Example sentences of "to give the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colour a little more royal icing brown , put in a piping bag and pipe a little on the tips to give the brush ends . |
| 2 | The wine is said to give the drinker special strength . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm surprised the match referee has come out and said he was right to give the free-kick to Saunders because , in his opinion , it was dangerous play by Elliott . |
| 4 | Real purpose of the proposed assignment to give the assignee the right to qualify for a statutory tenancy . |
| 5 | And although the adultery had taken place abroad and several years ago , the Moons having hidden themselves away in Martinique — Amabel was not quite sure where that was — to give the scandal a chance to die down , what was one to do ? |
| 6 | News of McCartney 's intention to give the woodland , known as Sir John 's Allotment , to the anti hunt protesters was strategically released just days before the opening meet of the Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds . |
| 7 | It took much restoration , in the remarkably enlightened years in the middle of the last century when conservation took hold in France , to give the cathedral of Lescar its present air of authenticity . |
| 8 | Minutes later , with a medicine dropper from the boat 's first aid kit , she was endeavouring to give the kittens some warmed milk . |
| 9 | Food Minister David MacLean is to visit the Newboulds factory in Startforth Lane , Riverside Estate , Middlesbrough , to give the mizza the thumbs up tomorrow . |
| 10 | It is not necessary that the prisoner should be further protected by compelling the Secretary of State to give the reasons for his decision . |
| 11 | I quote word for word , on the question of wanting details as to why the appeal was overturned , it is not a practice of the organization to give the reasons for such decisions and I would add that I 've spoken to the National Executive Officer on this matter and he 's confirmed that we are not required to do so . |
| 12 | The session was in aid of The Yellow Brick Road campaign , which aims to give the North the world 's best child health care . |
| 13 | A haulier wishing to commence goods vehicle operations needing an O licence must apply for one at least nine weeks beforehand to give the licensing authority enough time to make enquiries as to the haulier 's suitability to hold such a licence . |
| 14 | In some cases such multiple choice items form attitude scales in which each alternative is given a numerical weighting so that a set of such items can be cumulated to give the respondent an overall score on the scale . |
| 15 | Goebbels visited the city to give the campaign a boost , and toured around in a series of noisy , impressive and carefully stage-managed motorcades complete with motorcycle outriders . |
| 16 | A resolution to approve the proposed British Gas ( Overseas Employees ) Share Option Scheme and to give the Directors the appropriate authority to establish further share schemes for overseas employees is set out as Resolution 12 . |
| 17 | It is proposed to give the Directors the authority to alter the schemes to take account of or comply with any changes in any proposed or existing legislation affecting the schemes , or to take account of any take-over or reconstruction of the Company or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation treatment of the Company , any subsidiary or any participant , in each case excluding any changes which affect the basic structure of the schemes or the limits on the number of shares which may be subscribed for under the schemes . |
| 18 | The effect of the section on this first analysis is , therefore , despite its mandatory language , to give the directors a discretion to act in the interests of the employees where they consider it appropriate in preference to those of the shareholders ; they do not have a practicably enforceable obligation to further employee interests . |
| 19 | If the regulations are so framed as to give the directors an unfettered discretion the court will interfere with it only on proof of bad faith and since the directors will not be bound to disclose either their grounds or their reasons , the difficulty of discharging the onus of proof is especially great . |
| 20 | Next , time-table the programme and identify the formal teaching sessions required to give the learners a firm basis on which to build . |
| 21 | Nothing must be done to give the Tunnel an unfair advantage vis-a-vis other modes of cross-Channel transport and this includes investment in Tunnel related infrastructure . |
| 22 | He writes that the trial judge is not allowed to give the jury any guidance as to the amount that it can award . |
| 23 | Another complaint was that the trial judge failed to give the jury any warning about the evidence of Zaidie and Matadial as witnesses who may have had a purpose of their own to serve or whose evidence could be tainted by an improper motive . |
| 24 | My Lord , I think the case is being made if I may say so sir , to give the jury the impression that the police just document . |
| 25 | Those who refused to give the figures ranged from tiny building societies , who simply did not have the technology to work out the sum , to large multi-national banks with copious staff and computers to hand . |
| 26 | I , too , must express slight surprise at the Minister 's inability to give the figures that were requested in the original question . |
| 27 | Yes , chair , erm , I was supposed to give the figures if they 'd come out at this time . |
| 28 | They begin to give the colour back to Isaac 's cheeks , but they are as far as the storyteller will go . |
| 29 | On his retirement , Mirror Newspapers refused to give the contract for the distribution of their newspapers to Mr Stark 's daughter , Mrs Gunning . |
| 30 | If a contract is silent on a particular matter , judges will usually imply terms and try to give the contract business efficacy . |