Sentence examples for gave up far from inspiring English sources

They gave up far more in that couple of hours than any one of us did.

To act in it he gave up far more lucrative work in daytime soap opera.

Titans With a Chris Johnson contract crisis averted, the focus should be back on defense, which gave up far too many big plays last season.

Microsoft's lawyers said they believed that they gave up far more in the settlement than the law required, but that it was important to strike the deal to put the case behind them.

In 2010, when they wrung a two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts out of the White House, they gave up far more in return: a payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance, and votes to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell and to pass the Start treaty.

"We gave up far too many big plays," Alabama Coach Nick Saban said, "which has been a problem for us".

But they say that their complexity can mask the fact that they often require issuers to give up far more than they get in return.

After giving up far too many yards on the ground to the Wildcats, the defense has continued to struggle stopping the run against a Central Florida team with one of the best backfields in the country.

Students playing Republicans retorted that they were being asked to give up far more, thanks to amendments that would increase public spending and reward those who "just hop the borders".

The advertising industry for its part has long argued that cookies for the purposes of marketing messages are anonymous, and that consumers give up far more precise information to credit card companies, for instance, or supermarkets when they sign up for loyalty cards.

With the Obama administration showing a willingness to review both domestic and foreign policy this must be the moment to consider seriously the solution The Economist has so persistently proposed.Sir Keith Morris British ambassador to Colombia, 1990-94 LondonSIR – You have given up far too soon on the war on drugs.