Example sentences of "[adv] give [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet as the responsibilities of public life invade Hal 's apprenticeship to pleasure , the distinction — prose with Falstaff/verse without him — breaks down , as we see when he addresses his fat friend in verse to urge him to the wars ( III.iii.199ff. ) , a change of tone so marked that Shakespeare makes Falstaff reply in a couplet — as Milton Crane noted , Falstaff is only given verse for mockery . |
| 2 | The discovery of it outside the groups identified as apparent risks can only give cause for concern . |
| 3 | On another occasion , I would want to argue that , despite the problems , comparisons with the English system can only give ground for encouragement and that we should be thinking of extending the Scottish system beyond the age of 16 to include offenders under 21 . |
| 4 | The best that could be achieved in western Europe was a dispersed defensive strategy which would bog down an offensive , in case of war , and so give time for negotiation . |
| 5 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer was a little more friendly since he ‘ would rather give money for Education than throw it down the sink with Sir William Beveridge ’ . |
| 6 | Copts would not give money for use against Copts . |
| 7 | The examiner can not give credit for irrelevancy , because that would be unfair to others who have answered only the question that they were asked . |
| 8 | They conclude that the easterly route does not give value for money and can not be justified on any conceivable cost benefit analysis , or on any opportunity cost analysis , or on any orthodox accounting analysis . |
| 9 | While there is no way of knowing whether these rates of erosion are typical or atypical of Andean regions in general , the data nevertheless give cause for concern and emphasise the role of soil erosion as a major agent of environmental change . |
| 10 | There are a number of aspects about this privatisation which are already giving cause for alarm . |
| 11 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |
| 12 | Fourth , ‘ theories which assert that all inequality is morally wrong ’ : resources are allocated by comparison across individual lives at any given moment ; for example most people would unequivocally give priority for treatment to those in the most pain . |
| 13 | Brentford manager Phil Holder said : ‘ Joe is a very whole-hearted player who will always give value for money . |
| 14 | The Herbarium photocopier was still giving cause for concern in respect of a lack of information and instruction on its use . |
| 15 | The Gloucestershire rider says he does n't want to break any more bones , and wants to stop racing while he 's still giving value for money . |
| 16 | That said , the crew of the Enterprise still gives value for money as the reluctant honour guard to a Klingon delegation suing for peace . |
| 17 | Swann displayed a much firmer grasp of the significance of socio-economic circumstances in explaining the fate of students of Afro-Caribbean origin in the education system and had begun to notice that the achievement of students of Bangladesh I origin should also give cause for concern . |
| 18 | Falling world fish catches , rainforest depletion , reduced energy efficiency , disappearing bird species and increasing global temperatures also give cause for concern . |
| 19 | At the Sollum Voe anchorage this 145 tons of sea water was pumped out and the ships patched up , causing a day 's delay but also giving time for Christmas dinner and a night 's sleep with everyone fully recovered from sea sickness , a malady with no respect for rank or courage . |
| 20 | The plight of some 600 detainees acknowledged by the authorities was also giving cause for concern . |
| 21 | The state of the earth 's physical resources was also giving cause for concern . |
| 22 | The legs also gave scope for embellishment ; they were turned into columns or bent into distinctive arch shapes with ball feet . |
| 23 | But it is damage wrought on the international competitiveness of American firms that really gives pause for thought . |
| 24 | He said the management at the site had n't given permission for welding on the oil tank . |
| 25 | By 1987 the condition of the church was again giving cause for concern . |
| 26 | Chevenement was actually given responsibility for industry as well as research just under a year ago . |