Example sentences of "give in " in BNC.

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1 She had planned to appeal to Emerson 's better nature , or , if this failed , to argue that he owed her whatever assistance he could give in return for his earlier deceit of her .
2 What he did not give in response to the many points made by my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East ( Mr. McAllion ) were absolute guarantees and reassurance for the people who work for the Scottish Transport Group .
3 So really we 've got to erm give in right in our estimation they were wrong .
4 Syria was asked to consider what it would give in return for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights .
5 They give in order to look good and to feel good but not to do good .
6 The picture would , of course , be ‘ a cinch for exploitation ’ for it would fit in nicely with ‘ the usual fashion shows which many of the de luxe houses give in conjunction with the department stores in their cities ’ ; in fact , Variety concluded , it ‘ was probably made with that in mind ’ .
7 In other words , support for the education policies of the church were the quid the Irish party had to give in order to obtain the quo of the bishops ' endorsement of the party as the genuine political representatives of the Irish people or nation .
8 If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming .
9 She needs to give in public and in private her full personal support to the Princess .
10 Next year I 'll report to the general assembly erm , if all things are equal , that the Board will by then have set up a scheme to allow care workers to go out from our erm residential establishments into the community to extend the kind of professional service that we 're able to give in our establishments to people who live in the community .
11 The next morning I had to give in my notice at the bank — first to the manager at Fontanellato and then , in person , to my boss in Parma .
12 So eventually the they had to give in in the end .
13 He himself had no suspicion of the advice the doctors were to have to give in January .
14 It was therefore important for him to be well informed about events in his own country and in the political world generally ; and ambassadors sometimes asked in their despatches for news which they could trade with their colleagues from other states since , as one of them told the French foreign minister in 1674 , " You know that in [ diplomacy ] as in other ordinary transactions it is necessary to give in order to receive " .
15 We not have to give we 're obliged to give in terms of to keep the company going .
16 It was basically envisaged to be of national proportions as well as non-denominational , with religious instruction given in separate classes .
17 That point may seem obvious but I do n't think whoever worked out the amounts given in state benefits ever took it into account .
18 Why this is so and hints on how to centre quickly are given in the newest edition of Gliding ( A & C Black ) .
19 One simple injection , normally given in the autumn , can help to protect you right through the cold months when flu is most prevalent .
20 Systems will simply not change as easily as Shapland and Hobbs seem to hope ; for police society is extremely conservative and masculine in outlook , and has long reflected the low esteem women are given in wider society , as I will describe in more detail in Chapter 4 .
21 During this period I have given readings and seminar papers at various academic centres , including the universities of Oxford , Durham , Edinburgh , Essex , Manchester , Lancaster , Newcastle , Sussex , and East Anglia , and have written a number of unpublished papers which I have given in seminars at other similar establishments .
22 In some cases decisions in favour of claimants went beyond the powers given in regulations .
23 Yes , we had clearly failed on a hard pitch , but that bulging wall above , rising blank and massive into the sky , surely could n't be climbed at the grade given in the guide ?
24 He appears under the name he was given in his orphaned youth — the Boy from Apulia .
25 Ministers say Mr Clarke 's decision not to drop the concessions on targets for performance-related pay , given in talks with the BMA , and return to the tougher limits for higher pay underlines his determination to seek peace .
26 Emma-Jane Mac had earlier given Coomes Bookmakers a chance to recoup money given in sponsorship when winning their contest on the 14-1 Everest Gringo .
27 This would normally be given in the form of a letter of authentication from a reputable bank .
28 ‘ It is not treated by the trade in Britain with anything like the respect it is given in France .
29 Many of his speeches are given in the quiet , confidential way he might explain his predicament in the pub .
30 The Northern Territory Attorney-General , Daryl Manzie , told the parliament in Darwin yesterday that he was denying the Chamberlains ' request for confidentiality because the claim for legal expenses was almost double the figure given in a submission last year .
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