Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raft , n , an improvised float of planks fastened together to give support on water . |
| 2 | SCOTVEC National Certificate Modules were introduced in 1984 and were designed to replace the prevailing system of ONCs ( Ordinary National Certificates ) and ONDs ( Ordinary National Diplomas ) which were based on subjects grouped together to give courses in a particular area . |
| 3 | The speed judgment task was included simply to give subjects a task comparable to that used in Study 2 . |
| 4 | They are added here to give brightness and to enhance the contrast with the horns . |
| 5 | The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack . |
| 6 | The break-in happened between 6.30 and 10.30pm on Thursday night but so far no witnesses have come forward to give more information about the exact time of the raid . |
| 7 | Every one of the Pack was firmly resolved never to give the new farmer cause for taking away their wonderful meeting-place from them . |
| 8 | The following shows how chord shapes can be varied considerably to give a more fruitful harmonic language . |
| 9 | was she made enough to give me to him ? |
| 10 | That was prepared merely to give a general picture of the Business in order to help potential Purchasers decide whether or not they wished to enter into more detailed negotiations to acquire the Business . |
| 11 | Thus , by selecting the right ‘ task ’ , we have constrained a system we know , because we designed it that way , to be organized redundantly to give a double dissociation . |
| 12 | The grants applied to houses both for letting and selling , and the local authorities were empowered also to give help to private builders . |
| 13 | Indeed when in Opposition amendments had been moved unsuccessfully to give greater effect to reparation during the passage of the Criminal Justice Bill in 1966/7 . |
| 14 | The Brussels-based Standards Promotion & Application Group — SPAG — has come out with a set of documentation written specifically to give clear descriptions of what Open Systems Interconnection products actually do , and which of their features actually lie within the OSI standard of interoperability . |
| 15 | This traditional-style comfort room shows how plains , patterns and stripes can be used together to give a lived-in look . |
| 16 | GOLF MONTHLY AND GLENMUIR have got together to give 12 youngsters the chance to receive free tuition from three of Britain 's most famous golf figures . |
| 17 | The Echo and McVities have got together to give 150 readers the opportunity to try one of these Low Fat Cheesecakes ( worth £1.99 ) for free . |
| 18 | It may be used just to give the researcher a feel for what is being studied ; as a resource to back up or complement evidence produced from other sources ; or as evidence in itself , as the topic of the research . |
| 19 | A person 's autonomous choices call for respect only as long as they do not seriously impinge on another 's enjoyment of his autonomy and that other has not agreed beforehand to give up certain of his choices as a condition of practising medicine in , for example , the National Health Service . |
| 20 | If the expert is obliged by earlier agreement to give reasons , then he must do so : if he has not agreed beforehand to give reasons , he can not be compelled to do so : see 13.7.8 . |
| 21 | Both the border and the single motifs can also be used upside-down to give a solid edge at the bottom and an irregular edge at the top . |
| 22 | Flip charts can be used either to give information , to describe a sequence of events , or to ask more searching questions for discussion later . |
| 23 | The pavements had been cobbled here to give it a quaint feel , and coach-loads of tourists were shuffling along with cameras dangling and guides chivvying . |
| 24 | The drawing suggests how resources are linked together to give the over-all thrust of the plan . |
| 25 | Urgent or not , Sladen was experienced enough to give them thirty seconds of plati-tudes while they kicked their briefcases under the table , tugged at their waistcoats — both MI6 men wore them even on a hot June day — and shuffled their papers , although few of them were prepared to put much paperwork on view . |
| 26 | In the extreme case of abundant sediment and weak marine action , the levees on either side of the distributaries may be prolonged seawards to give a digitate delta , for example the Mississippi . |
| 27 | This year September and 12 , have been set aside to give the public a chance to visit important buildings that are usually private , and take part in guided tours , exhibitions and demonstrations throughout the province . |
| 28 | The latter does not like what he sees : ‘ ‘ Young men ought to be brought here to give them a horror of debauchery' ’ exclaimed the worthy man , bursting with disgust . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been brought here to give a full account of Captain Meredith 's dealings . |
| 30 | Moments earlier a well-wisher in the crowd had stepped forward to give the Queen Mum a bottle of her favourite tipple — gin . |