Example sentences of "[pron] give the [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . |
| 2 | I give the House that assurance . |
| 3 | It is not unusual to find small , cramped and cluttered mortuary rooms , which give the impression that little consideration has been given to the work carried out in the department . |
| 4 | However , there are also genuine grounds for the move towards abolition : the fact that some companies are virtually unauditable , especially those cash businesses under the control of a powerful sole proprietor ; the withdrawal of the Example 6 audit certificate , which gave the auditor some protection ; problems with PII cover where the level of small company audits was considered dis-proportionate ; clients ' complaints at the cost and disruption caused by the audit ; examples of overseas jurisdictions where audit is not mandatory ; and the general feeling among auditing firms that the small company audit risk/reward factors are out of balance . |
| 5 | The system has the option of calling into action an articulatory loop , a form of silent speech rehearsing which gives the system more time either to accept more information or to examine the message in greater detail . |
| 6 | Even with the silver mask , which gives the wearer some Charlatan-type skills , this does n't mean that face-to-face encounters wo n't have a Fel penalty ( the skill bonuses apply separately from any general Fel penalty or bonus ) — after all , people do n't tend to trust people who wear masks . |
| 7 | Once you give the matter some thought , you 'll see the fitness of it . |
| 8 | Kenneth Grahame , the man who gave the world this masterpiece in 1908 , was an escapist . |
| 9 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're looking a bit tired , ’ Maggie commented to Laura as she gave the porridge another stir . |
| 11 | Suicide attempts ( ‘ Not that it was serious , ’ she told him , ‘ just attention-seeking ’ ) , anorexia , the odd abortion ( only one in her case , but she gave the impression this was well below average ) and messy affairs with married men . |
| 12 | An alternative policy is to place some specialized works at small service points where , although their potential use is much smaller , they give the public some indication of the full range of stock available in the authority . |
| 13 | Why had he given the EQ such power ? |
| 14 | Will he give the House more information on the Priority Japan campaign which is being run with British industry ? |
| 15 | Can he give the House more details about the important review of wave energy and will he also tell us which other projects it will cover ? |
| 16 | Will he give the House some positive information about the success of the reforms that the Government are making , which will save the NHS for the year 2000 ? |
| 17 | Can he give the House any information about how it has been possible for the NHS , which is supposedly starved of funds , to find the money to buy that hospital ? |
| 18 | As golf is another favourite Hastings sport and an ideal means of relaxation it probably does n't help his back problem that he gives the ball such a lick as to threaten to land it in the next kingdom ! |
| 19 | As Polly turned her head away , terrified of betraying herself , he gave the knife several more twists by adding , ‘ Stop worrying . |
| 20 | He gave the knife another twist . |
| 21 | Thus it gives the retailer some immunity from intrabrand competition , as discussed above , and as a first-order effect increases the retailer 's margin . |
| 22 | The assumption here is that if the pound had been devalued earlier on this would have made it possible to adhere to the growth path of the plan , but in the light of the comments made above this view is open to doubt : it gives the plan more credibility than it merited . |
| 23 | The trouble with the slogan , survival of the fittest , is that it gives the impression that evolution is all about creating a kind of super race , you know , like you saw in Nazi propaganda films , you know , blonde erm muscly beasts as it were , who were the th the sort of pinnacles of , of , of creation . |
| 24 | In short , what gives the town this particular landscape ? |
| 25 | That 's what gives the car such a delicious duality of character . |