Example sentences of "by give [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Public Order Act of 1986 goes further than either Lord Scarman or Sir Robert Mark had envisaged by giving new powers to the police to impose conditions on public assemblies as well as on processions . |
| 2 | In recent years there has been a tremendous drive to keep elderly persons in their own homes for as long as possible , by giving close support to relatives and friends and by providing support from community services such as home helps and ‘ meals-on-wheels ’ . |
| 3 | Advocates of press freedom asserted that the Noriega tapes case had set a disturbing precedent in that it undermined the First Amendment by giving legal endorsement to the concept of " prior restraint " in the form of a pre-publication review of a pending news story . |
| 4 | It contended that the commissioners had acted outside the terms of the act by giving undue weight to some of the criteria for determining boundaries as against others . |
| 5 | In 1982 the Honduran government effectively took control of COLPROSUMAH by giving official recognition to a small splinter group . |
| 6 | He began by giving official passports to Jews who could claim some vague connection with Sweden , and ended by thrusting , in defiance of the Gestapo , cyclostyled papers bearing his signature into the hands of anyone he could reach , in the cattle trucks in railway sidings or along the road as the tragic columns struggled by . |
| 7 | Most Western government 's are actually helping Pol Pot by giving diplomatic support to the Khmer Rouge at the United Nations . |
| 8 | Most Western governments are actually helping Pol Pot by giving diplomatic support to the Khmer Rouge-dominated coalition at the United Nations ( UN Resolution 44/22 passed on 16 November , 1989 ) . |
| 9 | Although the US Strategic Air Command 's nuclear capability was already formidable , Britain should make her own contribution to the Western nuclear deterrent by giving absolute priority to the rapid build-up of the V Force in order to maintain British influence in the Atlantic Alliance , and as a hedge against isolationist tendencies in the United States . |
| 10 | By giving concentrated attention to others you can improve your skills at identifying other people 's sub-text and motives . |
| 11 | On a backpacking trip side pockets are a great benefit , allowing on-the-road brews , by giving easy access to water bottle , billies , stove and food . |
| 12 | By giving substantial coverage to environmental issues , the mass media call attention to them . |
| 13 | Increasing further the proportion of owner-occupiers could be achieved by giving substantial inducements to potential owners , or by making the public rented sector less attractive , as is being done in a variety of ways in the late 1980s by the Conservative administration . |
| 14 | You may terminate your right to use your Card by giving written notice to us and returning your Card . |
| 15 | Any member may resign by giving written notice to the council , accompanied by his certificate of membership . |
| 16 | Mr David Gee , director designate of Friends of the Earth , said the bill had already been weakened by giving big concessions to industry , especially over freedom of information to the public and scope and timetable of the new controls over pollution . |
| 17 | President , Congress , the introduction in the C E C statement is a laudable one and part of it states , and I quote , the G M B and others have asserted that reform means democratizing and strengthening the links by giving direct votes to individual union members . |
| 18 | The fundamental issue was that of speeding the Council by giving clear directives to the Theological Commission of the collective mind of the fathers . |
| 19 | ( f ) To support family planning as a health measure in maternal and child health programmes as a way of reducing births that occur too early or too late in the mother 's life , of increasing the interval between births and of diminishing higher birth orders , and by giving special consideration to the needs of those in the postpartum and/or breast-feeding period ; |
| 20 | Livewire offers help by giving free advice to young entrepreneurs . |
| 21 | It would appear , furthermore , that the policy of maximising firm value is ideal not only from the point of view of the shareholders , but also from that of society as a whole , since , by giving proper weight to projects with a future pay- off , it strikes an optimal balance between production for present consumption and growth . |
| 22 | In particular by giving positive help to unemployed people through our job placement service and other programmes and by the payment of benefits and allowances to those who are entitled to them . |
| 23 | The aim of the Employment Service is to help promote a competitive and efficient labour market , particularly by giving positive help to unemployed people through its job placement service and other programmes and by the payment of benefits and allowances to those who are entitled to them . |
| 24 | On the contrary it seems on the face of it to be likely that with some learners a conscious awareness of how language works and the subjection of their experience to analysis would suit their cognitive style , increase motivation by giving added point to their activities , and so enhance learning . |
| 25 | There is no guarantee that by singing the words of a hymn we have participated any more fully than by giving silent attention to someone else doing so . |