Example sentences of "[verb] given [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wembley chairman Sir Brian Wolfson has given permission to the former England captain 's family for a match in his honour . |
| 2 | A Paris conference on the Amazon forests has given publicity to the continuing destruction of the area . |
| 3 | She has given voice to those who thought that previous Conservative governments had been too tolerant or ‘ defeatist ’ about the unions , the welfare state , high taxation , and public spending , and too accommodating to other countries , particularly in the European Community and the Commonwealth . |
| 4 | In this sense it is significant that , unlike in France and Britain , no politician of note has given voice to the growing disquiet in Germany about the move in Europe towards a Federalist state . |
| 5 | He has given instructions to his new General to use whatever force it takes to destroy them , and at whatever cost . |
| 6 | Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities . |
| 7 | Indeed arguably the only reliable evidence of who has given money to the Tory Party is the honours list which is published twice a year ! |
| 8 | The bitch that whelps her pups beyond the margins of village life has given birth to potentially feral dogs . |
| 9 | He said , ‘ What a breed of people two hundred years of imperialism has given birth to . |
| 10 | A GRANDMOTHER has given birth to test-tube twins . |
| 11 | The new year has given birth to what could be a powerful new combo : AT&T and Novell . |
| 12 | They may go on appearing for twenty-four hours until eventually he has given birth to a thousand or more babies . |
| 13 | The conflict itself has given birth to new violations of human rights , which have , in turn , been the impetus for further fighting ’ ( Hewitt , 1982:153 ) . |
| 14 | TV PRESENTER Anne Diamond has given birth to a boy — her first child since her son Sebastian died tragically in his cot . |
| 15 | A DELIGHTED woman has given birth to healthy sextuplets , seven years after she and her husband first tried to have a baby . |
| 16 | In eastern Germany a female wolf has given birth to a cub for the first time in decades . |
| 17 | A woman they called Supermum has given birth to her fourteenth child . |
| 18 | Another of the group 's rescued ponies , Cola , has given birth to a foal which is being named Derek . |
| 19 | Another of the group 's rescued ponies , Cola , has given birth to a foal which is being named Derek . |
| 20 | A mother who gave up fertility drugs after they failed to bring results has given birth to triplets . |
| 21 | Wall Street has been hitting new peaks this week too , which has given support to the London market ( and even Japan 's Nikkei index , in a typically erratic period , has gained nearly 800 points while London added its 245 ) but London has real strengths of its own . |
| 22 | The findings of the study , establishing a link between between pollution and chest and lung problems , has given support to communities throughout the country fighting for compensation . |
| 23 | AFTER a week mulling over Budget proposals for offshore tax reform , British Petroleum has given support to the Chancellor 's moves to encourage more efficient oil and gas production . |
| 24 | But the Banbury environmental research group which has given evidence to the select committee on energy over Harwell says the reasons for the shut-down are more complicated . |
| 25 | He is also chairman of the polytechnic board of governors and has given £100,000 to the new science school to help develop the study of chemical and biotechnological sciences . |
| 26 | The borough council only needs to look to the example of Durham County Council which has given £100,000 to the Bowes Museum for its centenary celebrations to see how important local heritage is . |
| 27 | Elton , 45 , has given £500,000 to Aids organisations in Britain alone , in the last three years . |
| 28 | Religion has given structure to what is acceptable and what is not acceptable in our lives and even those who claim that they do not believe in God , abide by these rules . |
| 29 | Over the years WACC has given scholarships to persons who needed training as documentalists . |
| 30 | Since 1979 the government has given grants to the tobacco industry worth more than £27 million [ 9 ] . |