Example sentences of "[vb base] give [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I mean in my opinion that 's a good thing , but it 's had the effect of school governors , not having had any training in appointing people , have this sort of stereotyped model in their mind and tend to give promotion to men rather than to women .
2 These issues continue to give rise to litigation .
3 Things on TV do give ideas to people .
4 Anger giving way to misery and then to regret and eventually to … nothing .
5 We 've given money to organisations like the RSPB , Greenpeace , the Woodland Trust and Working Weekends on Organic Farms . ’
6 Similar to ostertagiasis , with penetration of the gastric glands by the L3 and replacement of the parietal cells by rapidly dividing undifferentiated cells which proliferate to give rise to nodules on the mucosal surface .
7 Be it one way or the other , and I prefer to give credit to Barbara , her headstone deserves to be preserved as an item of great interest in Ayrshire 's heritage .
8 As these records have given rise to B per cent of accesses , the percentage of references to synonyms from these records will be
9 Ever since the Industrial Revolution created a mass urban society , the conditions of the poorest city dwellers have given rise to anxiety among the better off .
10 Over the years , mining accidents have given rise to legislation .
11 But the procedures for establishing relief are cumbersome and have given rise to delays in settling a Name 's tax liability .
12 ’ In practice these arrangements , like agency agreements , have given rise to confusion and friction , as well as in some cases to delay in determining applications .
13 Its contents are classified into chapters on spelling and pronunciation , locative names ( from English , French and other continental languages ) , surnames of relationship , those from native and other personal names , from offices held or occupations followed , compound names and nicknames of all kinds , oaths , colloquial expressions and phrases which have given rise to family names .
14 Christopher Napier and Christopher Noke take arguments over share premiums , share premium accounts , merger accounting and pre-acquisition profits as an example of the issues which have given rise to controversy .
15 Many churchmen , however , have not been happy with these developments , which have given rise to schisms threatening enough to warrant the Pope 's visit .
16 The patriarchs of Christmas spending , Santa Claus and Good King Wenceslas , have given way to King Midas .
17 Patrick Faigenbaum , exhibiting at the Crousel-Robelin-Bama until 30 May , has changed his subject matter , but with no loss of intensity : his portraits of Italian aristocrats have given way to photographs of the Wailing Wall , taken during a recent visit to Jerusalem .
18 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 .
19 The courtship , territory-defending days have given way to busy days of food-seeking and brood-raising .
20 In the Bristol area , Willses have given donations to Clifton College ( where many of them were educated ) and have also successfully launched an educational experiment at Rendcomb College in Gloucestershire .
21 Does the Secretary of State intend to thank those who have given service to Queen and country by making them not only jobless , but homeless ?
22 I have given instructions to Brian Lewis that if members of staff are found trying to abuse this facility he should switch off the lift system entirety .
23 This exercise in planning research from outside has done little good to patients with cancer , and the politicians have given place to others .
24 We have given advice to Departments on drawing up environmental housekeeping strategies for themselves — another first which every Department must complete by the end of 1992 .
25 Gradually children learn to give precision to events , and , through mastery of the simple mathematics involved , begin to work out dates and construct time-lines .
26 ‘ But you have to give credit to Mark and the others .
27 Will he take steps to ensure that buses have greater priority over other road users and to eliminate one of the major causes of road congestion in London — the long time that it takes to get passengers loaded on to one-man operated buses because drivers have to give change to passengers ?
28 Refiners who have to give priority to products such as petrol and lubricating oils may tend to treat chemicals as a convenient way of dealing with unwanted fractions .
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