Example sentences of "gave up the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1952 almost all English education authorities had adopted an intelligence test in their selection process ; psychologists debated the effects of social agencies coaching and practice — on IQ scores ; but Hertfordshire gave up the eleven-plus exam altogether , after having had one for at least fifteen years . |
| 2 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
| 3 | I made myself eat liver — they hate liver — and I gave up the odd episode of ‘ Coronation Street ’ to read them Rudyard Kipling — with actions and funny voices . |
| 4 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 5 | Fran struggled briefly , but soon gave up the uneven match , letting herself rest against his chest while he stroked her hair with a surprisingly gentle hand . |
| 6 | It finished ( as a bowler ) the former Derbyshire player , Fred Swarbrook , who gave up the unequal struggle when , peering frantically around to see where a delivery had gone , he found out only when the ball dropped out of the stratosphere and hit him on top of the head . |
| 7 | Eventually Ryan appeased Neath by choosing more of their players but it made no difference : whatever kind of front five was chosen , static or mobile , Wales were beaten , and then when rugby league lucre had begun to attract an increasing number of his better players Ryan gave up the unequal struggle after the devastating defeat at Twickenham in 1990 . |
| 8 | Without delay , the fire-fighters gave up the unequal struggle to contain the leaping flames . |
| 9 | In fact in our tenement " penthouse " I once unearthed several roller-skates which I cannibalised until finally there was only one , at which point I gave up the unequal struggle on a solo skate . |
| 10 | We gave up the written report quite frankly because we found it a waste of time . |
| 11 | Bonar Law promptly gave up the whole idea , with obvious relief , as he told Balfour : |
| 12 | As for Lee Marvin , he eventually gave up the hard liquor . |
| 13 | Rather than swallow any more of what to him was the worst kind of mealy-mouthed claptrap , he gave up the vital therapy of letter writing and lapsed into total silence . |
| 14 | In 1950 , because of pressure of work on Grove , Blom gave up the important editorship of Music & Letters , which he had held since 1937 . |
| 15 | Elias Hrawi , the West Beirut-based ( Christian ) President , reportedly responded by saying that there would be no deal with Aoun until he gave up the presidential palace at Baabda and the Army command at Yarzeh . |
| 16 | Angol , whose sights are set on a tilt at the vacant WBO crown against Yuri Vaulin , recently gave up the British title but is still Commonwealth champion . |