Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 19 the government had announced that all legal parties would be submitted to certain restrictions , binding them to give prior notice to the municipal authorities of any meeting , demonstration or public gathering , along with details of the organizers . |
| 2 | I assure the House that , in all the speeches that I have made at police meetings and conferences this year , I have repeatedly stressed to the police that I want them to give this type of crime high priority . |
| 3 | He walked with self-conscious haste up the south side of the street towards Temple Bar , staring into the face of everyone coming the opposite way , challenging them to give any sign of their pity and contempt . |
| 4 | In the poet 's eyes , God has shown his compassion by ending the nuns ’ suffering , whilst enabling them to give heroic testimony to their faith . |
| 5 | Thatcher 's friends , such as former United Biscuits boss Sir Hector Laing , used to implore her to give British industry the kind of support that was rather more consistent than those who bought and sold its shares in the City . |
| 6 | They say they gave considerable thought before making the decision which they hope will help the trade ride the current recession . |
| 7 | But critics say it gives false hope to millions and they predict chaos , as local authorities run out of money and those on the edge , like the homeless , are squeezed out . |
| 8 | After turning it through 180 degrees , re-install it to give increased adjustment capability in the required direction . |
| 9 | The Bank of Thailand issued a circular to all the country 's banks on Feb. 27 ordering them to give financial information about 22 ex-ministers to the AVC . |
| 10 | The House would not expect me to give any assurances about the timing of construction and the extent to which the investment appraisal test will be met . |
| 11 | Let me give two illustrations that might unpack this a little more . |
| 12 | Let me give another example . |
| 13 | Let me give some examples . |
| 14 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 15 | She says he gives tremendous verve and gaiety in his speech . |
| 16 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope it gives other kids like me a chance — they deserve it . ’ |
| 18 | Let us give special thought today to those people who have devoted their lives to helping the poor and needy in impoverished parts of the world . |
| 19 | We all have proper names , but familiarity allows us to give each other nicknames with which we feel more comfortable . |
| 20 | We 've always taught you to give borrowed things back , have n't we ? |
| 21 | You may well find it easier to obtain people again , particularly with a new climate on employed volunteering , there 's no doubt about that , that there is a new attitude where companies are willing to encourage employees to spend their time and to help o to help them give minimum resources , to organise them . |
| 22 | All volunteers are trained in a programme designed to : — give a broad knowledge of HIV and AIDS — equip an individual on an emotional and practical level to enable them to give compassionate and unconditional care — equip them to give practical support |
| 23 | Mr Goldring claimed she gave 15-year-old Jonathan Jobson his diabetic grandmother 's hypoglycaemic tablets . |
| 24 | He therefore ruled that Reagan should testify , but rejected a request that he should appear in person , and instead allowed him to give videotaped evidence . |
| 25 | Neither the religious nor the sexual anxiety in Eliot 's poems came simply from his reading , but that reading allowed him to give supra-individual expression to his personal pain ; he clothed his own cry in the language and mythology of great traditions and their interpretations , making it ‘ impersonal ’ . |
| 26 | And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible . |
| 27 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 28 | ‘ I have spoken to Mr Knighton this morning and we are discussing a formula which will enable me to give financial support to Manchester United . ’ |
| 29 | This happens to some extent with ordinary languages : in Malagasy one has to make it clear whether a ‘ we ’ is inclusive or exclusive , while in Navajo using the verb ‘ to go ’ requires one to give some clues about returning . |
| 30 | I heard him giving many readings , and now of course they are on record ; but I think he was at his best — with every word clearly articulated — among a small group such as that at Kelham . |