Example sentences of "to give [adj] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Derek is expected to give further details of the progress of negotiations at today 's shareholders ' meeting . |
| 2 | ‘ failure to give clear orders about the duties of officers contributed so greatly to the causes of this disaster . ’ |
| 3 | The 21-stone club chairman , reported to police by one of the photographers he assaulted on Monday , was on the rampage once more , threatening to give free transfers to the entire squad whom he blames for the £50,000 Football League fine . |
| 4 | However , they did find that personal service workers tended to give different answers to the questions about autonomy at work . |
| 5 | Or you can cut out a large square or arched opening instead of a conventional door , and if the wall is big enough , a couple of openings or ‘ windows ’ either side — again to give different perspectives to the room ahead . |
| 6 | The best way to make these somewhat abstract concepts of satisfaction and dissatisfaction more concrete is to give some illustrations from the interviews . |
| 7 | JEWKES : I 'll leave you to give her a little wholesome advice while I step to give some orders about the family . |
| 8 | Indeed I hoped that this book might begin to give some clues about the origin of the tingle or the goose-pimples ; but I was disappointed . |
| 9 | The detailed demographic studies of Ranunculus repens made by Sarukhán in the field at Henfaes and followed by unpublished studies by Soane made it possible to give quantitative measures to the population dynamics of this species . |
| 10 | Because governments in the Middle East have a habit of declaring holy war at the drop of a hat , their people have learnt to give cautious answers to the call to arms . |
| 11 | A fortnight later Soviet spokesmen were to give similar assurances about the treatment of the Cossacks , during the course of their repatriation to the Soviet Union . |
| 12 | Yet to give instant opinions on the long term impact of the many educational reports , speeches , Parliamentary debates , learned researches , books , ideas and happenings which marked the years through which I worked as a teacher was quite impossible . |
| 13 | The Homicide Act 1957 deprived judges of their power to give authoritative rulings on the sufficiency of provocation , and the question must now be left to the jury , which should apply the test of the ‘ reasonable man ’ to everything said or done before the killing which might amount to provocation . |
| 14 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 15 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 16 | In assessing whether there is likely to be prejudice and if so whether it can properly be described as serious , the following matters should be borne in mind : first , the power of the judge at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence ; secondly , the trial process itself , which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay will be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , together with the powers of the judge to give appropriate directions to the jury before they consider their verdict . |
| 17 | Representatives of foreign governments were persuaded to give large sums to the contras , but were not asked directly , so the story went , and so were not solicited . |
| 18 | ‘ In the War — the first World War — the women used to give white feathers to the men who would n't go and fight . |
| 19 | Another favourite technique is the use of multiple narrators to give differing views of the same reality . |
| 20 | To give soft lights to the hair , Kerry put some foil highlights in , using Blonde shades from Wella 's Koleston 2000 range . |
| 21 | I want to see , I 'm I mean I saw Mr and erm Mr nodding when Martin said he wanted to give these figures to the Chief Exec and ask him to er get it sorted out . |
| 22 | It seems worthwhile to attempt such a semi-quantitative approach if only to give rough estimates of the parameters involved . |
| 23 | However , the analysis is expected to give important indications about the nature of the selection environment in which the technology develops . |
| 24 | And I do n't want to give those figures at the present time . |
| 25 | They said the failure to give full reasons for the intended slaughter and the absence of any factual basis for the action justified the High Court in blocking the order . |
| 26 | 5.19 Statutory notices etc To give full particulars to the Landlord of any notice direction order or proposal for the Premises made given or issued to the Tenant by any local or public authority within [ 7 ] days of receipt and if so required by the Landlord to produce it to the Landlord and without delay to take all necessary steps to comply with the notice direction or order and at the request of the Landlord but at the cost of the Tenant to make or join with the Landlord in making such objections or representations against or in respect of any notice direction order or proposal as the Landlord shall deem expedient Seven days may be too short a period , particularly if the notice is served at the premises and not forwarded to the appropriate officer of a tenant company with any great alacrity . |
| 27 | It is extremely important to give full details of the people who can be contacted for further information , and this , of course , is in addition to the company or organisation 's name and address printed on the release paper . |
| 28 | This is especially the case in the abstraction of ‘ magical practices ’ or of ‘ economic motives ’ or ‘ sexual symbolism ’ to give generic explanations of the art of other cultures . |
| 29 | Given the Opposition 's desire to give increasing powers to the European Parliament and their lack of understanding of how the Council of Ministers works , we should perhaps excuse the lack of appreciation of the process . |
| 30 | Another way is to give five points to the team which finishes first and ten to the team which fills up more of the bottle in a single round . |