Example sentences of "would give [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
2 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
3 | For a terrible moment Shannon thought she would give way to tears , and knew it was because of his fury on her behalf . |
4 | Furthermore , confidence in the exchange value of the dollar was essential since it provided the bulk of the reserve assets in the system : any devaluation of the dollar would give rise to fears that it might be devalued again , and hence there would be a reluctance to hold dollars as a reserve currency . |
5 | Most sets of values would give rise to universes that , although they might be very beautiful , would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty . |
6 | ( a ) The Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , 1966 , 41 , on which the 1968 Act was based , envisaged that some fact situations would give rise to liability under both ss.1 and 15 . |
7 | A failure to carry out necessary work would give rise to liability . |
8 | However , firms already have to face uncertainty in the context of UCTA and the criteria used to assess whether a duty of care which would give rise to liability in tort is owed . |
9 | To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties . |
10 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
11 | Booth argued that any selective system would give rise to anomalies and would necessitate a costly system of selection . |
12 | This would give effect to clauses that seek to define the rights and obligations of the parties , for example , a clause which indicated that no partnership or agency relationship was created , and clear clauses would abrogate the prohibition on , for instance , self-dealing or the necessity to disclose all relevant information to the customer . |
13 | Any controversy over the new legal framework would give ammunition to Mr Meacher 's critics within the party . |
14 | It was in a unique position to analyze educational trends and the development of specific subject areas : ‘ the publishing of such information would give guidance to colleges and reduce the isolation that many inevitably feel ’ . |
15 | Mr Bennett said the cash aid delay would give time to work-up a scheme ‘ satisfactory to all parties ’ . |
16 | In London , Mr Howard pledged the programme would give priority to areas where there is a history of dissatisfaction . |