Example sentences of "[pron] give [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
| 2 | I give little coverage to the associated subject of the setting up of the model . |
| 3 | Its main proponent has been Martin Kane and I give some attention to his work in chapter three . |
| 4 | But if I give some names to Mr next week I think yes well I 've got them at the music later today so I can ask them then . |
| 5 | ‘ Thirdly , I believe that by the end of tonight you will see an increase in the number of Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament and I give this undertaking to each of them . |
| 6 | Actually he wanted someone to give some orders to and to deal with the press for him . |
| 7 | While the short-term expediency of such a position may be understood in the light of the desperate state of access to inland waters in England and Wales , as paddlers we must never allow ourselves to give any solace to the polluters . |
| 8 | I gave easy birth to an 8lb son . |
| 9 | ( 17 November 1988 ) During subsequent weeks I gave many interviews to journalists to correct their inaccurate accounts . |
| 10 | In cross-examination she agreed that she gave the police a statement and , when asked how many statements she gave , replied , ‘ I gave one statement to the investigating officer … the day after Paulette was murdered . ’ |
| 11 | Oh no it 's alright Did I tell you I gave that letter to Mark ? |
| 12 | ‘ I gave twenty quid to Oxfam only the other day , ’ said Emma . |
| 13 | It uses the extensive Cabinet Minutes of the period , and many collections of private papers , to construct an explanation of policy in terms which give due weight to the nature of Cabinet government itself , and to the role of the Prime Minister in the area of external relations . |
| 14 | These sausages sometimes contain nuts or garlic which give extra texture to an otherwise smooth paste . |
| 15 | Premium offers are marketing techniques which give extra value to goods or services in the short term as part of a promotional package . |
| 16 | We on this side of the House will continue to propose and to support policies which give practical effect to the hope for a new and durable world order of peace , liberty , and prosperity which was expressed again at the United Nations last week . |
| 17 | There are a variety of professional associations of doctors , nurses and teachers which give tacit support to the regime . |
| 18 | Again , he distinguished between those doctrines which give direct expression to the religious awareness , and those which do so only indirectly . |
| 19 | Through suggesting that God should be seen in these ways , for example that those biblical verses which give feminine attributes to God should be drawn upon , one does nothing to change the conception of what are authentic roles for women . |
| 20 | Much was learnt , and much remains to be learnt , about the innumerable other constituents which give particular qualities to particular beers , wines , and spirits . |
| 21 | ‘ Industrial democracy ’ on the other hand is a term which is generally taken to refer to particular practices of management already operating in certain capitalist economies ( e.g. West Germany ) or specific proposals such as those of the Bullock Committee ( Bullock , 1977 ) , practices and proposals which give some role to workers or their representatives in enterprise decision-making , but which are not necessarily linked to the overall social planning of the economy in the interests of working people . |
| 22 | Certain themes emerge from this discussion of patterns of kin support in the past which give some clues to the type of social processes that underlie the giving and receiving of support in families , and the principles upon which it is based . |
| 23 | There has been a substantial increase in coverage of the Chamber and of committees in regional broadcasting ; some regions , BBC and ITV , have generated good week-end reviews which give more time to back-bench MPs . |
| 24 | Leapor is here parting company with conventional love poetry , leaving that to others who have ‘ a softer Pen ’ ; Swift himself gives some space to describing wedding festivities , though the bitter revelation is expected shortly . |
| 25 | But the disparate elements which made up his southern affinity were linked , both to each other and to the northern retinue , by the same bonds of ducal patronage and personal relationship which gave internal cohesion to the northern retinue itself . |
| 26 | But the disparate elements which made up his southern affinity were linked , both to each other and to the northern retinue , by the same bonds of ducal patronage and personal relationship which gave internal cohesion to the northern retinue itself . |
| 27 | The 17 were reported to have been arrested after the Committee for the Defence of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria had issued leaflets in December 1991 criticizing the Dec. 2 referendum which gave overwhelming approval to Assad 's nomination for a fourth term as President [ see p. 38695 ] . |
| 28 | She thus had little use for cinema which gave great weight to symbolism , and unfavourably contrasted symbolist poetry to the work of poets like Ezra Pound whose world operated , not through meaning , but through the ‘ direct impact of words ’ . |
| 29 | If we ask whether there were ancient documents which showed that the primacy went back to authoritative sources , the answer ( as I shall argue later ) is that there were documents which gave general support to the claim , sufficient to authenticate the living tradition of the community , but insufficient for use in a court of law . |
| 30 | Economists blamed the shortages on prices which gave little incentive to production . |