Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [adv] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mums who struggle for 12 hours or more to give birth look with envy on those lucky women who have short labours of two to three hours . |
| 2 | It is gratifying to know that the industry that once gave employment to many hundreds of the local population , is still able to flourish in small pockets . |
| 3 | Travel agents are more conscious of the risks and usually give travellers a list of vaccines or medicines that they should obtain before they go . |
| 4 | For individuals requiring income , an investment in convertibles can bring a higher return than an investment in equities and still give scope for some capital appreciation . |
| 5 | A programme of accounts monitoring of ‘ at risk ’ firms commenced in January , aiming to cover 650 visits per year , and a fraud intelligence officer was appointed , to be based in the Society 's Monitoring Unit , Measures to reduce conveyancing-based fraud were also adopted ; cards warning on property fraud and loosely given undertakings were circulated . |
| 6 | But thoughts of the administrative foul-up were far away last month when Mr Wright handed over Darlington 's peace offering and also gave sets of Kwik Cricket to schoolchildren at two Bridgetown primary schools . |
| 7 | The former included the North-West regional diploma in special needs , the first example of a course developed in total partnership between a university and a polytechnic which allowed students to take modules from either institution and also gave credit recognition to specific Open University and LEA courses . |
| 8 | One successful type of sponsorship that not only creates a more accurate impression of modern teaching methods but also gives parents something back in the way of entertainment is the sponsored Krypton Factor type event . |
| 9 | Within an hour hundreds of spadefoot males were bobbing like so many light balloons on the pool 's surface , each every second or less giving voice to a single loud ‘ Wah ! ’ . |
| 10 | Most of York 's old central pubs have fallen victim to drastic recent remodelling with yawning spaces , often indistinguishable from one pub to another , replacing the old rooms and idiosyncratic nooks and corners that previously gave individuality and preserved genuine historic character . |
| 11 | She hesitated for a second and then gave Russell her home number . |
| 12 | Both Age Concern and the social services department have set up befriending schemes , sending volunteers or care assistants to spend time with elderly people at home and often giving carers a break . |
| 13 | The increasingly urgent political situation at home and abroad gave Marxism an appropriate context . |
| 14 | In most respects , it was a real parliament and often gave government ministers , collectively and individually , a hard time ( Schneider , 1990 , pp. 30–9 ; Smith , 1992 , pp. 132–6 ) . |
| 15 | The insults or stresses which cause the imbalances and so give rise to disease can be of two types : |
| 16 | He added : ‘ If Ian Lang is telling the truth in saying there is nothing political about the Government 's proposals then there is now good reason to think seriously about cancelling the reorganisation and instead giving consideration to setting up an independent commission . ’ |
| 17 | Owers played his first full game for three months in the derby win over Middlesbrough and then gave boss Malcolm Crosby a welcome cup final headache . |
| 18 | Exercise stimulates blood flow to the skin and so gives rise to a healthy appearance . |
| 19 | Use a ridge-filler to even out nails , act as a base coat for polish or simply give nails a chic natural-looking gloss . |
| 20 | Williams of course , the team that nearly gave Nigel his world championship , we all remember that burst tyre , he 's never liked spaghetti , the Italians do n't like him , they only like winners , it 's impossible to win every race . |
| 21 | At first it was filled with gases that modern organisms would find highly toxic , such as ammonia and possibly hydrogen cyanide — though these are the gases that probably gave rise to organic life . |
| 22 | I shall warm to my theme and then give way to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 23 | Team spirit was much in evidence though , with the fitter people helping the strugglers and always giving encouragement . |
| 24 | Symbol is part of the language of drama : " The way in which the teacher draws attention to the symbol ( gesture , word , object etc. ) generates a collective meaning and also gives time and opportunity for the participant to endow that symbol with his or her individual meaning . " |
| 25 | Her life must have been hard for she not only produced ten children , one of whom died in infancy but also gave birth to my mother when in her forty-fifth year . |
| 26 | Michon ( 1988 ) in particular suggests that driver training should avoid providing information at a declarative level but rather give rules which are easily proceduralized to minimize the need for the driver to ‘ think ’ . |
| 27 | But it is damage wrought on the international competitiveness of American firms that really gives pause for thought . |
| 28 | Moments of structural crisis in a nation state are harbingers of revolution and inevitably give rise to the necessary social and political climate for the production of revolutionary literature . |
| 29 | Fortunately some soldiers felt real responsibility for their officers and often gave gifts in kind if they did n't have any spare cash . |
| 30 | The lack of oxygen may cause occasional trouble with easily reduced substances and possibly give conditions where anaerobic corrosion could occur . |