Example sentences of "as giving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all the results were of the same high quality ; nevertheless the music they arranged reinforced the choreographer 's design by giving the plot atmosphere , local colour , continuity and flow as well as giving the dancing its rhythmic vitality , emotion and mood . |
| 2 | The Committee opposed these as giving the US airlines an added advantage . |
| 3 | This is because , in the image of the world created by capitalism , the ability to supply capital is seen as enabling production to take place and as giving a wage to workers who would otherwise starve , while in fact it is really the capitalist who depends on the worker . |
| 4 | A series of specialist sports programmes culminated in the setting up of ‘ Sportsview ’ in 1954 , a half-hour mid-week programme which interviewed personalities — Mike Hawthorn , Stirling Moss , and Danny Blanchflower featured in October 1954 — as well as giving previews of top events . |
| 5 | So Mr Clarke routinely hailed his bill as giving the NHS ‘ a new lease of life ’ . |
| 6 | Common Law would treat a provision in a contract as to time as being ‘ of the essence of the contract ’ , meaning that if a certain act was not done by one party within a certain stipulated time , he should lose all rights under the contract ; Equity treated such a provision in general as not being of the essence of the contract , but as giving a right only to damages . |
| 7 | ‘ You all live here in comfort , protected by people who care about you , who feed and clothe you , and pay you a wage every week as well as giving you a home … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What we 've done , in reappraising policies in light of values , is to see our task not as we did in the past , as the relief of poverty or the advancement of equality , but as giving individuals the opportunity to realise their potential to the full , ’ he says . |
| 9 | As well as giving presents , let us make sure that we also give of our time and attention to those who care about us and our thanks to those who have given to us . |
| 10 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 11 | Suspicious of voluntary admissions , social workers regarded court orders as giving them more control : yet the perverse outcome of more adversarial methods was to introduce an increased element of crisis . |
| 12 | Red campion ( Silene dioica ) with its bright red jagged flowers is aptly known as ‘ cock 's comb ’ , while ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi is referred to as giving the bright picture of a ‘ marsh spark ’ . |
| 13 | These too can be useful occasions for raising money as well as giving parents ' an opportunity to get together . |
| 14 | He treated wealthy Canadian patients , as well as giving free treatment to the poor in Third World countries . |
| 15 | The libraries that Hoggart remembers as giving him his first education in English literature acquired serious books of every kind . |
| 16 | Providing the right foods to the player on the course can be almost as important as giving the correct playing advice . |
| 17 | We 're very competitive with building society high interest savings accounts , as well as giving you instant access to your money and all for a minimum balance of £500 . |
| 18 | Operational records are described as giving day-to-day information such as lists of books issued to each user or listings giving the whereabouts of books not on the shelves . |
| 19 | The Jersey is certainly recognised in tropical countries as giving better results than other temperate breeds . |
| 20 | I see this marvellous mechanism as giving us the certainty of immortality , for the impact of our thoughts and personality becomes imprinted in the brains of other men and they will continue in the minds of future generations . |
| 21 | As well as giving nutrition information in a form which complies with the EC Directive , Sainsbury 's has devised a simple way of highlighting some of the more important attributes of its own label products . |
| 22 | The emphasis would be on promoting good health by such measures as giving people the right to a ‘ National Health Check-up ’ . |
| 23 | She knows that even something that seems so simple as giving a wash has to be thought about and done in a sensitive way . |
| 24 | parents should still show love and acceptance as well as giving support |
| 25 | To enter a tournament , players must be registered members/players of the LTA , which offers many benefits as well as giving a rating . |
| 26 | The Training Trust are running a five-year staff training programme in Romanian orphanages , and see this competition as giving everyone an opportunity to develop their artistic talents , and to raise funds for needy youngsters . |
| 27 | Nomination on the basis of so-conceived merit is objected to as non-democratic ; election on the basis of popular franchise is objected to as duplicating the House of Commons and as giving to the House of Lords a much more convincing title to oppose the Commons . |
| 28 | This is the way life is for thousands of working women living with elderly relatives , running a home that the parent is no longer able to manage , as well as giving her care and emotional support , and often feeling too exhausted to be able to organise any reasonable social lives for themselves . |
| 29 | These amplify the sound as well as giving it a particular quality . |
| 30 | However the homoeopathic physician will also administer a remedy , as well as giving a prescription for the antibiotic , with instructions that should the remedy not have worked within an hour or two , the antibiotic should be obtained . |