Example sentences of "be give up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CHARTBUSTERS Boyz II Men are giving up sex for a year to stay on top of the job . |
| 2 | Correspondence on this issue in the BMJ would be helpful in clarifying whether doctors are giving up medicine altogether because of the lack of opportunity to train and work over shorter hours . |
| 3 | An advertisement appeared in the Scotsman drawing attention to the sale of " the whole valuable stock of letter-press and printing materials belonging to the Caledonian Press , who are giving up business with the premises No. 31 Hanover Street " . |
| 4 | But none of them will be giving up hope of the £102,000 top prize — and nor will Nick Faldo on 12 under and Seve Ballesteros on 11 under . |
| 5 | So , instead of toying with a carrot and lettuce leaf , 30-year-old Julie tucks into a delicious , three-course meal at a smart London hotel , declining chocolates and coffee only because she 's given up caffeine . |
| 6 | ( Well , since she 's given up weather forecasting in favour of presenting The Gladiat-ors . ) |
| 7 | To give up hope is to give up life before it is taken away . |
| 8 | The worst thing about dieting is giving up cheese . |
| 9 | Brian says his only regret is giving up responsibility for Risley Site Services . |
| 10 | That hell is giving up cocaine . |
| 11 | Maurice Cowling has suggested that Law 's resignation was tactical , that he could not face reconciling his party to the coming Irish negotiations , and that he was giving up office so as to be available as an alternative to coalition in the future ; in Gaullist terms he was becoming a Prime Minister " in the reserve of the republic " . |
| 12 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |