Example sentences of "[vb base] given to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are some instances documented in the literature where people are quite clear that support given to in-laws is really being given to the blood relative . |
| 2 | The message I 've given to London is that volunteers are in very good heart and it does n't stop there . |
| 3 | I 've been generous in the latitude I 've given to speakers in talking to this proposal , but it is quite specific about the the review of er responsibilities |
| 4 | Er Rosie the the press release number six that I 've given to Sandra , will you tell her to hold it please and not to send it out tomorrow . |
| 5 | These experiments are , however , still pulsed , and it would be extremely valuable if a true continuous wave all-optical passive resonator system could be developed , to give the sort of experimental impetus that the xenon and helium-xenon lasers have given to laser instabilities . |
| 6 | In a typically grandiose gesture , CEGB chairman Sir Walter Marshall said on television that if the inquiry rejected the board 's case on safety grounds , he would resign ‘ because it meant that the technical advice I have given to government in past years has been proved to be incorrect ’ . |
| 7 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 8 | I would like to thank your Charities Committee for the generous Christmas present , in the form of a £250 donation , they have given to CPRW ! |