"My job was to give Bill material that made him want to write," he says.

That'll give us material to work up a conversation with him.

People got in long lines and were given some basic food materials.

His visit to the strong room had given him valuable material for a report.

They are given material to work with - the script.

Three months up there gave me enough material for a hundred songs.

This gives some very interesting materials but that is not on the subject of your questions.

Every school term they gave me material to steal for the next.

They should give us raw materials and money, but it doesn't.

It gave him materials, a studio and $23.86 a week, a big deal during the Depression, especially for a young black man.