Example sentences of "give [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Pearce had given the necessary instructions to a depressed , disillusioned and just plain pissed-off police cordon outside that the ‘ block ’ had to be maintained .
2 No one was permitted to build outside the city wall — indeed it would have been more or less impossible given the sheer drop to the plain — and as a result the ever-industrious Kinsani merchants had expanded in directions which were not forbidden by the law .
3 After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’
4 In its action plan to save threatened cetaceans the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN has given the highest priority to a study which would monitor the scattered gill-net fisheries in the Gulf of California .
5 An anglophile university professor who used his modest means to amass 322 British and continental drawings has given the entire lot to the National Gallery .
6 Given the purposive approach to construction now adopted by the courts in order to give effect to the true intentions of the legislature , the fine distinctions between looking for the mischief and looking for the intention in using words to provide the remedy are technical and inappropriate .
7 Given the inevitable damage to the rural environment that will result , I do not consider this outcome is what we , or the Government , intend by the concept of ‘ sustainable planning ’ .
8 I believe that given the potential field to whom we circulated details , over 65 UK companies alone , that this level of response is not unreasonable .
9 The support given the previous day to German neo-Nazis in two regional elections there was the starting point for his attack on PR ; a first-past-the-post system and stringent policies on asylum and immigration were preventing an extreme-right emergence in Britain , so he argued .
10 Given the short period to maturity , there may be little remaining dividend uncertainty .
11 When I learnt biology , I was taught that Weismann , although he was right about the independence of germ line and soma , had given the wrong answer to this question .
12 He went to work for the Gas Light & Coke Company at Beckton in 1908 but he soon chafed at not being given the free rein to which he had become accustomed at Davis Bros .
13 What he said was a vague approximation of what Malcolm Harris had written , and he did n't even give the right cue to George Birkitt , who spoke next .
14 We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick .
15 HUNDREDS of Darlington Council employees are being briefed about how they can give the best service to customers and chargepayers .
16 Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination .
17 Instead , please will you give the enclosed card to Susan and give them all our love ?
18 ‘ Shall I give the necessary orders to OC F Company , sir ? ’
19 ‘ Why do n't I give the Russian collection to the Munich Museum of Fine Arts in Adolph 's memory ?
20 I can , however , give the strongest recommendation to the Chandos Collect reissue of Sir Alexander Gibson 's 1981 performances with the Scottish National Orchestra of Stravinsky 's Symphony in C and Symphony in Three Movements , fully worthy of comparison with the composer 's own performances on Sony Classical .
21 There is no specified consultation period but the employer must give the specified information to the union " long enough " before the sale to enable consultations to take place .
22 Indeed , in the immediate context of the Lucan Lord 's Prayer , Jesus promises that the Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him .
23 How much more your Heavenly Father will he give the Holy Spirit to those who ask of him ?
24 ALL THE indications are that the Monopolies & Mergers Commission report , published next week , will give the green light to Coats Viyella 's £395m bid for Tootal Group .
25 Ms Brenda Dean , general secretary of Sogat ( Society of Graphical and Alled Trades ) said : ‘ The decision will give the green light to a small minority of cynical police officers , encouraging them to build in unnecessary delays when they are investigating their own . ’
26 Other land may , therefore , be available although the Department is at pains to point out that the Circular does not give the green light to a development free-for-all in the countryside .
27 The Department of Environment will give the green light to parking bays for certain disabled people .
28 We would give the same construction to the comparable provisions in the other mortgage deeds .
29 Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits .
30 ‘ We do have a firearms unit which attends incidents when an armed response is appropriate but I think a full-time unit would give the wrong signals to the people of Cheshire , ’ he said .
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