Example sentences of "[verb] given [noun sg] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may go on appearing for twenty-four hours until eventually he has given birth to a thousand or more babies . |
| 2 | TV PRESENTER Anne Diamond has given birth to a boy — her first child since her son Sebastian died tragically in his cot . |
| 3 | In eastern Germany a female wolf has given birth to a cub for the first time in decades . |
| 4 | Another of the group 's rescued ponies , Cola , has given birth to a foal which is being named Derek . |
| 5 | Another of the group 's rescued ponies , Cola , has given birth to a foal which is being named Derek . |
| 6 | Here the bargaining stage has given way to a period of time when you feel it is just not possible to cope with the situation and the future looks bleak . |
| 7 | The sombre atmosphere which still prevails in more solidly Christian countries has given way to a festive mood . |
| 8 | In the later 1980s , the predominance of the short , ‘ continuing education ’ event has given way to a polarisation between formal ‘ educational ’ programmes , such as Certificates in Management Studies and MBAs , and informal work-place , problem-solving learning , often associated with consultancy . |
| 9 | But it has been a universal feature of modernity that the larger family unit , the so-called ‘ extended ’ family , has given way to a much smaller unit , the ‘ nuclear ’ family . |
| 10 | The wooden crucifix is Gothic in style and was probably executed by an artist from the Rhineland , though in the face of Christ the angular character of Northern European sculpture has given way to a more classical serenity . |
| 11 | The ability to produce in greater quantities made this system wasteful and it has given way to a more scientific process . |
| 12 | ‘ The intellectual and rational conception of life has given way to a more creative interpretation ’ , wrote the British Surrealist Eileen Agar in 1931 , ‘ and artistic life is under the sway of womb-magic ’ ; and Agar give expression to this ‘ womb-magic ’ in the foetal and embryonic forms which play a central part in paintings such as ‘ Family Trio ’ or ‘ The Autobiography of an Embryo ’ where fluid shapes float across the picture plane to be captured in a net of geometric planes . |
| 13 | By 1985 this businesslike severity has given way to a white pie-frill collared blouse from Laura Ashley . |
| 14 | The generation which designed cantilevered structures for Jane Russell , had Marilyn looking permanently over-ripe and arranged a sexual encounter between Jane Fonda and machinery , has given way to a society which is hooked on fitness . |
| 15 | The violence of the Demoiselles has given way to a mood of gravity : the monumental figures appear to be in reverie or slumber . |
| 16 | Although the belief in growth as a value in itself , or as the remedy for the ills of society , which seemed to be prevalent in the early 1960s has given way to a more sceptical attitude , it seems clear that an understanding of the long-run consequences of tax and expenditure policy is essential . |
| 17 | The emphasis on primary colours has given way to a more acidic range while the outlines of the coloured forms swirl , undulate and bubble energetically . |
| 18 | Africa has given way to a sit-com 's happy mum , happy dad , happy kids . |
| 19 | The collapse of the command economy has given way to a good deal of racketeering and corruption . |
| 20 | That room still exists and although the crucifix has given way to an omnidimensional cross cum globe , for twenty minutes every morning , before our regular sessions started , Christopher Pilkington led a quiet period of meditative prayer . |
| 21 | Indeed , this sort of campaigning has given rise to a certain newspaper image — that Mr Kinnock is being protected from real people , shepherded into a succession of carefully-staged photo-opportunities designed to look good on television but a million miles away from the real cut and thrust of the hustings . |
| 22 | A desire for more effective drugs with fewer side effects , combined with an increasing knowledge of the molecular basis of treatment , has given rise to a clutch of new companies developing ‘ handed ’ molecules . |
| 23 | The ‘ spiritual sense ’ view of faith has given rise to a form of spiritual elitism in which the believer welcomes a position in which he or she has no common ground with the unbeliever , and thereby turns the sort of dismissive ‘ religious language is nonsense ’ approach of Ayer into a welcome acceptance of the divide between men and women of reason on the one hand , and those with faith on the other . |
| 24 | It is the unfinished nature of those parts dealing with the schemas of reproduction that has given rise to a number of controversies regarding the interpretation of them . |
| 25 | The question of who Bartle was has given rise to a number of theories and , as with most traditions , fact and fiction , legend and folklore have become inextricably intertwined . |
| 26 | The rise in homelessness has given rise to a vast increase in the amount of bed and breakfast accommodation used , particularly in the London area . |
| 27 | This has given rise to a series of , occasionally bizarre , arguments to account for the pattern . |
| 28 | This question has given rise to a whole spectrum of views , whose exponents are united by two traits : their desire to explain why an industrial revolution occurred in Britain and not in other comparable nations , and their adherence to the Millean method of difference . |
| 29 | The bi-centenary of the death of John Howard in 1990 has given rise to a number of commemorative events in varying parts of the world , of which this book is one . |
| 30 | English as a language has given rise to a very large number of accents ; we recognise national accents for those countries where English is the predominant language — Australian , American , New Zealand , British , Irish accents for example . |