Example sentences of "given [noun sg] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the pope nevertheless steadfastly refused to give way , Henry intensified his attack on the church ; in the summer of 1530 he issued a charge of praemunire against fifteen clerics , including the four bishops who had supported Catherine , on the grounds that they had aided Wolsey in the exercise of his legatine authority and thereby given support to papal jurisdiction within his realm . |
| 2 | Econometric studies of this type have given support to those in favour of limiting overall rates of tax . |
| 3 | In the late 1970s both Islington and Manchester Councils had given funding to voluntary groups , such as Friend and Switchboard . |
| 4 | The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands |
| 5 | Sagawa 's chairman , Kiyoshi Sagawa , said on Feb. 13 that the company had given money to 280 politicians for use in " hiring secretaries " . |
| 6 | Finland had been annexed only recently , and the impoverishment of the Baltic peasantry which resulted from their emancipation under Alexander I could have given rise to extensive social unrest . |
| 7 | One of the most puzzling features for historians has been the apparent rise in illegitimacy , a European-wide phenomenon , in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century , which has given rise to various interpretations of working-class sexual life . |
| 8 | While discussion of a corporate information system is as yet largely speculative , our experience of the Payroll/Personnel database system over the last three years has given rise to various working hypotheses of relevance to management in general and the personnel function in particular . |
| 9 | First , the mother lacked parenting skills which had given rise to emotional harm caused to the children . |
| 10 | The scream of a fox , on the other hand , is quite distinctive : a wailing , wavering shriek that has given rise to many a false report of a midnight mugging . |
| 11 | The statutory liability of unions for the actions of their members has given rise to many difficulties . |
| 12 | However , the management and financing of capital assets in the public sector has given rise to many problem areas , such as those associated with capital controls and deferred purchase arrangements in local authorities , poor asset utilisation , deteriorating physical condition and problems of financing asset replacement , and questions of how capital should be incorporated into devolved budgetary arrangements , such as the Financial Management Initiative in central government . |
| 13 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 14 | In some cases , the handicap may be so severe that the fullest possible efforts may not be taken to prolong the life of the afflicted child , and this has given rise to much public concern about medical ethics . |
| 15 | Such comments have given rise to much discussion about the ‘ climate of research ’ . |
| 16 | The question therefore arises as to whose rules should govern the conduct of the branch 's business and this has given rise to much debate . |
| 17 | The possibility that transferring to human insulin adversely affects the incidence and presentation of hypoglycaemia has been extensively aired in the lay press and has given rise to much public concern . |
| 18 | The question has given rise to much debate in subsequent cases and in academic writings . |
| 19 | Mozart 's use of dots and strokes in his notation has given rise to much debate . |
| 20 | Migration processes have also given rise to distinctive age patterns around Britain , though the absolute scale of differences between places is relatively small . |
| 21 | The second of these three articles of agreement had given rise to tripartite action against a rising of west Galician Poles in 1846 . |
| 22 | By the autumn of 1283 the danger of Armagnac submission to the immediate lordship of the French crown appeared to have passed , but the behaviour of Philip III 's officers , especially his seneschal of Toulouse , had given rise to great concern among Edward I 's Gascon council at Bordeaux and among his proctors and advocates at Paris . |
| 23 | Such investigations have given rise to wide-ranging reports like those on housing management ( Audit Commission , 1986a ) and community care ( Audit Commission , 1986b ) . |
| 24 | Life assurance business is being serviced satisfactorily , but the huge and largely unpredictable surge in pensions business and the intrinsic complexity of this type of business have given rise to administrative problems both at Standard Life and across the entire industry . |
| 25 | The people of Palau have shown a marked reluctance to alter their nuclear policy to comply with United States ' demands , which in turn has given rise to economic deprivation , intimidation , and violent criminal acts directed against the opponents of the Compact . |
| 26 | Equally the idea that familial sinistrality is found in association with bilateral speech has given rise to conflicting findings . |
| 27 | The academic literature on the Prime Minister has given rise to one of the few serious debates in British political science ; the idea of Prime Ministerial government versus that of Cabinet government . |
| 28 | The distribution of land has become less unequal , while the rapid growth in exports of fruit and forestry products has given rise to new patterns of regional income inequality . |
| 29 | Ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin produced in France has given rise to such problems in the past , and complaints to the Commission have led to charges being imposed on several occasions , in order to protect alcohol producers in the other member states from unfair competition . |
| 30 | It is these positive examples of what is generally taken to be a negative force that have given rise to such concepts as ‘ white ’ ( i.e. good ) witchcraft ; they are part of our European tradition and lend a certain credence to Margaret Murray 's exaggerated presentation of a satanic underground cult of evil co-existing with orthodox Christianity . ’ |