Example sentences of "have [adv] given [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have already given thought to your self-assessment and how well your qualifications match the job you will make a better showing on the form than if you have not bothered . |
| 2 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 3 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 4 | The remaining techniques have not given rise to general-purpose instruments but have proved useful in particular experiments . |
| 5 | For the clinical and educational professions ( and the lay notions which derive their values from them ) , their very practice makes it clear what fact it is that you ‘ come to terms ’ with : you have not given birth to a member of the human species as we define it , and to which we allocate certain rights and social roles , but to an object of pathology — a ‘ monster ’ , to use a technical term employed in medical anatomy . |
| 6 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 7 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The people of the Cévennes have always given refuge to the oppressed . ’ |
| 9 | Julia Patton and A. J. Sambrook have both given consideration to ‘ Snaith Marsh . |
| 10 | Our particular experience has been mainly concerned with hypertext coursework , though we have also given thought to other document preparation systems . |
| 11 | DRG 's property assets have also given rise to argument . |
| 12 | Migration processes have also given rise to distinctive age patterns around Britain , though the absolute scale of differences between places is relatively small . |
| 13 | Financial collapses , major frauds , litigation , environmental responsibility , all have understandably given rise to demands for companies to strengthen their control over their business and their public accountability . |
| 14 | THE acoustics at the Anglican Cathedral have often given rise to speculation about its suitability for Philharmonic concerts . |
| 15 | These have occasionally given rise to strange sea-farers ' tales of ‘ floating islands ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I have ofttimes given thought to doing that — ’ he told her wonderingly ‘ — to that and other things . ’ |