Example sentences of "gave [noun] to [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gave credence to the claims of some transferred Sendero women prisoners who told human rights workers that they had seen at least two women surrender who were later officially reported to have died in the fighting . |
| 2 | The French gave support to the Scots who , from very early on in the new reign , caused trouble in the north ; while to the west , in Wales , where Owain Glyn Dŵr was to rise against English rule in 1400 , French troops landed and at one time might have been seen in the Herefordshire countryside . |
| 3 | ‘ There is Andrus , ’ they will say , ‘ the man who gave money to the Moslems to use against the Copts . ’ ’ |
| 4 | Although at first united , Nut and Geb were then separated by their father for ever , but their initial union gave rise to the births of their four children , two sons , Osiris and Seth , and two daughters , Isis and Nephthys . |
| 5 | They are therefore sometimes known collectively as ostracoderms ( bony-skinned ) and it is thought that one or other ostracoderm groups gave rise to the gnathostomes . |
| 6 | Rather we have to ask what was the experience which gave rise to the beliefs and which they encapsulate , however inadequately . |
| 7 | A mean-looking door gave entry to the women 's cloakroom on the left , and , a few yards down , a similar door led to the men 's washroom on the right . |
| 8 | His dark , Renaissance face , his lithe , long-limbed body , even his strong , well-shaped hands , gave pleasure to the senses and the mind . |
| 9 | The issues were discussed many times both in this House and in another place last year , and the social security regulations which gave effect to the changes were fully debated and approved by both Houses . |
| 10 | He gave aid to the tribesmen and aimed primarily not to convert by teaching , ‘ but to live the Christian life , alone among the natives ’ . |
| 11 | Dumas gave vent to the views of the romantic Sturm-and(sic)-Drang period , " L'Angleterre est un pays ou le soleil rasemble à la lune " . |
| 12 | Or if not then perhaps later as his mother — always self-conscious as to the difference between herself and her more Westernised sisters-in-law gave vent to the feelings of inadequacy they unconsciously inspired ? |
| 13 | He opposed the Arminians and gave evidence to the Lords as one who had heard the notorious sermon at St Giles by the king 's chaplain , Roger Manwaring [ q.v. ] ( 1628–9 ) . |
| 14 | Frederick Montague gave evidence to the Commissioners that regarders and agisters were not appointed in Bere Porchester Forest , and that there was no supervision of rights of common there . |
| 15 | Frederick Montague gave evidence to the Commissioners that no Court of Attachment or Swanimote had been held in Salcey Forest since he became Ranger , ‘ and I doubt whether such Courts have been held ever since the Rangership has been in my Family , which is about 120 years ’ . |
| 16 | All three jockeys gave evidence to the stewards , who , after hearing from the betting intelligence officer , accepted their explanations and took no further action . |
| 17 | His description of the galleries of Dent on either side of the narrow street is all that is left to remind us of their undoubted presence , ‘ I regret the loss of the grotesque and rude but picturesque old galleries , which once gave character to the streets ; and in some parts of them almost shut out the sight of the sky from those who travelled along the pavement . |
| 18 | On the same day the government announced that although Part II of the Football Spectators Act , which gave powers to the courts to impose restriction orders on those convicted of football-related offences , would be implemented as soon as possible , Part I of the Act which proposed a national membership scheme would not now go ahead in view of the advice given in the report . |
| 19 | The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act was also seen as an attack on big business ; this gave powers to the Securities Exchange Commission to dissolve the giant holding companies that between them controlled over 90% of the nation 's electric power output . |
| 20 | In 1948 the United Nations gave Israel to the Jews in Israel . |
| 21 | They left quietly when asked but their pictures gave fun to the newspapers . |
| 22 | So Colin gave orders to the gardeners that they must all keep away from that part of the garden in future . |
| 23 | Sarah resented me , even my place at the head of the table , and gave orders to the servants over my head . |
| 24 | It was screwed to the jamb of a doorway that gave access to the premises of Henson & Burbidge , Fat and Bone Dealers . |
| 25 | The defendants were members of the Musicians ' Union , a union with many coloured members , and they gave notice to the plaintiffs that members of the union would not be permitted to play at the ballroom so long as the colour bar was in operation . |
| 26 | Just as reactionary and liberal politicians , journalists and thinkers gave voice to the interests of nobility and bourgeoisie respectively , so the revolutionary intelligentsia gave expression to the interests of the exploited masses . |
| 27 | ‘ It is this Government which introduced Dublin rule through the Anglo-Irish Agreement and gave encouragement to the terrorists and they 're responding in kind . ’ |
| 28 | They gave encouragement to the terrorists , and they are responding in kind . |
| 29 | Rivonia gave immortality to the men it jailed for life |
| 30 | that he finally gave way to the tears that had been building up inside him since Michael 's visit . |