Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] give [det] " in BNC.

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1 When the inspectors refused to give all the desired assurances the directors claimed a breach of natural justice .
2 Industry regulators proposed giving this information greater prominence and adding new features .
3 The governors decided to give all these matters priority and to consider them in detail at the next meeting .
4 If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould .
5 Dorcas had given this a lot of thought as teams of nomes sweated to pry the lids off the paint-streaked tins .
6 While the TMI accident would not have progressed to the stage it did had it not been for human error , it highlighted the fact that reactor designers and operators had to give more attention to the reliability of the system and its components , and their interaction under accident conditions .
7 Early cases , especially in State courts tended to give some priority to the Convention .
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