Example sentences of "have give [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities .
2 A mother who gave up fertility drugs after they failed to bring results has given birth to triplets .
3 A GRANDMOTHER has given birth to test-tube twins .
4 The findings of the study , establishing a link between between pollution and chest and lung problems , has given support to communities throughout the country fighting for compensation .
5 The Ober Gabelhorn was once a prized addition to a climber 's logbook but is slightly out of fashion now , just as Zermatt has given way to Chamonix .
6 The early consequences have been devastating — a rapid fall in GDP , large-scale unemployment , sharply declining living standards for a large part of the population , the loss of important social rights , and the emergence of extreme inequality — and the mood that prevailed in 1989 , of entering joyfully into a £ brave new world , has given way to disillusionment and hostility .
7 But for many east Germans , the jubilation of unity night last October has given way to frustration and fear of unemployment .
8 Industrial research has reflected this , and the earlier use of antibodies , based on electrochemical detection and a reformatted conventional immunoassay , has given way to antibodies being used as part of optical waveguides ( eg flexible optical fibres , prisms and glass plates ) .
9 By the time the studio came to make The Titfield Thunderbolt ( 1953 ) , about a village 's attempt to preserve their branch line against nasty entrepreneurs who have set up a bus service , gentle anarchy has given way to nostalgia for Olde England .
10 The dual-presenter format which ITN has stuck with since News At Ten 's launch 25 years ago has given way to McDonald sitting alone in the style of a US network star like Dan Rather .
11 This is so because a limited accountability in terms only of satisfying employers in local authorities or inspectors of schools has given way to openness and to the multiplication of participators who claim a say in the running of education .
12 When tissue begins to react to the commensals causing inflammation , the process of colonisation has given way to infection .
13 Where such culturally based courses have provoked resistance , race awareness training has given way to courses that are less inward looking but which are designed to promote specific practical anti-racist goals .
14 Stone has given way to glass and concrete .
15 Although the authors in this ‘ school ’ focus on different aspects of permissive Britain , they are all united by their acceptance of the idea that previously existing moral consensus has given way to confusion and uncertainty .
16 This has given rise to fears that the electoral process in the US has become corrupted , as money increasingly ‘ buys ’ political influence through elaborate election campaigns that concentrate power in hands of a ‘ small monied minority ’ [ Alexander ] .
17 The white-painted Land Rovers had clear UN marking and the attack has given rise to fears that Serb forces have targeted British troops .
18 This has given rise to speculation about the origins of such territorial units and the rationale behind the siting of cemeteries .
19 This link with the President has given rise to speculation that Mr Morrison may be acting as a pathfinder to the appointment of a special envoy .
20 The increasing domestic and industrial use of a number of stable chlorine-containing compounds has given rise to claims that these compounds may diffuse upwards into the stratosphere where they are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine which act to destroy ozone through a complex chain of chemical reactions ( Crutzen , 1974 ; Molina and Rowland , 1974 ) .
21 The consistent failure to implement findings has given rise to cynicism regarding research .
22 Rumour and the recent closure of a similar sanctuary in Hereford a week ago has given rise to closure fears .
23 Virtually unchanged for more than 3,000 years , the language has given cohesion to India 's spiritual lineage .
24 Psychology is no more the name of an unique body of theory or inquiry and in physics Newton has given place to Einstein .
25 But chemistry has to give way to physics .
26 Efficiency of operations has to give way to inventiveness and creativity .
27 She remembered how helplessly she 'd given way to Jake 's madness on Starr Hills .
28 ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake .
29 But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends .
30 But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends .
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