Example sentences of "give [pron] more [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
2 Much charitable effort was devoted to this cause on the assumption that improved housing conditions , by removing some of the degradation from the lives of the poor , would give them more hope and greater enthusiasm for the struggle for self-help and survival .
3 Why wo n't he give me more support ?
4 You do not need a complete conventional circuit with a long downwind leg , although this will obviously give you more time in which to have a better look at the field .
5 By that time you were attracted to her , and to defer the session would give you more time to get to know her .
6 Intermediate Technology enables poor people in the Third World to develop and use technologies and methods which give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities .
7 Intermediate Technology enables poor people in the Third World to develop and use technologies and methods which give them more control over their lives and which contribute to the long-term development of their communities .
8 Give me more time , ’ replies Rufus .
9 ‘ You 'll have to give me more time down there , Hilary .
10 Still , it is not that he wants biologists to give them more credit for maintaining the planet .
11 In order to give you more comfort and privacy during your flight , the middle seat in each row of 3 will not be occupied .
12 That metal compound on the head is supposed to give you more feel , but it does n't work for me . ’
13 By definition this means trying to give you more work and responsibility that you can probably handle .
14 in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work .
15 Suspicious of voluntary admissions , social workers regarded court orders as giving them more control : yet the perverse outcome of more adversarial methods was to introduce an increased element of crisis .
16 The aim of this policy was to define parental rights and incidentally , mobilise parents by giving them more influence within the schools their children attended .
17 It provides subordinates with greater job satisfaction by giving them more say in decision-making which affects their work .
18 And there are now only seven seats in a row giving you more space to be comfortable .
19 Sticks can be stabbed at you but chains can not ; they must be swung , and the heavier they are , the slower the swing — giving you more time to get out of the way .
20 There was no Honey Bee or Gas Guzzler to replicate the sea route for me , so buses and hitches and foot slog gave me more time on Mull than was strictly accurate .
21 I was still unemployed , and happy as such , for it gave me more time for the TA .
22 This freed the geologists from this task and gave them more time to write memoirs .
23 ‘ International management gives me more time to myself but do n't think I 'm always away fishing .
24 ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’
25 ‘ It offers users benefits through greater accuracy of input and gives them more time to respond to customers . ’
26 This gives you more comfort and privacy during your flight , as the middle seat in each row of 3 will not be occupied .
27 While some paint packages provide fairly crude brushstyles , Fractal Design Painter lets you go into far greater detail ; it gives you more control over the effects of pen or brush and you can create and record your own styles .
28 To delegate tasks and , along with this , some of your power gives you more time to do other things which you regard as important .
29 it gives you more time to get on with the job of managing your business .
30 Can you move house or work out a schedule that gives you more time to be together ?
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