Example sentences of "have give [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The teacher has given no instructions about what to do , apart from nodding when a few children asked if it was ‘ writing workshop ’ .
2 As Lord Keith said in Lonrho Plc. v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 525 , 539 : ‘ The only significance of the absence of reasons is that if all other known facts and circumstances appear to point overwhelmingly in favour of a different decision , the decision-maker , who has given no reasons can not complain if the court draws the inference that he had no rational reason for his decision . ’
3 It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons .
4 The election result has given the Conservatives five years in which to press ahead with the changes .
5 Michael Rayer has given the selectors so little excuse to drop him , has been so sound in all aspects of play , that he has consigned possibly the most dangerous prong of the Welsh attack to the replacements ' bench .
6 He has given the players a week off training to avoid incurring any injuries .
7 He has given the nurses every support in their efforts to gain recognition , and will speak at their conference .
8 From Sounion comes a splendidly illuminating decree of the demesmen , which reads : ‘ It seemed good to the men of Sounion : since Leukios has given the demesmen land to build an agora , three men are to be chosen straight away to measure an area not less than 2 plethra by 1 , so that there shall be broad space for the men of Sounion to agorazein ’ … ( the last word is untranslatable : ‘ carry on all the activities usual in an agora ’ is accurate but too prosaic ; there is also the sense of ‘ promenading oneself : Syll. 925 ) .
9 ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’
10 It has given the Greeks a new foreign-policy possibility , to the north : one in which membership of the Community will be useful , but Greeks can still be Greeks .
11 Their response is , ‘ Then God has given the Gentiles also the gift of repentance leading to life . ’
12 In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month .
13 In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month .
14 But this new mat has given the spinners a lot more encouragement and , over the week , some of the batsmen have improved their technique against spin . ’
15 The Department of Health has given the boards £60 a head to train 23 000 eligible HVs and DNs over the next two years .
16 The teaching has given the pupils the necessary facts but not the help to consolidate understanding in writing ( or indeed in talk ) , nor to master the compositional abilities to realise the understanding successfully .
17 This has given the floors of Upper House an almost alpine tilt .
18 But at the same time he totally disagrees with the way she has given the banks a free hand to put resources behind new ‘ non-industries ’ such as the service industries , and concentrate economic wealth in the south .
19 Once you 've created the jobs for people it has given the economies an upturn and I feel it 's rather a shame that the erm the great problems of the of the Germans particularly have put that pressure for high interest rates through the er E R M , through those currencies and one , I think , good thing of Britain 's disaster last year , with with their position in the E R M , is that by lowering interest rates , if we only had a government who wanted to use that opportunity probably , we could train people for for work .
20 He contends that economic prosperity has given the voters the opportunity to choose on issues like abortion and the environment .
21 Both BR and RENFE , in common with railways elsewhere ( Bouley 1985 ) , have stressed the new ‘ reality of competition ’ and the need ‘ to shift the emphasis from ‘ running a railway ’ to providing a value for money service to the customer' ( BRB 1985r : 5 ) ; in these conditions , it was ‘ the market that has to give the orders ’ ( RENFE chairman , cited in El Nuevo Lunes , 16 December 1985 ) .
22 But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) .
23 The first observation might have given the answers " here " or " there " ; sometimes it gives one and sometimes the other .
24 The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about .
25 In similar circumstances in previous elections the dissatisfied Tories would have given the Liberals and the Social Democrats the benefit of their protest .
26 There has been a lot of debate about the reasons for producing complicated patterns on the suture line ; what advantage would this have given the ammonoids over their nautiloid ancestors , that allowed for the explosive bursts of ammonoid evolution ?
27 In Britain , such a vote would not have given the fascists power .
28 The apparent inflexibility of the office schedules could have given the competitors an unnecessarily difficult task .
29 ‘ I 'd rather have given the bastards the cab ranks than see Antney dead . ’
30 By then England were 214 for 7 , only Allan Lamb , desperately needing a big score to stay in the team , having given the scorers much exercise .
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