Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] give [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dundee United mastered the elements better than their opponents and had in Ferguson , Scott Crabbe and Paddy Connolly lively players who continue to give the impression that Jim McLean is not far off having a team capable of far better than has been seen from his club in recent seasons . |
| 2 | All people who apply to give the dogs a home are vetted by the RSPCA . |
| 3 | Pensioners who have given a lifetime 's service to the nation should not be asked to pay for a T V licence , and those out of work through no fault of their own , except for a government policy . |
| 4 | Those who imagine that they see the spectre of euthanasia raising its head look with particular misgiving at the doctor 's decision to discontinue ventilation.4 Those lawyers who have given the issue their attention have accepted the common factual assumption that turning off a ventilator is significant , and have then sought legal arguments by which to justify it.5 For they have had to recognize both that it is a common medical practice , and that it is one which prima facie calls for some justification . |
| 5 | But among the oldies who have given the project their support are Malcolm McLaren and Elvis Costello , which suggests that the ENO is looking for something a little off the beaten operatic track , not to say strange and unusual . |
| 6 | ‘ Electability ’ has been the watchword , and Mr Clinton will be at pains to fend off the ‘ special interest groups ’ — militant blacks , gays , feminists , welfare-wafflers , anti-military isolationists — who have given the party a bad name among ‘ ordinary folks ’ . |