Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] given [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Econometric studies of this type have given support to those in favour of limiting overall rates of tax . |
| 2 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 3 | Life assurance business is being serviced satisfactorily , but the huge and largely unpredictable surge in pensions business and the intrinsic complexity of this type of business have given rise to administrative problems both at Standard Life and across the entire industry . |
| 4 | IN Washington 's superb bookshops , which stay open all night and serve coffee and bagels , tomes on the Cold War have given way to a new theme : the prospect of a trade war between the three great economic blocs — Japan , the US and the European Community . |
| 5 | But when such circumstances do arise , questions with respect to the appropriate procedure to be followed in requiring drivers to provide specimens of blood or urine have given rise to some difficulties in the courts and it is to the resolution of those questions that this appeal is directed . |
| 6 | In particular , the traditional , if untheorized , distinction between serious literature and ‘ rubbish ’ has broken down ; as Franco Fortini said , the occasional slummings of the aristocratic writer of the past have given way to a situation in which we all live off the ‘ guano ’ which our society produces day by day ( Cadioli and Peresson 1984 : 85 ) . |
| 7 | As most average families are in the bottom 60 per cent. , does not that show that the Government have given money to the rich at the expense of ordinary families ? |
| 8 | Above all , the theorists would seek to show the social psychological dynamics by which the unique features of advanced capitalist society have given rise to the particularities of modern consciousness , or social representations . |
| 9 | With Dominique Bozo in overall charge of the Centre Pompidou and Germain Viatte now heading the Musée National d'Art Moderne ( MNAM ) and the Centre de Création Industrielle ( CCI ) , expressions of concern at the lack of space have given way to wide-ranging debate on the future role of the entire Beaubourg cultural complex . |
| 10 | Ian Branfoot 's head is being screamed for by Southampton 's fans and Neil Warnock 's heady times at Notts County have given way to days of whine and losses . |
| 11 | The speeches are short ( perhaps the school prize-giving metaphor breaks down at this point ) and the polished public school tones of the Synod have given way to nasal northern echoes . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , this supposed trait and their tight , curly hair have given rise to the use of the name ‘ Poodle cats ’ as a popular term for them . |