Example sentences of "give [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The background was scarlet , the lettering black and the poster read : moral — do n't give sheep the vote . |
| 2 | The Federation of Small Businesses said it was a ‘ lifeboat Budget ’ which would give £500m to business ratepayers . |
| 3 | The Department of Environment will give £2.75m towards the scheme , which will be matched by Chester City Council . |
| 4 | He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle . |
| 5 | Coleridge and Wordsworth felt confident that the Monthly Magazine would give £5 for the poem , and they were already discussing details of the plot as they descended from the hills at West Quantoxhead . |
| 6 | " I 'll give £5 towards the funds if the Principal will jump in , " he challenged . |
| 7 | Beau Ranger , as expected , has top weight of 12st and must give 24lb to Prize Asset . |
| 8 | A homoeopathic doctor would give a remedy selected to help the body in its fight against the virus — thus working along with the body 's healing force ; whereas an orthodox doctor might give aspirin or some other drug to bring down the fever — thus , in effect , working against the body 's healing force . |
| 9 | B telegraphed in reply : ‘ Will give £900 . |
| 10 | And since even a polygonal story should have at least two sides in all international farewell orgies , how about packing it in and having a bash at normal behaviour eh , so as to get bashed again as whipping boy despite my morseled-out attempts to break free or go shiating on , turning the other cheek to sheer cheek as sitting target for the unclear missiles of affreux dizzy acts or as wailing wall of blame beyond the demarcation line or bowstring frontier that will boomerang back and much joy may it give me. ( 102 ) |
| 11 | Austin would apparently give Mach , said to be free of AT&T code , multiple personalities like OS/2 or OSF/1 . |
| 12 | The R4000a should give 30% to 50% better performance than its predecessor , he said . |
| 13 | Currently in Britain , all donors in clinics whether NHS or private , have to be tested for HIV antibodies before they can give sperm . |
| 14 | No one who was at the Brewery Field ( perhaps not even the selectors ) would give twopence for their ability to do so . |
| 15 | Nostalgic for what he would not give twopence to see back |
| 16 | We will give MPs greater influence over the executive by boosting the powers of Select Committees , improving staff backup for backbenchers and increasing financial and civil service support for opposition parties . |
| 17 | So while outside jobs may give MPs a broader outlook , that outlook will be in particular directions . |
| 18 | This could give staff and governors something specific to aim for and a way of measuring success . |
| 19 | In addition to predicting the expected date of receipt of the next issue the system will give staff greater control over claims for missing issues and pressmark changes . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd rather give people a really good night from 11 to 3.30 . |
| 21 | We have also introduced a reform which will give people more choice as to who represents them legally in court . |
| 22 | Investment will be targeted particularly at areas of skill shortages and will give people who are now unskilled the chance to acquire basic skills . |
| 23 | Labour will give people more say in drawing up plans for their area and create a new right of appeal for residents against developments which fly in the face of their local plan . |
| 24 | We will give people a new right of access to open country , create new national parks and step up protection for special sites . |
| 25 | How do you give people opportunity to talk ? |
| 26 | All you do is give people bad news . |
| 27 | Damn , damn , damn that bloody newspaper , why could n't they give people five minutes to discuss something important without destroying everything with their hysteria and filthy ridicule ? |
| 28 | You ca n't give people bad chicken . |
| 29 | It will give people choice in the sense that there will be competition between companies in quality of service . ’ |
| 30 | There is even the new risk that undue stress on the ‘ truth ’ of APRs may give people the wrong idea about the actual money cost of their credit , so that if , for example , they compare six-month credit with two-year credit they may think the shorter loan five times as costly — in comparison with the longer one — as it really is . |