; but most Astaire and Charisse fans would probably give a day 's pay to see it once . |
| 18 | Ferguson : The Leeds fans would never give him a chance , plus he is crap . |
| 19 | For some years I tended to assume that the computers would merely give us a better documented description of the language , but I do not think that that position remains tenable . |
| 20 | The shops would also give people the chance to use a consumer complaint system . |
| 21 | A strict analogy with judicial review would perhaps give the decision-maker a power ( and a duty ) to award compensation after it had re-made its decision , if it turned out that the applicant had suffered loss as a result of the initial illegal decision ( although there are difficulties in this solution which we will consider in a moment ) . |
| 22 | power considerations will usually give way to efficiency — at least in profit-making enterprises , if observations are taken at sufficiently long intervals [ … |
| 23 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 24 | Any increase in IRA violence will only give the process added urgency . |
| 25 | I was for a short time privileged to share in the joy and vitality and the oneness with Almighty God in his Luo people ( Anne Marie will gladly give a talk and show slides to any interested groups in the North West . |
| 26 | Installing a dimmer switch will often give you the flexibility you 'll need . |
| 27 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 28 | Nimslo will also give no firm figures for sales in the US where the system has been in the shops for a year . |
| 29 | The 1 in 60 rule will then give time and distance from the NDB . |
| 30 | Comparison of the two recordings will then give you an indication of the difference in quality between the two . |