Example sentences of "[noun sg] give [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp . |
| 2 | Clement wrote a pamphlet giving his reasons for the split and accusing Wilson of mismanagement , irresponsible militancy and the encouragement of foreign seamen into Britain , presumably because of his refusal to accept a rule which would debar them from membership . |
| 3 | There was quite a scrum of people at the bar giving their orders for large post-prandial brandies and ports and the commissionaire waved me through . |
| 4 | The RMT executive committee gave its approval for 70,000 railway members to be balloted on 4 and 5 March over whether they will support strike action , the spokesman said . |
| 5 | A source of particular vulnerability for the agencies is that in its reorganization of the water industry the 1973 Water Act gives them responsibility for the management of the great majority of sewage treatment works , which in many areas are themselves significant — often principal — sources of pollution . |
| 6 | Only those whose prodigious skill gives them leverage for negotiating secure contracts are prepared to forsake higher education for sport . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) 5.18(2) confers the right on an applicant , licence-holder , objector or complainer who appeared at the hearing to request that the board give their reasons for their decision in writing . |
| 8 | Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation . |
| 9 | In group discussions , a married 35-year-old teacher gave his reasons for not identifying with successful men : ‘ I have the feeling that successful men have got to their position by being unpleasant , perhaps stepping on others to get there . |
| 10 | For each item , write a short sentence giving your reasons for choosing that form of service . |
| 11 | Observers attributed the almost unanimous endorsement primarily to the united stand taken by the politburo ; even the leading conservative politburo member Yegor Ligachev had made a cautious speech at the plenum giving his backing for reform and democratization of the party . |
| 12 | Polybius gives his reasons for reporting the figures : " so that it may appear from actual facts what a great power it was that Hannibal ventured to attack , and how mighty was that empire boldly confronting which he came so near his purpose as to bring great disasters on Rome " ( 2.24.1 ) . |
| 13 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |
| 14 | On Jan. 11 the French government gave its approval for a joint venture known as Eurodynamics to be formed by merging the missile development divisions of British Aerospace and the French group Thomson-CSF , as announced by the two companies on Oct. 16 , 1989 . |
| 15 | The colonial experience gave him material for his propositions about colonial nationalism , the subject which he quickly made his own . |
| 16 | No satisfactory answer to this problem was forthcoming meantime , but at least the situation gave them time for the main Scots foot army to come up . |
| 17 | And she had obviously been right to guess that her assistant possessed more initiative than her current employer gave her credit for . |
| 18 | ( As the project has developed , the Coordinating Team has had more confidence in " delaying " a Major award to a school by a year to give it time for further consolidation . ) |
| 19 | Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come . |
| 20 | their high tea , were n't bothered about high tea , but still , er then , they 'd have , they might have a supper because she ai n't been a work , their elderly , they perhaps have a good tea , the they , they went to bed at nine and they said if I was reading something , they said , you know turn the gas out when you come up and , there you are well you can see , if one landlady gave me egg for me lunch that I had n't had , they not , they were n't gon na feed you up at supper time were they ? |
| 21 | The partners should resist the temptation to give their reasons for deciding to exercise the power . |
| 22 | Start off dahlia tubers indoors or in the greenhouse to give you shoots for cuttings to increase your stock . |
| 23 | Their sparring for position of least-favoured son gave me pause for thought . |