Example sentences of "by giving up " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often pay a higher pension , based on 1/60th for each year of service rather than l/80th , but the tax-free lump sum has to be bought by giving up part of your pension . |
| 2 | set an example by giving up smoking or alcohol |
| 3 | She could not die by giving up . |
| 4 | By giving up their lives to protect their nest mates , they are promoting their own genes through their relatives . |
| 5 | However , I pointed out that what I was asking for was no more than would comprise a normal police station in a provincial town and that there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in central London . |
| 6 | We need only recognize that history is a method with no distinct object corresponding to it to reject the equivalence between the notion of history and the notion of humanity which some have tried to foist on us with the unavowed aim of making historicity the last refuge of a transcendental humanism : as if men could regain the illusion of liberty on the plane of the ‘ we ’ merely by giving up the ‘ I 's that are too obviously wanting in consistency . |
| 7 | Any reduction of risk brought about by switching to lower tar/lower nicotine/lower carbon monoxide cigarettes will be small compared to the reduction achieved by giving up all together . |
| 8 | 309 , where Lord Greene M.R. used more than once words to this effect : ‘ the only ways in which ’ a tenant ‘ can be deprived of the protection of the Acts are ( a ) by giving up possession , in which case no order for recovery of possession against him is required ; ( b ) having an order for recovery of possession made against him . ’ |
| 9 | If you would like to help with a donation , by giving up a couple of hours occasionally to help to run the museum ( you do n't need to be an expert on railways , knowledge of the area is also important ) — or in some other way , please contact either the Hon. |
| 10 | We should not achieve what is best for Britain or the Community by giving up now our right to independent judgment then . |
| 11 | But it will do so strictly within the framework of the democratic process by giving up any legal and political advantages , presenting its programme and defending it in discussions , [ and ] co-operating with other social and political forces … |
| 12 | Members of the Legislative Assembly in July , 1990 , rejected a call from the civil servants ' association to accept an effective salary reduction by giving up overtime and other allowances , so that the money saved could go towards a delayed pay rise for civil servants . |
| 13 | And by doing this , by giving up their , or at least part of their individual freedom everybody benefits , because law and order can be imposed by the er centralized authority , what whatever it may be . |
| 14 | Politically , Scotland seemed to have sacrificed her independence by giving up her own Parliament in exchange for a very limited representation in that of England . |
| 15 | Brockway had specifically rejected any proposal to reaffiliate to the Labour Party at the end of 1934 : " The decisive objection to this " , he wrote , " is that a Socialist can now only function through the Labour Party by giving up his Socialism " . |
| 16 | I 'm very grateful to all those who support us , both by donating prizes and money and by giving up their time to help us . |