Example sentences of "give up the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana would n't give up the chance to shine in front of all the heads of the fashion world . |
| 2 | You can become resigned to the monotony of captivity and give up the struggle to maintain your own interests and identity . |
| 3 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 4 | The mixed feelings at having given up the struggle to cope with the family member at home can lead to a diminution of visits , which may be painful at times . |
| 5 | But she felt curiously light-headed , detached , as if she 'd been pushed too far , and her brain had temporarily given up the struggle to cope with this Alice in Wonderland situation . |
| 6 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 7 | By the beginning of the 1960s the government had given up the attempt to encourage employers to take special note of the needs of older workers . |
| 8 | ‘ But people have such bad financial problems at the moment , they have to give up the chance to study and go for whatever will fill their families ' stomachs . ’ |
| 9 | Eventually , as much for hygienic reasons as out of a desire to conform with Moscow 's example of de-Stalinization , the Czechs were forced to give up the battle to keep Gottwald 's corpse from going green and bury him instead . |
| 10 | His difficulty is accompanied by a no doubt symptomatic increasing distrust of universals so that , in championing specificities against them , he seems to give up the attempt to validate the universals — History as Totalization — that originally formed the object of his project . |
| 11 | Giving up the battle to make her restless mind switch off , she flung back the duvet and got out of bed . |
| 12 | She shook her head , silently giving up the battle to understand . |
| 13 | Tame films of this sort show directors and writings giving up the struggle to deal with contemporary anxieties . |
| 14 | Shannon gave a tiny shrug , giving up the struggle to understand . |
| 15 | Notice that the thought that in principle a would-be rapist should be compensated for giving up the right to rape is implicit in the answer of the supporters of the third principle as well . |
| 16 | The upper classes rapidly gave up the struggle to maintain social exclusivity at the seaside resorts and fled to the Highlands , the Lakes , and eventually the Continent , to pursue their particular pleasures , unhampered by the proximity of their inferiors . |
| 17 | The marriage ended when her husband gave up the struggle to find better ways of communicating with her . |
| 18 | ‘ Captain Marvel ’ Bryan Robson yesterday gave up the fight to keep his 34 year old legs pounding towards a century of caps and announced his England retirement . |
| 19 | Robert gave up the attempt to eavesdrop . |
| 20 | A woman arriving at the house fiddled with the lock as she waited for someone to let her in , but finally , with a despairing gesture , gave up the attempt to fix it long before she was admitted . |
| 21 | The government thereby gave up the attempt to impose a solution and admitted that the people of Northern Ireland must be given an opportunity to work out for themselves how they should be governed . |