Example sentences of "give the [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To consolidate his position he had given the baronage their first general charter of liberties , and he had promised generous payments to the count of Flanders for mercenaries . |
| 2 | I would suggest that given the decision we prepared to make now even if you have to send a deposit get the local party to stump up the deposit and collect the money as soon as convenient from the people who are committed to going . |
| 3 | My father would probably have agreed with him , had he given the subject his attention . |
| 4 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 5 | Given the freedom which the parties enjoy in a common law system in the matter of gathering evidence , their resort to foreign procedures could not be said to interfere with English procedures or the control over those procedures which the English court would exercise . |
| 6 | I then carry on working , knowing that later that day Skipper will be brought in , checked over and given the feed I prepared earlier . |
| 7 | He would hand it to the Colonel : given the motivation they could , by God , do things right . |
| 8 | Perhaps he 's given the Duke his orders . |
| 9 | It was the following weekend and Rachel was helping her father , who had just given the lawn its last cut before winter , to dispose of the grass cuttings on the compost heap at the bottom of the garden . |
| 10 | I 've seen Arnold play so many good shots , but given the position he was in , knowing it could win or lose the Championship , that was his best for me . |
| 11 | All services should address relatives ' needs seriously by giving information , ensuring they feel involved and above all by ensuring that they are given the support they need to carry on caring . |
| 12 | Neither film was given the release it deserved , and consequently both were box-office failures . |
| 13 | My washing has to be hung out horizontally rather than vertically because given the chance he can bring down a row of wet towels in six seconds flat . |
| 14 | The mountains that had given the scene its depth and colour were now vague grey shapes , like the background of a Japanese print . |
| 15 | The brothers ' crimes against Joseph were met eventually with a forgiveness as large as Esau 's , and this time the forgiveness was received , and given the response it deserved . |
| 16 | If you were given the choice what would you like to eat ? |
| 17 | The Icelanders protested , not because they supported the cause of Facisim or German expansion — given the choice they would doubtless have stood with the Norwegians , fellow Vikings — but because they were not asked to choose . |
| 18 | The reference to " or " such other risks should be amended to " and in addition to the foregoing " in order to make it clear that the landlord is not given the choice which of the stated risks it may choose to insure against — perhaps an obvious point but one worth making . |
| 19 | ‘ Given the choice I 'd go to borstal anyday . ’ |
| 20 | District and county councils have given the scheme their full support and hope the programme will meet with the same success as Darlington 's pioneering Railside Revival scheme . |
| 21 | District and county councils throughout the region have given the scheme their full support . |
| 22 | Representatives of interested local authorities have already met with transport under-secretary Patrick McLaughlin , who has given the scheme his backing . |
| 23 | A psychiatrist was called in and Max was given the treatment he needed , but only after serving a month in Brixton . |
| 24 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 25 | In 1980 , Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark , a DinDisc act , had given the company their biggest selling album of an otherwise disastrous year . |
| 26 | Turner 's Slave Ship which was so highly praised by Ruskin , shows faithfully the horror and evil of that traffic and it is the emotion , not the technique that has given the painting its immortality . |
| 27 | Those who imagine that they see the spectre of euthanasia raising its head look with particular misgiving at the doctor 's decision to discontinue ventilation.4 Those lawyers who have given the issue their attention have accepted the common factual assumption that turning off a ventilator is significant , and have then sought legal arguments by which to justify it.5 For they have had to recognize both that it is a common medical practice , and that it is one which prima facie calls for some justification . |
| 28 | ‘ It was a terrific response , we 've really given the council something to think about , ’ said Sainsbury spokesman , Nick Green . |
| 29 | Creggan said nothing but stared over the grey rolling sea that had given the eagle whom he loved most in the world her name . |
| 30 | The National Assembly had given the bill its first reading in November 1990 [ see p. 37968 ] . |