Example sentences of "giving away " in BNC.
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| 1 | All they are giving away about the composition is that it is a water based polymer . |
| 2 | Mr Poole , however , is not giving away any secrets . |
| 3 | No , the problem was banks were giving away their commissions to investors as inducements to buy expensively-priced bonds , the result of new issues arranged by banks desperate to maintain market share . |
| 4 | Corporate funding , which rose to around £30m last year , has its part to play , irritating though it is when executives parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ' money . |
| 5 | Sir : Your otherwise sound leading article ( 'Private gifts for public arts ' , 11 October ) shot itself hypocritically in the foot in its last paragraph by expressing irritation with corporate executives who ‘ parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ’ money' . |
| 6 | ‘ GIVING AWAY THE ROD ’ The Spectator , 21 January 1978 |
| 7 | While democratic governments are giving away the Empire which our fathers won , our people are abandoned to poverty and unemployment . |
| 8 | Autocar & Motor , Britain 's best motoring magazine , is giving away a range of stunning Peugeots , taxed and with full AA membership , plus a VIP trip to watch 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg drive the fabulous new Peugeot 905 in the World Sportscar Championship at Silverstone on 19 May . |
| 9 | We 're giving away 15 great cotton sweatshirts from Joe Bloggs in various autumnal colours — one size fits all . |
| 10 | We 're also giving away a cosy pair of totes Toasties — unique mittens for feet , with treaded soles — and a pair of gloves to keep you both warm on your flight . |
| 11 | There were two jangling mistakes from Horner giving away early penalty points to Soutter , and after only 11 minutes the former champion had pocketed the first game with a good backhand drop from a short ball . |
| 12 | And , of course , we are arranging to brief Treasury people , who will automatically be opposed to giving away public money ; and we are working with the company on a memorandum on what assistance to Huerter would do to Barton , with a two-page bullet-point summary . |
| 13 | You are really giving away a part of yourself . |
| 14 | ‘ The banks have been giving away the savings market to the building societies since the 1950s , ’ he says , ‘ but we have now proved large numbers of people will save with us . |
| 15 | Last January , Adams & Nevile set up its Millenium International Fund and has no intention of giving away the name . |
| 16 | Veronica Shaw of Veronica 's Restaurant , London W2 , will be demonstrating and giving away recipes at the Horticultural Old Hall , Westminster , from April 30-May 3rd , admission £4 . |
| 17 | Elderly people in particular should be very careful about giving away too many details about their circumstances , since the knocker boys have proved they have no qualms about who they con . ’ |
| 18 | Some deputies accused it of giving away too many powers to the regions . |
| 19 | Churchill , as First Lord of the Admiralty , could not explain that he had been conscious of enemy intentions , without giving away the secret that German codes were being broken . |
| 20 | The idea is simple : masses of shops and services throughout mainland Britain are giving away Air Miles vouchers to customers spending money . |
| 21 | Around 100 companies all over Britain are giving away Air Miles vouchers to customers who buy their products and services . |
| 22 | For a limited period only , Leica Camera is giving away a free 28–70mm VARIO-ELMAR-R zoom lens , worth £577 . |
| 23 | When we say that Beaver is giving away an iceberg we do not mean a lettuce . |
| 24 | It is n't giving away much of the story to say that Miranda at first sees her mother 's behaviour — alternately doing everything she can to please her husband and then screaming rage at him for letting her down — as a clear example of women 's oppression . |
| 25 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 26 | PET PLAN , the animal insurance company are supporting the fourth British national pet week May 3rd–9th by giving away insurance policies worth £5,700 under their Adopt-a-Pet scheme . |
| 27 | Pet Plan , who currently insure over 325,000 animals , are giving away 100 Pet Value policies — which will be presented by the rescue charities to selected members of the public who adopt one of their animals during National Pet Week . |
| 28 | ‘ We recognized that they were a new club , that they had obtained a good holding in a Rugby area and that the club had bright prospects , but our case was clear — Leeds were defiant , and could be defiant through one cause — fear of the papers giving away certain secrets . ’ |
| 29 | They consider themselves to be pillars of society with long-standing royal patronage and a fine reputation for giving away millions of pounds in charity . |
| 30 | It is important to interview people from different age-groups — but a lot of people do n't like giving away their age ! |