Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] give [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Childhood instincts caused the individual to turn , on those occasions when his self-confidence failed him , to animate and inanimate objects to which he ascribed comforting powers similar to those originating in his parents , and these real objects eventually gave way to the imaginary ones that became the first ‘ gods ’ . |
| 2 | A series of small overlaps above give rise to technical and varied climbing , with the odd blindish move making for some entertaining sequences — something which caused a little consternation on my initial freezing encounter . |
| 3 | Geometric designs gradually gave way to more curvilinear , Persian-style schemes during the period of Ottoman rule ( early 16th to late 18th centuries ) and some of these Ottoman Court carpets are among the finest examples of the period . |
| 4 | Luke broke off without completing the shocked question , the appalled look in his eyes gradually giving way to contrition as he stared at her . |
| 5 | Overtones and combinations sometimes give rise to unusually strong bands in IR or Raman spectra by stealing intensity from a nearby fundamental of the same symmetry . |
| 6 | Some authorities already give condoms to GPs but the service is patchy . |
| 7 | Despite his wonderfully unattractive and humourless appearance , his exotic origins nonetheless gave rise to an extraordinary rumour . |
| 8 | Older associationist models gradually gave way to interpretations based on concepts of language learning . |
| 9 | It was a ‘ sad indictment ’ that some reporting accountants had evidently been issuing unqualified reports in circumstances subsequently giving rise to claims on the fund . |
| 10 | These progenitors subsequently give rise to at least nine distinct differentiated cell types . |
| 11 | The growth of domestic demand was also boosted by the connection of many new consumers : the Boards naturally gave priority to the new estates and ‘ pre-fabs ’ of the postwar housing drive which urgently needed to have electricity connected . |
| 12 | If Godard 's post-1968 films deliberately gave primacy to sounds over images , his earlier , less didactic films were themselves critiques of an image-centred politics , and in particular of the very political use of images in advertising . |
| 13 | As mentioned earlier , the methods of abatement capable of achieving effective control are governed to some extent by the age of the plant , the older plants probably giving rise to most difficulties . |
| 14 | The rapid growth of private charity in these years also gave rise to institutions demonstrating a variety of approaches to the palliation of poverty . |
| 15 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 16 | First , the committees necessarily gave attention to the physical environment and organisation of the library buildings , to the space , equipment , and people already available inside and outside the school . |
| 17 | The tree-lined city embankments , riverside walkways and yuppiefied warehouse flats soon gave way to deserted shipyards . |
| 18 | Furthermore , housing difficulties frequently give rise to other problems . |
| 19 | Few library authorities now give allocations to individual service points , since the benefits of gearing stock provision to a larger geographical area are widely recognized . |
| 20 | Held , dismissing the action , that the statutory framework leading to the grant of planning permission envisaged that a local planning authority would balance the interests of the community against those of individuals ; that where a planning authority had granted consent to the development of an area , the measure of disturbance to individuals had to be considered against the changed character of the neighbourhood and those living close to a public highway affected by that change had to accept the increased volume of traffic in the greater public interest ; and that , accordingly , since as a result of planning permission the two roads now gave access to a commercial dock operating 24 hours a day , the serious disturbance to individuals from the movement of heavy goods vehicles was not an actionable nuisance ( post , pp. 460G–H , 461A–C , H — 462B , C–F ) . |
| 21 | Coconut and banana trees quickly give way to a dim still forest . |
| 22 | Pickups fitted with metal covers quite often benefit by their removal , as the air gap between the cover and the coils often gives rise to microphonic feedback . |
| 23 | In addition , early cleavage stage blastomeres disaggregated and cultured individually or in small groups frequently give rise to " false blastocysts " which appear to be composed of only TE ( 26 and references cited therein ) . |
| 24 | The attempt of the Communist Party to implement Comintern decisions naturally gave rise to the most widely publicized of the movements for some kind of co-operation on the Left . |
| 25 | The cliffs soon give way to miles of long sandy beaches . |
| 26 | Gentle , rolling countryside of wooded glens and tumbledown cottages gradually gives way to a dramatic landscape of magnificent mountains towering above luminous lochs . |
| 27 | In this regard , the ISS proposals for units and unit credits were consonant with other changes in secondary schools which were being developed at the same time : graded assessment , where the initial belief that it was simply a matter of devising achievement tests soon gave way to much more fundamental re-thinking about allied development work on curriculum content and teaching method ; and also work on profiles/records of achievement . |
| 28 | I read carefully all of the somewhat defensive Book Tokens publicity material but , like his reactionary letter , it did nothing to lessen my conviction that a gentle broadening of advertising emphasis from the safely converted — adults buying for children — to embrace the message that tokens also give pleasure to adults could only be beneficial . |
| 29 | For the moment it is sufficient to note that while the managerialist picture of management discretion unbounded by market pressures is unquestionably a serious distortion , the more extreme claims made for the constraining power of these additional markets also give rise to considerable doubts . |
| 30 | The standards today give preference to a rich red with white lineback , tail and underline , though yellow dun , plum and red-eared white ( with or without red , dun or plum on their sides ) are acceptable as long as they have the white finching . |