Example sentences of "give the [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The euthanasia law was a broadly backed compromise worked out after 20 years of exhaustive public debate and has given the Netherlands the world 's most lenient policy on mercy killing . |
| 2 | Britain should give the EEC the sort of leadership that France would not and West Germany could not provide . |
| 3 | According to an early draft , the new Programme would give the CPSU the task of carrying out ‘ historically progressive aims ’ ( not necessarily communism ) , and socialism itself was defined as a society of ‘ economic effectiveness , social justice , political democracy and human solidarity ’ ( but not necessarily of public ownership ) . |
| 4 | The embarrassing reality was that Burrows had proved more wily than his pursuers had given him credit for , and had managed to give the S.O.U. the slip . |
| 5 | The well-rounded rib — the barrel chest that has helped to give the Suffolk the name of Punch — is a distinctive feature , as is the deep carcase . |
| 6 | One relative , understandably upset , rang THe Manchester Evening News who used the outrage as a lead story , giving The Smiths the kind of publicity no band would relish . |
| 7 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 8 | Markedly out of balance with the ten list seats fairly allotted to Schleswig-Holstein , these 14 gave the CDU the opportunity to win no less than 13 seats . |
| 9 | A 1903 treaty between the US and Panama gave the US the right to build and open a waterway . |
| 10 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for The Guide Dog for the Blind Centre at Middlesbrough said : ‘ It was a wonderful donation and because it was so generous we gave the Leas the chance to name the two dogs . ’ |
| 12 | The Chinese attack on Vietnam in March 1979 gave the USSR the leverage to activate this agreement ; a gradual extension of Soviet facilities in Cam Ranh Bay took place over the following years . |
| 13 | Striker Andy Cole gave the Robins the lead after 78 minutes in the mist-shrouded Giovanni Zini Stadium . |
| 14 | A second and less well-known treaty gives the US the right to defend the canal 's neutrality . |