Example sentences of "[noun pl] and give [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror . |
| 2 | Mum came in from the shops and gave us the news that , starting from September , we are to have 2 morning services . |
| 3 | Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles . |
| 4 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 5 | One is to give all the children obstacles such as sacks , boxes , old tyres , ladders and ropes and give them the opportunity to make up their own course . |
| 6 | Thank you , yes , erm thank you very much for inviting me to attend to those meetings and giving me the opportunity to meet you all . |
| 7 | Chris Renninson set Hibberd away down the right and his excellent control took him past two defenders and gave him the time and space to send over a pinpoint cross to O'Shea , who rose unchallenged to head home from close range . |
| 8 | Erm we 've done mileage and expenses claim forms and given you the bits and pieces . |
| 9 | I wrote to him every few days and gave him the details of everything that happened and everyone I met . |
| 10 | Most manufacturers will be happy to send you their catalogues and give you the name of your nearest stockist . |
| 11 | Taff continued talking in his very strong Welsh accent as he inspected the Bren , asking questions and giving himself the answers before I could get a word in . |
| 12 | ‘ It was stupid , and I suppose I did a bad job of it , but it was not easy , offering to set aside my rigid Old-World principles and give you the freedom you wanted . ’ |
| 13 | These documents were intended to set out clearly the basis on which services would be provided to a customer , to inform him of his rights and to give him the opportunity of allowing or prohibiting certain types of transactions such as off-exchange transactions , borrowings on his behalf and illiquid investments . |
| 14 | They overwhelmed their poor owners and gave them the air of refugees , caught between the darkness and the high wire fence . |
| 15 | He tore out the early pages and gave me the rest of it and we use it now for our visitors ' signatures . ‘ |
| 16 | ‘ We see our only hope as being the White Paper where the money would follow the patients and give us the funds to treat the patients that arrive . ’ |
| 17 | It was n't until 1880 with the passing of the Ground Game Act , giving tenant farmers protection against their landlords and giving them the right to kill hares and rabbits , that the laws were even modestly relaxed . |
| 18 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 19 | It is becoming an annual tradition for Hazel French , a loyal class member of Elsie Streek 's and a Kent team member , to open her house and garden to Medau friends and give them the opportunity to chat , swim , walk , play tennis , do a Medau work-out , eat , drink and sunbathe ( sun guaranteed , of course ) . |
| 20 | In addition , Sched 2 , para 6 specifies that local authorities must provide them with services designed to minimise their disabilities and give them the opportunity to lead lives which are as normal as possible ( Sched 2 , para 6 ) . |
| 21 | She sat down opposite him and propped her chin on her hands and gave him the look of limpid honesty at which she was particularly gifted . |
| 22 | But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information . |
| 23 | Imagine a suite of software that used the central core concept controlling integrated modules and gave you the ability to run your own software as well . |
| 24 | So , ideally , we need to forecast changes in demand for personnel , particularly highly trained professional personnel , in order to have time to develop and staff more training institutions — medical schools , professional social work departments and so on — and then to recruit suitable trainees and give them the necessary education and training before we try to implement a major change in policy . |
| 25 | In a related way , the religious morality of repealers was not merely a passive vehicle for feminist politics ; it actively empowered women and gave them the confidence to develop critical concepts . |
| 26 | As Prince and Starky told their followers to sell their lands and give them the money , in 1849 they were able to set up the Agapemone , the ‘ Abode of Love ’ , on land they had bought in the village of Spaxton , near Charlynch . |
| 27 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 28 | The argument could far more plausibly be turned on its head : the ‘ latent function ’ of the operation of unofficial suspect categories may be to make the administration of ( in ) justice more efficient and ‘ rational ’ , which in turn institutionalizes these practices and gives them the status of ‘ due legal process ’ . |
| 29 | Fixture congestion may well nullify that advantage but Leeds ' real hope must be that yesterday 's scoring flourish will settle their nerves and give them the confidence to believe they are fully capable of winning all of their remaining four League matches . |
| 30 | The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs . |