Example sentences of "[noun sg] to give up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became so desperate at one stage that it crossed his mind to give up the game altogether . |
| 2 | Herr Kohl acknowledged that the far Right was gaining support from people opposed to the EC 's Maastricht agreement , which they saw as an anti-nationalist pact to give up the Deutschemark . |
| 3 | He is said by reliable sources to be negotiating with both the US and Iran for compensation to give up the business , playing one nation off against the other . |
| 4 | Reluctance to give up the breast or bottle |
| 5 | But evidence from a trial in Essex this season suggests there is no need to give up the struggle . |
| 6 | A GUN collector has been ordered by a court to give up the arsenal of weapons he had gathered since he was 16 . |
| 7 | SMOKERS using a new daytime nicotine patch to give up the habit are four times more likely to succeed than those who rely on willpower , according to a Gallup survey . |
| 8 | The age at which parents want their baby to give up the breast or bottle varies markedly . |
| 9 | And Alderson B. , in the same case , says , ‘ It is undoubtedly true that payment of a portion of a liquidated demand , in the same manner as the whole liquidated demand which ought to be paid , is payment only in part , because it is not one bargain , but two : viz. , payment of part , and an agreement without consideration to give up the residue . |
| 10 | Part is the unwillingness to give up the pleasure of multiple potential : being free to choose everything because you have not yet chosen anything . |
| 11 | He also said that there 's no reason to give up the dream of economic growth but then there you go . |
| 12 | They need to have a reason to give up the abuse and want to live . ’ |
| 13 | And it just seemed that that was the time to give up the tenancy . |
| 14 | ( b ) he persistently withdraws or withholds services reasonably required for the occupation of the premises in question as a residence , and ( in either case ) he knows , or has reasonable cause to believe , that the conduct is likely to cause the residential occupier to give up the occupation of the whole or part of the premises or to refrain from exercising any right or pursuing any remedy in respect of the whole or part of the premises . |