Example sentences of "give [adv prt] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not give over any of the powers that I , as a Member of Parliament , elected by the citizens of Aldridge-Brownhills — and each of us elected by our respective constituents — was given when I came to this Parliament . |
| 2 | In a speech made to one group he argued that they had need to ‘ give up some of [ their ] justifiable rage ’ ( Independent 1989 ) . |
| 3 | However , she can not control every aspect of government and she will give up some of her authority to , for example , the Chancellor of the Exchequer where financial matters are concerned . |
| 4 | What happens , reckons the study ( which looked at 88 big , troubled firms , 41 in chapter 11 and 47 in workouts , between 1983 and 1990 ) , is that creditors give up some of their seniority rights as a carrot to get management to agree to a deal . |
| 5 | But as they do , they give up some of their own energy ; so the atmosphere in turn modifies the radiations . |
| 6 | To be expected to relinquish this power , and give up some of the spoils to the likes of SARU , who had been at the forefront in demanding the non-participation of the Springboks in international competition since it was ‘ impossible to play normal sport in an abnormal society ’ , must , understandably , be a difficult to swallow . |
| 7 | It may at times become chaotic and disordered , but that , that 's not the normal state of affairs , and Hobbes ' analysis of social order leads him to conclude that social order only becomes possible , when individuals give up some of their freedom , to centralize authority . |
| 8 | This could make one gram of tritium in half a day and as a byproduct give back some of the electrical power — one megawatt — from the fusion processes involved . |
| 9 | It swallows up light ; it does n't reflect it , or give out any of its own . |
| 10 | After all , she had not given up any of her friends for him . |
| 11 | Russia set to give up one of its last grisly secrets … |
| 12 | A person 's autonomous choices call for respect only as long as they do not seriously impinge on another 's enjoyment of his autonomy and that other has not agreed beforehand to give up certain of his choices as a condition of practising medicine in , for example , the National Health Service . |
| 13 | Caroline Little for family reasons had to give up many of her recreational classes , but started a class for stroke victims which has provided so beneficial and popular that it has now been recognised in an official capacity . |
| 14 | It 's hard work ; you 'll have to give up some of your weekends and you wo n't be paid , other than expenses ! |
| 15 | Nor is it suggested that the smallholder should revert to primitive subsistence living , although he may need to give up some of the consumer society 's more expensive luxuries . |
| 16 | BA was , however , to be forced to give up some of British Caledonian 's route network . |
| 17 | Everett argued that the Founders would have to give up some of their powers if NoS was going to attract any regular City investment . |
| 18 | If , for instance , I volunteered to give up some of my bone marrow to save a person suffering from leukaemia , then , so long as my own health was not in danger , there would seem to be nothing wrong with my momentarily relinquishing my autonomy . |
| 19 | The man has to give up some of his power ; the woman must gain some . |
| 20 | But though the machinery of government is developing in this direction , there is insufficient willingness to face the facts , to give up some of the pretences left over from the old period of vigorous , participatory democracy in order to remove the anomalies and rationalize the system . |
| 21 | But America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory , and has grown keener since the start of a desperate revolt by the occupied people . |
| 22 | Since universities had become relatively autonomous in 1863 , the authorities ' general attitude towards education seemed to indicate a readiness on their part to give up some of the prerogatives of the central bureaucracy . |
| 23 | Should we not ask whether it is right for people with high salaries to give up some of their income to give to pensioners the means to live with dignity ? |
| 24 | This failed in the main , not because of violent peasant resistance , but because they were simply too poor to give up any of their potatoes . |
| 25 | The Young King , as he was called , must have known that it would not be easy to persuade his father to give up any of his power and revenues . |
| 26 | Since I did love my father and regretted that our busy lives had separated us , the chance to look after him , to give back some of the love he had given me , was in many ways terrifically satisfying . |
| 27 | Accrued interest compensates the seller of the bond for giving up all of the next coupon payment even though he will have held the bond for part of the period since the last coupon payment . |
| 28 | We brought a a report to you , er , last time , in relation to Trade Union Recognition in the er B sector , giving up most of our erm , employees have now gone to the independent colleges . |
| 29 | Can Bob Halton hear the protest and risk giving up some of his ‘ I love me ’ ? |
| 30 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |