Example sentences of "[modal v] give up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And people who strangle their infants , thus causing their admissions , must give up the practice thereafter . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mean you should give up the drugs . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | A mind could not be read any more reliably than keys could give up the name of a killer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself . |
| 9 | If it happened all the time , I would give up the game — I 'd quit . |
| 10 | Whereupon the father said , if you will promise me not to complain I will give up the note . |
| 11 | 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 . |