Example sentences of "giving [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 2 | You 're giving them the perfect opportunity to cut in again . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 4 | Through the successive phases of his career — at Gainsborough , Gaumont-British and then at his own Ealing Studios — he was to show that his talent lay in finding the most talented people available , giving them the best context to work in , inspiring and stimulating their efforts and intervening where necessary to ensure that the best possible film came out of the production process . |
| 5 | And at only 70 calories per generous serving of plain boiled rice , you know you are giving them the healthy option . |
| 6 | But I just hope Rugby League bosses will help the rest of the British talent by giving them the right set-up in which to play and train . ’ |
| 7 | But , crucially , Zurich backed up its service by appointing international business managers in all its main markets and giving them the right staff and resources , not least information . |
| 8 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 9 | As Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone L.C. put it in In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 199 , 202 , the ‘ first and paramount consideration [ of the court ] is the well being , welfare or interests [ of the minor ] ’ and I regard it as self-evident that this involves giving them the maximum degree of decision-making which is prudent . |
| 10 | Finally , reward those who have read the papers by giving them the most opportunities to talk about the material and to express their views . |
| 11 | When Italo started making big fish fingers in the chip shop he called them ‘ fingeronis ’ — giving them the Italian ending for ‘ big ’ . |
| 12 | Like the emerging national plan , the Florida measure seeks to make health-insurance benefits available to the working poor by giving them the same clout in the marketplace as employees of big companies . |
| 13 | However he looked after his animals with great care , brushing and combing them every evening , giving them the same food as he had himself , and chopping wood to make a fire so that they should be warm at night . |
| 14 | Its ears were erect and it was evidently giving them the full attention of sight , smell and hearing . |
| 15 | Who do you think was making the audience laugh while you were giving them the full force of your personality ? |
| 16 | Postal clerks and refrigeration engineers became passable guerrillas , giving them the added confidence they needed when men from this camp faced Japanese attack . |
| 17 | Britain can not get the best performance from our employees by giving them the worst treatment . |
| 18 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 19 | The Bölkow 207 is fitted with toe-operated rubber pedals on the P1 position only , so Nigel was being very trusting in giving me the only set of brakes . |
| 20 | And far from being envious , it is giving me the greatest pleasure . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , that was because Lesley-Jane was giving me the wrong cues . |
| 22 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 23 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 24 | He says , ‘ You 've been giving me the wrong club all week . ’ |
| 25 | I know what profession she 's in , and no wonder that taxi driver was giving me the big smirk . |
| 26 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 27 | It uses the popular PCX and GIF files , giving you the best graphics available for your chosen picture . |
| 28 | to see which ones are giving you the good profits , sort of thing . |
| 29 | It was it was very , it was very sixteen year olds find this hard when they 're doing the , the high level stuff but it 's no good giving you the easy stuff cos you 're both very bright , both very clever and it 's no good saying , well what , does anyone know what one add two is is it ? |
| 30 | I think my one of my favourite passages in Adam Bede might be the description near the beginning of the novel of the methodist preacher , Diner , addressing a meeting of villagers and instead of giving you the entire speech , word for word , George Eliot gives you a little bit of what she said and then describes the manner in which she said it , and the manner in which it was actually received . |