Example sentences of "to give their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The C[atholic] C[urate] was sent out to patrol the roads and anybody found or seen on the roads had to give their names . |
| 2 | Few people are unwilling to give their organs posthumously — those that are , usually make their views clearer . |
| 3 | The result is a genuine triumph , thanks to a troupe of singers , the same cast as at York , willing to give their best in attitudes ranging from completely recumbent to perilous perching on ladder or chaise-longue ; dragging themselves around on all fours and wrapping themselves in curtains ; and generally behaving as though the entire cast ( not just the noble lovers , as in the script ) is ripe for the psychiatrist 's couch . |
| 4 | Viewers who alleged bias on television tended to give television news lower marks for ‘ usefulness ’ than viewers who perceived no bias on television ; but readers who alleged bias in their papers tended to give their papers higher marks for ‘ usefulness ’ than readers who perceived no bias in their paper ( Chapter 6 ) . |
| 5 | Two of the party , Katie Ball and Dorothy Smith also wrote and asked Air Mail to give their exploits a mention . |
| 6 | It takes the co-operation of both parties to pull this off and all artists would be wise to give their general interview method some thought in advance . |
| 7 | Those anti the showing declined to give their names and said they had come as individuals . |
| 8 | Those anti the protestors declined to give their names and said they were there as individuals . |
| 9 | Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . |
| 10 | All Club Members will receive an Endless Kiss lipstick in Eternal Poppy , to give their lips prolonged pulling power . |
| 11 | Under the pressure of the EC 's decision to accelerate its own internal integration , the sovereignty-conscious EFTA countries have agreed to give their association greater political authority to negotiate on their behalf as a united front . |
| 12 | Stiffer government regulations are persuading American hospitals and drugs firms to stop using small , local laboratories to test medical samples and new drugs , and to give their business instead to the kind of nationally known laboratories acquired by Corning . |
| 13 | Earlier this month they decided to give their ‘ full support ’ to the government 's own constitutional blueprint , while ‘ preserving ideological independence ’ . |
| 14 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 15 | The local trade unionists were quick to give their verdict on the SDLP and the document drawn up after the meeting stated : |
| 16 | The Philistines , who via the Greek came to give their name to the land of Palestine , settled in the southern part of the coastal plain from , in contemporary terms , the Gaza Strip to Tel Aviv . |
| 17 | Supporters in the west were asked to give their first preference to Harry West and their second to John Taylor ; those in the east , vice versa . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , an instinct for splendour and the ability to give their kingdom importance were actually still far more fundamental aspects of Renaissance monarchy than the colder , more cautious approach of a Henry VII or Elizabeth , or even a Philip II ; and in these terms , the achievement of the Scottish monarchy can indeed be described as remarkable . |
| 19 | There were , of course , grounds for taking it ; they could well argue the impossibility of continuing to give their loyalty and service to a monarch who was creating a totally new situation by failing in her fundamental duty of ruling her people . |
| 20 | But the Soviets refuse to give their tourists who come here any Czech currency . |
| 21 | Airdrie appeared determined not to give their opponents any room — a tactic typified by Stewart 's marking of Robertson , who looked unusually ineffective . |
| 22 | Leicester C1 Tranmere R0 A GOAL in the last minute by substitute Kevin Russell lifted Leicester into second place in the Second Division to give their promotion hopes a timely boost . |
| 23 | This left the way open for those prominent in the Essex Federation to argue that if such arrangements were acceptable during a temporary absence of tutor-organiser , there was no reason why they should not apply on a more permanent basis if the voluntary members wanted to give their ‘ voluntaryism ’ full rein . |
| 24 | For various reasons several of our most active members will be unable to give their valuable support to your committee over the coming months . |
| 25 | However , it goes further than that and implies a lack of awareness of the need for conservation , of future private benefits for individual households and the village ( or larger local community ) as a whole , leading to a failure to mobilise people to give their labour for construction ( even when it will be paid for ) , for maintenance work , and for enforcement where discipline is required ( to control lopping of small seedlings , to exclude livestock from reafforested and other areas and so on ) . |
| 26 | The old gods keep their gifts to give their own . ’ |
| 27 | She would twitter on for a few sentences to get everyone else to give their opinions , then make a decision . |
| 28 | Some patients are , in spite of reassurance , unwilling to give their real names and in these cases a fictitious name is quite in order , with the one proviso that an attempt should be made to remember the false name in case a further visit should be needed . |
| 29 | Clustered in the corner of an airless photographic studio , five worried mothers are discussing what to give their children for dinner . |
| 30 | Dawn 's parents had to give their written permission for the transfer , which added to their anxieties about the situation . |