Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 I disagree and think that a lone driver should never give lifts to strangers .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The end of family rule may now give Congress a chance to reunite .
8 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 .
9 The recipient could also give evidence that she recognised the voice or tape recorded the offender .
10 Eliminating skilled labour would thus give more power to management .
11 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 ) .
12 Any increase in IRA violence will only give the process added urgency .
13 Installing a dimmer switch will often give you the flexibility you 'll need .
14 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 .
15 Nimslo will also give no firm figures for sales in the US where the system has been in the shops for a year .
16 The 1 in 60 rule will then give time and distance from the NDB .
17 If you do n't have the skill , Employment Action will never give you those skills .
18 They are political constraints , particularly with the U N , they are political ones when one considers government to government aid , I mean at the moment for instance the British Administration will only give large , significant amounts of emergency relief to countries which are already recipients of British development aid .
19 After Saturday 's draw at Portsmouth , a result which gives the Boro an excellent chance to reach the quarter finals , he said : ‘ Perhaps the media in the North-East will now give the team the credit they deserve , instead of concentrating on events a little further up the road . ’
20 In an industrial situation , for instance , the witness can often give helpful corroborative evidence as to the process of the machinery involved in the accident , and might be able to give some useful suggestions about previous complaints and the personalities of the parties involved .
21 This chapter can only give a broad outline of BM and further reading is certainly justified at this stage .
22 Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears .
23 The application of such a rule can undoubtedly give rise to difficulties in certain sets of circumstances , but so can the suggested rule that economic loss may be recovered provided it is directly consequential on physical damage .
24 In any proceeding in which no pre-trial review has been fixed , the district judge may nonetheless give notice to the parties requiring them to appear before him on the day named in the notice , so that the question of giving directions may be considered ( Ord 17 , rr 10 and 11(4) ) .
25 The National Executive Committee may also give advice and guidance on any special issue to be raised or in the conduct of the campaign during the by-election .
26 It is very effective in quiet passages where the beauty of melody and harmony are undisturbed by counterpoint , as in Example 63 , from Messiaen 's O Sacrum convivium : The effect here is tranquil and smooth , yet homophony may also give the best texture for decisive , dynamic expressions .
27 That implied that a new social configuration may well give rise to new forms of designing …
28 The first is a lack of judicial time particularly when judges in Court of Session must also give priority to criminal cases .
29 Swann displayed a much firmer grasp of the significance of socio-economic circumstances in explaining the fate of students of Afro-Caribbean origin in the education system and had begun to notice that the achievement of students of Bangladesh I origin should also give cause for concern .
30 Merleau-Ponty 's response was to argue that history itself had shown Marxist philosophy to have been flawed ; such philosophy must therefore give up its claim to truth .
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