Example sentences of "[modal v] give up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And people who strangle their infants , thus causing their admissions , must give up the practice thereafter . |
| 2 | Most important of all , the cultural prohibitions on his genital urge are now fully enforced and he must give up the freedom of infantile sexual gratification for the responsibilities of adult life ; in short , he must obey the taboos against incest embodied in the elaborate kinship systems of the Australian aborigines and observe those against parricide enshrined in the totemic religion . |
| 3 | When he was approached to run British Aerospace the government insisted he should give up the directorship of W$G , but Pearce , displaying his usual resolve , would n't hear of it . |
| 4 | But , then , we should give up the concept of " identical meanings " and accept that there can be only relative similarities of use , and hence only approximate , pragmatically testable , substitutability of certain expressions within similar contexts . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mean you should give up the drugs . ’ |
| 6 | After years of regular waxing , the hair follicles may give up the unequal struggle and not grow back . |
| 7 | I could n't go on living in a place where I was no use , ’ she spoke with the quietness and desperate authority of someone who had discovered they could give up no more ground and live . |
| 8 | A mind could not be read any more reliably than keys could give up the name of a killer . |
| 9 | So the very fact that the offspring are more mature , would reduce conflict , because the degree of value of the sources is going to be much greater , in other words , you could give up the sweet . |
| 10 | The idea that she 'd give up a precious Friday evening for the pleasure of obliging Canon Wheeler for his beaux yeux was a myth she was happy to dispel . |
| 11 | came from the hospital to do her midwifery and there was a boy in Wrexham Hospital he 'd give up the permanent job to go to The Yale |
| 12 | If it happened all the time , I would give up the game — I 'd quit . |
| 13 | Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself . |
| 14 | If they succeed , they will give up the last vestiges of the party state and refute the criticisms that they are only interested in the power and money accumulated by the Communists over the past 40 years , without accepting any blame for their actions . |
| 15 | After 35 years as president of the company he founded back in 1957 , Ken Olsen will give up the reins at Digital Equipment Corp this October , aged 66 . |
| 16 | Whereupon the father said , if you will promise me not to complain I will give up the note . |