Example sentences of "the [noun sg] give up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acute back pain forced the Prince to give up polo for a month in June , 1991 . |
| 2 | Premadasa on March 23 appealed to the LTTE to " enter the democratic process " , promising that " if the LTTE gives up violence , the government will lose no time in holding fresh elections to the North-Eastern Provincial Council and to the local government institutions in that province " . |
| 3 | Open account : Under this payment method the exporter gives up control of the goods to the importer and receives debt settlement at a later date under the contract 's terms . |
| 4 | were reluctantly constrained to order the defendant to give up possession of 336 , Stocksfield Road to the plaintiffs because of the earlier decision of the Court of Appeal ( Kerr and Woolf L.JJ. ) in South Northamptonshire District Council v. |
| 5 | The problem can be exacerbated by a failure to teach the dog to give up items on command . |
| 6 | The air gave up appearances |
| 7 | Erm interestingly enough there 's a report that Kinsey as a young man at college erm was approached by a friend who had this this terrible personal problem and er confessed to Kinsey that he kept feeling tempted to masturbate and he was very disturbed by this er so Kinsey and he prayed together that they would er together have the strength to give up masturbation . |
| 8 | Their visits were threatening and long , and eventually the agency gave up hope of substituting mulberry trees for opium . |
| 9 | In these schemes , a widow 's or widower 's pension can only be achieved if the member gives up part of their own retirement pension . |