Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 31 | They would turn in their graves if they knew that we were allowing employees to simply give twelve weeks ' notice of intent to change those conditions . |
| 32 | She 'd agree to marry him as part of a partnership — not as some sort of meek , mild bride agreeing to graciously give her hand . ’ |
| 33 | Now what that actually means is that the money er will go to your daughter if anything happened to you but if you re er was still alive come maturity time you could then take the proceeds yourself to then give her . |
| 34 | Struggling out of dependence in order to freely give up your independence . |
| 35 | But even Helen Huntingdon does n't seek independence in order to freely give it up again . |
| 36 | Be , I used to bloody give them not-out by the umpire . |
| 37 | To get what they call , big word , custodial sentence , to actually give someone a custodial sentence is exceptionally hard . |
| 38 | is to actually give you another note for the moment for say |
| 39 | Well I think the thing to do is to actually give you the higher dose patches . |
| 40 | Then you know if you 've got to do it they 're not going to actually give you any more resources to do it because you ca n't say no . |
| 41 | Erm , on the emergency call out I getting surprised that this council insist that it 's lit if we do n't need it er at all service , I 'm sure , I 'm quite certain that we have never been told that there 's always been a question of anything that goes to actually give us a better call out service . |
| 42 | so I have Sally , and , and er , her mum always cooks a meal in the evening so I , I do something like toasted cheese sandwiches or beans on toast or something like that at lunch time , but there was one time when she wanted peanut butter and , all her brother used to ask , I , her brother does n't come to me now , he stays at home cos he 's going on fifteen , and as he 's next door but one anyway , you know if , if anything goes wrong he can come along to me , but all he wanted was my homemade blackcurrant jam , and now he does n't come any more I 've got to actually give him |
| 43 | Ward Sisters are actually managing resources at the moment , and part of their job is to actually give patients the best possible care within the resources that they actually have . |
| 44 | I think can at once give the assurance that your screenplays are unusually promising . |
| 45 | You could at least give them about £100 to pay for their expense . |
| 46 | If it was sad that in England in 1963 his form finally drifted away , he did at least give his last fine Test innings , an unbeaten 74 , to the Manchester crowd , a happy choice of venue in view of his connection with Radcliffe and the university . |
| 47 | The main approaches to the scientific detection of fakes are : the study of composition and methods of construction to see if they match the supposed age of the object ; examination for evidence of aging , such as the formation of a patina ; and the application of archaeological dating techniques , which can at least give an indication of age and in some cases an actual date . |
| 48 | The quota is ignored too often in British industry , but this stipulation does at least give you some extra security . |
| 49 | Parents will not concern their very young children with the details of the doctrine , as that is quite unnecessary for the establishment of the early conscience , but they should at least give them some introduction to it as soon as the need becomes obvious from their inevitable questions . |
| 50 | If that is the case , you will find that reproducing this Four Seasons design will at least give you the chance to use four different colour themes and to create four little pictures within one frame . |
| 51 | You may not have anything of significance which you can discover , but you should at least give some thought to it ; for what we are doing is to clear through , in order to clear away , some of the accumulated emotional jumble of the years . |
| 52 | The current afternoon start on Sundays does at least give the players a little weekend leeway and one morning to mow the lawn , lie in , or say hello to the wife . |
| 53 | The approach of the district judge at this stage of the proceedings is clearly crucial , although , whatever approach may be adopted in practice towards the parties , the review does at least give them the opportunity to meet and survey the relative strength of their cases . |
| 54 | Even if you are mouse phobe you should at least give it a try because you might be surprised at how easy it makes common operations . |
| 55 | They could at least give the business rate — or an element of it — back to London so that the bills can be kept down there . |
| 56 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 57 | It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue . |
| 58 | Would it at least give a categorical assurance and preferably in this House and now that the British Library will be given the opportunity to raise funds to purchase the land itself so that the future development of that library will be possible . |
| 59 | Is n't it usual to at least give someone the benefit of a hearing before passing judgement , Dr Grant ? ’ |
| 60 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |