How To Use Give In A Sentence

Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
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By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
Instead of asking the fortunate few, why doesn't Ted asked the gifted masses of state employees to do a little giveback? We're! Number! 5! (Jack Bog's Blog)
So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked

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I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
Stated income loans only deserve the moniker "liar loans" because they were abused by banks and given to borrowers who lacked the income to qualify full doc. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
I must give one instance; he throws doubts and sneers at my saying that the ovigerous frena of cirripedes have been converted into branchiae, because I have not found them to be branchiae; whereas he himself admits, before I wrote on cirripedes, without the least hesitation, that their organs are branchiae. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance.
The increased number of detectors and tube rotation times combine to give faster coverage of a given volume of tissue.
We had given up hope of rescue.
Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
Often the parent feels helpless and very discouraged and may also give up on the child which reinforces the child's feelings of inadequacy and may cause the child to retreat or regress further.
None of the fathers' job descriptions given on the birth certificate referred to work at a nuclear establishment.
Fortunately, seven unaired episodes will give fans something to really dive into.
Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude
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The features in this home are just too many to mention such as coffered ceilings, multi-light windows, heavy door and window casings, and other elements that give this home great charm. WN.com - Business News
Survivors of the terror attack will give evidence today. Times, Sunday Times
They will comment on everything you say and give you their opinion.
Hats were popular in the eighties though mostly on girls, so wearing my fedora was a given. The Devil’s in the Diva
Also, thankfully, Neil Diamond's Cherry Cherry Christmas includes a version of "The Chanukah Song" that should give that mensch Adam Sandler a whole lot of nachas. David Wild: The Perfect Semitic Storm: Five Reasons Everybody Should Buy the New Christmas Albums by Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan And Barry Manilow This Season
Steve maintains that the peppers give the bland turkey a piquant flavour.
The Government should give industry a lead in tackling racism .
One might be optimistic and say that, given it's their job to judge a book by the words on the page rather than by the stushie surrounding it, one can expect them to be more concentrated in the category of detached shruggers; one can expect a higher standard of scrutiny, surely. Hype Hype Hoorah!
If an infant's condition is not as grave as was thought, he will live, and he can then be given optimal care if he has any handicaps.
John gives Mary the coin, she hides it in the red box for safe-keeping and departs.
So why not give them a travel gadget that serves a dual purpose?
The recent Australian National Championships and Olympic swimming trials give a strange story to the world of swimming.
He made the declarations while responding to reporters' questions on the bilateral debt forgiveness agreement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.
The mass media give little background, and what they do is carefully expurgated.
Why such a paper has never been given to the world, I am much at a loss to saybut, perhaps, the autorial vanity has had more to do with the omission than any one other cause. The Philosophy of Composition
They take up little space and give a real boost to summer and autumn colour. Times, Sunday Times
The prosecution has been given a week to decide whether to retry the case. Times, Sunday Times
The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
It gives guidance in all matters of manuscript preparation and publication.
The burden of his espionage responsibilities gives him a distinct air of desperation.
It built that knowledge into the system; if you typed a word inaccurately, Google would give you the right results anyway. In the Plex
The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.
The answer would be significantly different to the one given in response to the Department's loaded question.
For the computer savvy individual, you can set up your daily or weekly schedule to give you an auto-reminder of you resolution.
He wasn't trying to give her false hope.
Mustard, salt, picholine olives and super-thin rye toasts give the house-cured gravlax just the right accents. SFGate: Top News Stories
He was still very young, especially by Drow standards, but his smile had given way to an expression of restraint, and his little arms and legs had grown long and thick.
If you have bought modern 'remontant' varieties that flower again, give them a good feed now to encourage them. Times, Sunday Times
He asked if the guys could give him a jump-start.
We were giving out allowances and we always give it to them in change, so they can take their offering to church.
Such a cynosure, at least in aspect, and something such too in nature, though with important variations made apparent as the story proceeds, was welkin-eyed Billy Budd, or Baby Budd, as more familiarly under circumstances hereafter to be given he at last came to be called, aged twenty-one, a foretopman of the British fleet toward the close of the last decade of the eighteenth century. Billy Budd
Missed departure Strike, riot or civil commotion in respect of which a warning has been given prior to the date this insurance is purchased.
The years of youth are given to us only once by the Creator, to be treasured while possessed.
Or if the work to be critiqued is a novel -- then you need to set the critique date somewhere down the line, to give people a month or two to read it. Archive 2008-11-01
Non-selective NSAID therapy may be appropriate for chronic pain management in aspirin users given that suitable GI prophylactic measures are utilized in high-risk patients.
We were given drums, triangles, maracas and tambourines to experiment with.
They would not give me a pinch of flour even if I starved to death.
Would they give one up to house a refugee family? The Sun
After being dropped in a club to give people a taste of what to expect, it has been spun on decks uncontrollably ever since.
She took her time looking me over, dug into her fake Gucci handbag and handed me a ballpoint saying, ‘Give it back when you're done.’
This can not be done through any system of methods, neither are narrow interests or unexacting tasks sufficient to arouse all that the soul has now to give. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training
That's because Olympic contests are played on a wider ice rink that opens up the game and gives the elite players space to be creative.
You will soon find a guy who can give you the love you deserve. The Sun
It is probably a measure of the depths to which political conversation has sunk — all the more remarkable given the chaos that male leaders have through the generations created — that this non-gender-specific "ballsiness," as it were, is so frequently trotted out as a measure of high praise. Half-cocked
Their passing was sloppy, possession was given away too easily and balls were either spilled or over carried in promising attacks.
Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
I am treasuring up my thoughts of this happy time to give me joy in the future.
So I expose them to the objective complement and the compellative, and then stand aghast at their behavior when they make all the mistakes that can possibly be made in using a given number of words. Reveries of a Schoolmaster
But when he returned to his room to give his other half the glad tidings, the housekeeper, who was listening to the story, interrupted to tell them that she knew of plenty of empty rooms.
Fontaine has prettily set it off, and an anonymous writer has composed it in Latin Anacreontic verses; and at length our Prior has given it with equal gaiety and freedom. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
The doctor looked at the medication I'd been given and shook his head with a slightly incredulous look.
But going back to the days when I was seeing these epics first time round, in the fleapits and bug-hutches of south-east Leeds - most of them converted music halls or disused chapels - we didn't give a hoot what the title of the film was.
But indeed she is given too much to allicholy and musing: but for you -- well, go to. The Merry Wives of Windsor
The oak is hand stained with red, yellow, blue and green and then given an antique finish.
When women give up their souls to the ultimate colonization known as heteronormative existence, they lose their shot at greatness. Women's Space
These results indicate that, depending on the unique features of a given learning, experience, very different classes of mechanisms can be engaged to subserve memory in a particular time domain.
Tom! "he called," yo 'take the gen'leman's horse to the stable, rub him down with a wisp, an' give him some hay. The Boy With the U.S. Census
The avatar would greet drivers and give them information and personalized feedback using conservational language. Ford to Enhance Sync With 'Apps' and Avatars
Yes, it means a re-think of the way we give, but it promises to truly lift up lives in these hard times and bring us back to the true definition of the word 'philanthropy,' which literally means "the love of humanity. Melanie Lundquist: Time to Change the Way We Give
Men who give frequent feasts that are well attended generally gain renown for themselves. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
The car is still in its early days yet it has already given glimpses of its potential.
Given the complexities and plural nature of urban development other agencies must be closely involved.
The team was given a roasting by manager Alex Feguson.
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To our no small surprise, very soon after this quietus had been given to bibliomaniacal hopes, the books in question appeared before us in excellent condition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
By having a strapping man say Katherina's words, it is not real and not naturalistic, so it gives the audience a jolt and makes the play double edged.
She said the new playground would help give the children greater independence.
Helping him to do so, meanwhile, is Proteus' feisty betrothed, Marina, who gives as good as she gets in helping to ensure Sinbad doesn't stray from his path, while winning over the respect of his crew.
The committee is hoping to invite several people to give talks atthe launch and the usual story tellers will also be present.
One sheriff admitted handing out 6000 certificates, for which he was either paid a shilling or given a dram of whisky.
But I think the book, or even the website should give a total account of the history of star trek and just say if historical events are cloudy this happened but it wasn't a major item in star trek loure and it just kind of made the second page. Blogger News Network
Trust the Irish to give it to you straight, with no blarney, when it's something as important as drink.
This will give your small group a more complete understanding of what the original language depicted. Christianity Today
It gives them an air of superiority that makes them seem impervious to other people's feelings. Times, Sunday Times
She was treated with intravenous folinic acid and antibiotics and was given transfusions of blood products.
His grand-sounding name 'Tintoretto' means nothing but 'the little dyer,' and it was given to him because of his father's trade. Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters
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It was followed by Crime, where plot and suspense were king, and those often sidelined as "genre fiction" — Crichton, King or Rendell — were given credit for their craft.
I can give you the actual figures.
The common basis of all gumbos is the roux, a roughly equal combination of flour and fat cooked until very nearly burnt; it is the dark smoky roux that gives the gumbo its colour and flavour.
Unless these conditions are fulfilled, we consider any assistance given to the artels and the co-operatives not only useless, but definitely harmful.
If you slacked you were given a poke from a guard with his Bayonet. Eric Batty
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Finally met Judith "with the blue shutters": the American to whom the villagers have been trying to introduce me, going as far as to give me directions to her house "avec les volets bleus". Péquenaud - French Word-A-Day
The church dates back to the 1830's when recently emancipated slaves were given lands at Kingstown.
She curled her hair into soft waves and put on the white gold earrings her father had given her.
It appeared the family had never been properly screened by the DIB, which was alarming given that its activities were supposedly well monitored, he added.
In the next level of technique not only does the nage initiate action to draw out uke's movement, but he uses the energy of his action to lead the response given him by uke.
They should have had a very large deceleration in inflation, given the theory.
I had given my replacement my helmet, and I sat on the bench seat deaf and dumb.
I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem
Preserving the launch configurations also gives the developer the ability to run the server inside the JDT debugger, so he can set breakpoints on his user-defined SQL functions.
Instructions the life jacket are given on the card the pocket in front of your seat.
He and his wife were then given honorific titles.
Informants give you information in the public interest and say that their career, liberty or life depend on keeping their name confidential. Public interest should trump self-interest | Nick Cohen
Give him some relaxing massages to help him feel less stressed and to reconnect physically. The Sun
If slipping into your jammies and turning off the lights isn't enough to give you mental refreshment, or if stress and anxiety leave your brain a mess, try one of these mental-acuity agents.
Does household cleaning give you headaches, nausea, dizzy spells or sign irritations?
Zechariah, however, is given a punitive sign, while the annunciation to Mary concludes with her pledge of willing submission.
The author went from from a condemning avengeful God to a milch toast, permissive parent who forgives all offenses AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
This was especially worrying given that three quarters of those surveyed claimed to have experienced rudeness in the preceding year. Times, Sunday Times
Field tickets give access to the open terracing of the stadium.
Remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want someting. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.
Does it give your body rhythm a consistent pattern?
Neither does it give them excuse for committing imprisonable crimes or for not making efforts to work to support themselves. Times, Sunday Times
Scented candles, especially the industrial strength and size that many people light around the holidays, give off more than fragrance-studies show they produce tiny bits of pollution known as particulates that can inflame the respiratory tract and aggravate asthma, Dr. Sublett says. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
We often forgive those who bore us, but we do not forgive those we bore. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Tartaric acid is what gives balance to sugars in white wines and tannins in reds.
There are chocks of assorted age and make, battered into shapeless bashies, as well as many fine #1 Friends, sunk and overcammed deep into fingercracks which refuse to give up their dead.
Remember that special "dietetic" or "diabetic" foods often cost extra money and may not be much healthier than simply following the suggestions given here. Undefined
In the Virginia songs, on the other hand, the chorus is usually sung twice after each verse -- often the second time with some such interjaculatory expression as "I say now," "God say you must," as given in Slave Songs of the United States.
The researchers sensibly restricted the investigation to time travellers from the future, 'given practical verifiability concerns'. Times, Sunday Times
He's a committed vegetarian who occasionally gives in to cravings for lamb.
Can't wait to see Ryan score the title clincher v Stoke in front of the Stretford End the week before he flies of to Madrid for the final. this is a big big game so I don't think he should start straight from injury, off the bench maybe .... you know give him a run out when we're 4-0 up: p Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed
The parents were given joint custody .
Since the takeover bid started the loss on any given day has varied from close to €1 to €1.30.
The jolliest person present, as well as the most important, was of course old Santa Claus; so he was given the seat of honor at one end of the table while at the other end sat Princess Ozma, the hostess. Love Letters
Theologian Keri Harvey writes, “Legalism is to seek to achieve forgiveness from God and ac ceptance by God through my obedience to God.” God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu …
It's time for the Senate to release him from legal limbo and give his nomination a final vote by simple majority.
She was stumped by a question that asked her to construct a triangle with given angles and sides. Times, Sunday Times
When faced with mass desertion, regiments often lacked the personnel to pursue the scofflaws, and soldiers could count on the sympathy of civilians willing to give them jobs rather than report them.
They can have their cases rejected, without reasons being given, by nameless officials.
While it's no surprise that this script is based on Nelson's own play, given the perfectly measured arguments, the film is never short on cinematic virtues.
Folks may crow all they want about the roar of Niagara or the growlin’ of the sea—but give me a splendacious peal o’ stormbrewed thunder and your other nat’ral music is no more than a penny whistle is to a church organ! Nevermore
The IMF has given its seal of approval to the government's economic strategy.
The money, if given, would fund the building of a new classroom, catering for children aged from three to four.
In view of the publicity already given to these subjects, it is necessary to note in fuller detail two matters connected with the health of the Canadian troops at Salisbury Plain – namely, the outbreak of cerebro-spinal fever and the veneral situation. War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps
If it has attractive art and nice looking parts I'm much more inclined to give it a try.
She was demoted and given a warning. Times, Sunday Times
So they plead with her to give them a taste of the flavored milk.
In the event, Gabriel got work with a road crew, digging up the streets of north London for cable companies; Andrea, again unable to persuade a bank to give her an interview, took up house- cleaning.
To say he had given up would be wrong, but intuition seemed to tell him who the winner would be. Times, Sunday Times
Naomi was given a pony and taught to ride side-saddle.
At least Steven Pinker can tell us why we curse and why cursing is so goddamn hard to give up: All Be Galdangit
Buying in a smaller city or coastal town gives them a more balanced lifestyle without the cold turkey of going without any urban facilities. Times, Sunday Times
On that day people give each other sugar skulls with a name label crudely pasted on the forehead.
Well, that's the rummest reason I ever heard a man give for quitting. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
When she had said this she looked at Vinicius with astonishment and regret, for he had disaccustomed her to similar outbursts; and he set his teeth, so as not to tell her that he would have given command to beat such a brother with sticks, or would have sent him as a compeditus Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero
These elements - lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium - all react with water to give solutions that change the color of a vegetable dye from red to blue.
Perhaps spurred by the era of Republican dominance and a reassertive ruling class, historians have given new attention to the plantocracy.
I've given you the password to my heart in all its anagrammatic permutations; but you seem to insist this is nothing but a start; so herewith, at last comes the story of my first puppy— Spill
I'm going home tomorrow - hefting heavy sound kit that I didn't use, with bags full of chocolate bars and Swiss liqueurs to give as presents.
Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored.
Given the distance, most people tend not to import goods, preferring to furnish their properties in the local style.
Given the extremely backward state of Polish agriculture, its small farming businesses are expected to die like flies.
As a result, the area of the plateau outside the existing reserves was given the less restrictive tenure of conservation area.
Ministers will be given powers to remove weak heads swiftly if they are unable to provide a blueprint for improvement. The Sun
If you wish to ascertain if a woman be with child, give her hydromel to drink when she is going to sleep, and has not taken supper, and if she be seized with tormina in the belly, she is with child, but otherwise she is not pregnant. Aphorisms
Robin Hood had no scruples about robbing the rich to give to the poor.
Some people also like to put minced fresh garlic into their borsch plate; it gives the soup an extra kick. Peace Meals
It has never been heard of in Spain; and in France, the continuator of de Thou is the only one who has given any credit to these vague and ridiculous suspicions. A Philosophical Dictionary
We make a living by what we get,but we make a life by what we give.
We then walked through a natural arch in the rock, which might have pleased us by its novelty, had the stones, which incumbered our feet, given us leisure to consider it. A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Prayer, and receive the Sacrament every day; because they do not subject and submit themselves wholly and entirely to him that hath Light, nor deny and conquer themselves, nor give up themselves totally to God, with a perfect divesting and disinteresting of themselves: In a word, till the Soul be purified in the Fire of Inward Pain, it will never get to a State of The spiritual guide which disentangles the soul / by Michael de Molinos ; edited with an introduction by Kathleen Lyttelton and a note by H. Scott Holland.
Classic poetry and rhetoric give kids a language, at once subtle and copious, in which to articulate their own thoughts, perceptions, and inchoate feelings.
Death must loose its grip and give up its prey. Christianity Today
The calorie counts are given after each item, and all the portions are average size unless exact measurements are stated.
Then you start to tuck into your breakfast but have to give in after two or three mouthfuls because the pain of chewing and then swallowing the food becomes unbearable.
And in another boost to Land Securities' hopes of winning permission this time round, ordinary members of the public have given a generally favourable response to the scheme.
But people don't know the background of arguments and backbiting that has been going on over the state of the equipment and their refusal to give us concession prices.
Reflections on Rosemary were given by her niece Claire and one of her great-nieces, Annie.
Yet doctrinaire democrats don't seem to give a tinker's toss about placing limits on what a legislature (local or global) can divvy or decide.
Unlike the phrenologists of the 19th century, DeYoung's team doesn't presume to know whether differences in the size of a brain region give rise to unique personality characteristics, or whether our personality differences cause our brains to develop in unique ways - say, that when we practice random acts of kindness, our "agreeableness" center grows larger, or that a lifetime of social isolation might cause a region associated with The Columbian stories: Columns
Give responsibility for minor decision making to the elder councils.
The smart bookmark is a kind of saved search -- "These codes can range from simple queries to a string that will search a domain and give you the latest stories, or simply those related to a keyword." - but it's complicated. Internet News: Firefox 3 bookmarking tips
Be careful of your heart and be extra specially careful with who you give it to, even if you only give it for a moment.
It was explained to me that because I was far-gone I would have to give birth by being induced into labour.
This app will give you stats for a whole bunch of scenarios. The Sun
But the lowish ceilings are a giveaway. Times, Sunday Times
His travel books have given pleasure to generations of armchair travellers.
Given that the blogger in question goes by the nickname Polycarp, it will be obvious how many potentially striking church history-related headlines I had to pass up... The Church Of Jesus Christ Has Begun Considering The Only True God
She especially wants to give more people from humble backgrounds a chance of climbing the social ladder. The Sun
The Confucius Business School set up at various countries shall recruit students locally, and the recruited local business students will be given face-to-face couching by teachers sent over.
The study examined doctors' attitudes to a new law designed to give patients more control over determining end-of-life-care decisions. Times, Sunday Times
But any candidate who does not reach 15 percent in a given precinct is deemed ‘not viable,’ and his supporters will then pick another.
Well, it wasn't rock and roll as you would recognise it but there was certainly enough power and decibels to give the lugholes a good stinging.
Details of how British electronic components have been found in roadside bombs were given to David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, when he visited British troops at their military compound at Lashkagar, in Helmand province, earlier this week. Religion News Roundup — Islam: Music, Chess, and Sin
We'll only give in when it becomes mathematically impossible to catch them.
He declined to give details on who the passengers were except to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale enclave within Houston.

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