Example sentences of "[verb] given [pers pn] the chance " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pound 's strong showing against the German mark last week has given him the chance to reduce base landing rates . |
| 2 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 3 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 4 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 6 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |
| 7 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 8 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 9 | It had given him the chance to go on talking to and getting to know children and he was sure he would know if a boy was telling him the truth . |
| 10 | It 's given me the chance to look further into two books that I 've really enjoyed reading than I ever usually would . |