Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [subord] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other answer is that erm certainly some trials have been done with patients not being diagnosed by a computer , but by giving initial information like their age , their date of birth , erm where the pain is , etc. erm actually interacting themselves with the computer , and studies have shown curiously that patients actually prefer to use a computer rather than to give this information to a doctor . |
| 2 | OUR old friend John Dawson can show a clean heel , or pair of them , to all the hoppers in Christendom , of course especially when given a week off from Hartlepool post office . |
| 3 | He saw three main problems , one , the lack of thoroughness in the guidance of the movement , two , defects in the Party organization and three , bureaucratic leadership , I E the cadres were very commandist rather than giving the peasants political education . |
| 4 | In cases involving more than one child , the circular advised that it might be better for the local Board of Guardians to test the widow 's need by offering to take the children into the workhouse rather than give her outdoor relief . |
| 5 | Neil and D. Davis did n't bother entering the comp so as to give everyone else a chance … and I ca n't really think of anyone who particularly merits a mention … oh , apart from Z-boy Fez who wore stripy skin tight trousers and looked ridiculous … do n't know the results — and hey ! |
| 6 | It controls the ray-gun so as to give out a flash every second . ’ |
| 7 | From the polytechnics themselves the constant message was what had already been achieved , and the potential — in educational , economic and other terms — for doing more if given adequate support from government and local authorities . |
| 8 | She felt a moment of sorrow for the Jan Mayen 's crew : Dutchmen who had brought their little ship to Portsmouth when Holland was overrun by the Nazi armies , choosing to leave their country and fight on with the British Navy rather than give their ship into enemy hands . |
| 9 | I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me . |
| 10 | I lay with my limbs stretched out as stiff as though rigor mortis had set in , and imitated a corpse so as to give greater reality to the enquiry . |
| 11 | We are planning to get another newsletter out before the next one to give you all the details but if you want to know how to label the stuff before than give me a ring |
| 12 | Some programmes , set up by North American and international development agencies in order to alleviate the population pressure on food and thus reduce poverty , were aimed at direct population control rather than giving the woman the right and freedom to control her own fertility . |
| 13 | The trick is to keep the line direct to the float , without disturbing the float more than to give it a slight lift . |
| 14 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
| 15 | On the other hand , many fringe bodies are located on the fringe exactly in order to distance them from the core of government so as to give them a degree of independence from public control . |
| 16 | The Council asked " the conference to consider the extent to which the following rights [ as proposed by the Spanish government ] could be enshrined in the treaty so as to give substance to the concept of citizenship : |
| 17 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 18 | The difference in accident estimates between right and left turns , t(22)=1.89 , p<0.05 , suggests that subjects may indeed have used feelings of risk inappropriately when giving their accident estimates ( alternatively , it is of course possible that the right turns used in this study actually did come from objectively more risky junctions than the left turns ) . |
| 19 | Due to this ancient enmity Dwarfs and Goblins are implacable foes and will often fight to the death rather than give an inch of ground to their enemies . |