Example sentences of "[v-ing] give [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By producing this Bill , and by everything that they have done , are doing and will do , the Government are endeavouring to give British Coal the time and the means to meet what we perceive as longer-term needs . |
| 2 | We are endeavouring to give maximum flexibility to how clauses 1 to 14 are considered . |
| 3 | By the 1850s the tradition had declined , so that Baudelaire was seeking to give new life to a decayed literary genre . |
| 4 | While attempting to give financial autonomy to schools the government has at the same time failed to help the market — that is , parents and pupils — to decide what subjects should be studied . |
| 5 | In addition to classic injunctions such as ‘ I look for a marked reduction in the number of problems put forward for discussion in Ministerial Committees ’ , in the terse Major Attlee style , the paper contains a passage which is pure Brook : ‘ The Cabinet Committee system has a valuable part to play in the central machinery of government , both in relieving the pressure on the Cabinet itself and in helping to give practical effect to the principle of collective responsibility at times when the Cabinet does not include all Ministers in charge of Departments . ’ |
| 6 | The new possibilities of sound had been suggested by the great success of that ‘ gabby ’ medium the radio which was now helping to give American actuality a new urgency and also by the Broadway stage where the great success of Hecht and MacArthur 's The Front Page had hinted at the dramatic possibilities of ordinary everyday dialogue . |
| 7 | Philpott paused before speaking to give added impact to Kolchinsky 's words . |
| 8 | We seem to see here a first concept of temple-decoration , the guardian symbols , beginning to give hesitant way to the idea which was to prevail : the devotion of temple-gables to narrative scenes from myth and legend . |
| 9 | And now " The Meeting having given due consideration to the want of a regular and resident Surgeon in the Island , and conceive that such a person is much wanted , and they know that in general the practice and payments to a medical person is inadequate to support him in decency , and although a liberal subscription was opened and entered into by individuals still the supply would be scanty and unequal to the support of an educated person and a gentleman . |
| 10 | 1821 " This Meeting having given due consideration to various kinds of theft committed in the Island — Resolve to stent themselves in a sum ( £20 ) … for the purpose of detecting and prosecuting such persons as may be found guilty of theft . " |
| 11 | Regrettably , however , having given clear guidance as to what is not reinstatement , no help is to be found in Tagro as to what will suffice for this purpose … |
| 12 | Having given considerable thought to teaching movement to children and being very aware of fast changing social needs , Lucy Jackson developed MOTHER AND TODDLER classes in Hammersmith during the 1980s . |
| 13 | The Savings and Investment Bank , said to be owned by property developer Victor Gray , closed its doors in July 1982 having given massive loan facilities . |
| 14 | BRITAIN could lose a valuable opportunity to help the growth of democracy in Eastern Europe by failing to give total commitment to the European Community , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said in East Berlin yesterday . |
| 15 | De Maizière accused Romberg of mismanaging state funds since the introduction of economic and monetary union and of failing to give proper leadership in his ministry . |
| 16 | Mr Evans-Lombe concluded by saying that , if he were wrong in holding that s 20(1) ( a ) permitted words to be added to a will , he would have held that the 1989 will should be struck down as failing to give true effect to Mrs Wordingham 's intentions . |
| 17 | Ealing LEA 's syllabus , which has been challenged by one parent for failing to give sufficient attention to Christianity , apparently states that , ‘ whilst our children need to understand that Christianity is a living faith which has shaped the history , institutions , art and culture of Britain , they also need to explore the other living faiths in our borough so that the richness of our religious experience can be shared and appreciated ’ . |
| 18 | So , while the GLC estimates that there are almost one million houses in London that are more than 70 years old and in need of modernisation , councils are having to give top priority to repairing more modern buildings . |
| 19 | It is no use trying to give technical teaching to our artisans without elementary education … . |
| 20 | By now arranging things so that the blades go down to -½° to -2° when the throttle is fully closed , a landing approach can be made with the blades at zero , or slightly negative pitch , but still at a moderate throttle setting to give full control . |
| 21 | Some have a secondary woven-type backing to give added strength . |