Example sentences of "it to give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not for the circumstance to give rise to something or other , but for it to give rise to just the effect . |
| 2 | The guidelines issued to the National Heritage Memorial Fund allowed it to give grants , not only for the purchase of outstanding buildings , land and works of artistic and historic interest , but also to provide endowments for major houses threatened with sale . |
| 3 | In recent months they have even hinted at getting the Russians — who supply much of Ukraine 's oil dirt-cheap — to raise economic barriers that would force it to give way . |
| 4 | Alsace is the only stronghold for the grape outside its native Germany , but its fashionable blandness is causing it to give way to Pinot Blanc . |
| 5 | While Jinny served the tea Mrs Bennet brought a tall clothes maiden from the wash house and draped a sheet over it to give Anne and her mother some privacy . |
| 6 | The purpose of the opening in the south wall of the choir behind the rector 's desk is open to conjecture : is it to give light at the desk , which otherwise would be in deep shadow , or is it a hagioscope ( peephole ) ? |
| 7 | ‘ I do it to give men a taste of their own medicine . |