Example sentences of "[noun pl] give [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our new world industry correspondent , Richard Feast , casts a critical eye over recent motor show offerings , and concludes that Japan 's ‘ lean ’ production methods give them the opportunity to offer imaginative and stimulating new models |
| 2 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 3 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |
| 4 | Empty phrases to give you the illusion that it 's Adam who 's holding you , and not me ? |
| 5 | ‘ All three judges gave me the decision and having watched the video , I reckon I lost only two rounds — the fourth and the tenth . ’ |
| 6 | Story-tellers gave him the title The Blessed , in reference to his many artistic talents , for Bran was a gifted harpist and poet . |
| 7 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 8 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 9 | Many churches which have area-based house groups give them the task of contacting new arrivals . |
| 10 | The old houses give you the creeps do n't they Bill ? |
| 11 | Many of the coarse fish are spawning in the vegetation at the side of the waterways from February through to July and April is the first full month that the fishermen give them the peace and quiet to do this . |
| 12 | And the recently discovered structure of atoms gave them the idea that they could make helium out of hydrogen . |
| 13 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 14 | Yet many easterners complain that , since their revolutions began in 1989 , the Community has been too wrapped up in its own affairs to give them the attention they deserve . |
| 15 | This neatly matches the region 's external debt and , says David Forrest — underwriting director of the London-based political risk insurer EIGA — ‘ we have to encourage investors to give it the ability to earn the foreign exchange to repay that debt . ’ |
| 16 | He smiled benignly at Matthew , his quiff of white hair and heavy black-framed glasses giving him the air of a learned cockatoo . |
| 17 | One of the best features of modern gas cooking is convenience , so the ‘ Heatflo ’ oven of the Leisure 220 offers a choice of five shelf positions giving you the flexibility of cooking several different dishes simultaneously . |
| 18 | Changing things gives you the initiative . |
| 19 | The comments and questions with which Ace and Daak interrupted the Professor 's story did n't annoy Defries : she found that the breaks gave her the time she needed to stretch her credulity . |
| 20 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 21 | How much better it would be for ministers to be seen in the constituencies giving us the ammunition we need to fight on the doorsteps . ’ |
| 22 | When the forwards gave them the ball in the opening four tour wins they proved that with 13 tries . |
| 23 | of general practitioners gave it the thumbs down . |
| 24 | A teaching profession with a better understanding and a wider knowledge of educational research would be more able to question those who indulge in ‘ jargon ’ and also have a solid base from which to put forward their views which , whether rightly or wrongly , still rely too heavily on intuitive feel for what is happening , and I feel confident that the STRN can help bring this about if Scottish teachers give it the support it deserves . |
| 25 | While all these contrivances give us the pleasure of moving water , we must spare a thought for the plants beneath . |
| 26 | If CERN 's members give it the go-ahead , it will be ready sooner than the SSC , for which it will be the only competitor . |
| 27 | Their front wings give them the protection of camouflage but they can be pulled forward rapidly when the moths are attacked , to flash the startling false eyes . |
| 28 | The procedures give you the right to state your case before any decisions are taken . |
| 29 | Fishing the smaller rivers and streams gives you the chance to actually watch the fish . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |