Example sentences of "[conj] gives [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence
2 All Americans go Eh Nine o'clock tomorrow I 'm going over to Kate ten thirty that gives me a bit of lee-way I 've got a at ten I thought it was ten thirty I ought to get some money out really You 're not going into Woking tomorrow morning are you doing your quiz ?
3 Everything that torments me , everything I do n't have and that I long for , that makes me indignant , or sick , or suffocates me , everything that gives me a feeling of light and warmth , and by which I live , and everything that destroys me — it 's all there in your film , I see it as if in a mirror .
4 This is how my mind works : If I leave at 10.30 that gives me an hour before I go to sleep to stuff myself .
5 Acting , he told me , was ‘ a wonderful job that gives me the opportunity to drink with some really good friends in exotic places around the world ’ .
6 It is this quality that gives them the semblance of life !
7 For some , in fact , this meeting may be the only evening out they have during the month ; and it is often the encouragement and moral support they get from the group that gives them the resolve to come at all .
8 In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow .
9 Singleton has an astonishing three year deal with Columbia that gives him the freedom to make as many films as he can in that time .
10 Audrey Slaughter has led the sort of varied life that gives her the experience and understanding for dealing with SHE readers ' personal problems .
11 It 's not like the virus that gives you a cold .
12 There is , indeed , a snake — the Formosan banded krait — that gives you a type of instant miocencia , and the discovery that the venom of this animal contains a toxin that can do this has , indirectly , led to the elucidation of the mechanism behind miocenia gravis .
13 Because choosing both the right type or investment and the particular institution with which you are likely to feel happiest is such an important decision , even after you have chosen a scheme you will have a 14-day cooling off period that gives you a chance to change your mind .
14 At the moment , the choice is quite clear — you either want an environment that gives you a GUI over a DOS , or you want an OS ( operating system ) that is a GUI in its own right .
15 So that gives you an idea there was seventeen stations in Stronsay five in Papay. well you see
16 Right that depends on how general you 're talking about , does er , eh so that gives you an idea there , when I was working with them
17 So that gives you an idea of what goes on with doing removals .
18 People will not miss anything that gives you an Achilles ’ heel .
19 We 've teamed up with Channel 4 's top show Brookside to bring you an exclusive competition that gives you the chance to be seen on screen in Merseyside 's favourite soap .
20 I asked her , ‘ What is it that gives you the confidence to try things out ? ’ .
21 Well , there is a generosity in calf-love that gives it a grace : not that mine had any grace .
22 It 's the mountain water that gives it the taste .
23 Very occasionally there is a document that gives us a clue .
24 These days we can do it much easier and we do it electrically , so we can use a relationship between conductivity which has to be er compensated for temperature and pressure at which you 're doing your readings , and that gives us a measure of our chlorinity and then that gives us a measure back to our salinity .
25 because then that gives us a chance of voting for a for a third option .
26 Getting children interested is the secret : ‘ That sets them free , and gives them a spirit of inquiry . ’
27 Clare takes conventional subjects and gives them a twist , physically and artistically .
28 The revised structure brings shift controllers out of operations support branch and gives them a reporting route directly to terminal operations manager Roy Beardall .
29 Learners are always given tasks to do whilst listening which encourages motivation and gives them a reason to listen .
30 teachers see it as natural justice ( comparison with colleagues reduces isolation and gives them a yardstick ) ;
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