Example sentences of "given up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Racedown seems to have been given up without regret ; what was important was ‘ Coleridge 's society ’ . |
| 2 | Is the information given up to date ? |
| 3 | Do not be concerned that a part of your day is given up to relaxation and leisure . |
| 4 | Whereas in the past voters had looked to parties and party workers to help them make sense of politics , this function was now largely given up to television news broadcasts . |
| 5 | The elderly people may have a range of social connections which would understandably be given up with reluctance and they often do not at that stage need to give up their home . |
| 6 | Creamy crab cocktail was fine , but the smoked fish pie it 's only meat pies we 've given up for Lent was n't so much smoked as immolated . |
| 7 | Parliament passed the bill and thereafter a creditor no longer had the power to detain a debtor already in prison at his pleasure , since the man could at once petition the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors for his discharge on the terms of his whole property , present and future , being given up for distribution among his creditors — and not only in London but to Commissioners who made circuits to hear such petitions in country districts . |
| 8 | The certificate of membership remains the property of the HCIMA and must be given up on resignation . |
| 9 | ‘ No thanks Dee , I 've given up on climbing , it 's a bit boring . ’ |
| 10 | He has not given up on health care . |
| 11 | Leaving home , getting married , going on holiday , promotion at work , starting a family , all require certain familiar routines and rhythms to be given up in order to make the most of a new situation . |
| 12 | He had given up in despair . |
| 13 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 14 | " The Meeting Considering the great Exertions of the Legislature in Surpressing the Distilling of Spirits & the great revenue given up by Ministry for the purpose of providing a sufficiency of Grain for the use of the nation , which in many parts is threaten 'd with a Famine , and Considering that great Exertions have already been made in surpressing the Distilling in this Island , This Meeting unanimously Resolve Individually and Collectively to exert themselves in putting a total stop to the said Illegal Practices … " |