Sentence examples for virtually give up from inspiring English sources

However, in 1928, Lukács had to virtually give up his political activities after he presented the so-called "Blum theses" (see 1928).

The problem is, once you have mixed jurisdiction and mixed players from organized crime and sport betting, I think the police and the jurisdictions, the governments, virtually give up.

At times, you got the feeling he had virtually given up.

They are virtually giving up on investigations for burglary and any kind of theft".

"I'd virtually given up - I didn't think it would ever happen," he says.

In contrast to Torres, Liverpool have virtually given up on Javier Mascherano and are likely to sell him to Barcelona this summer.

Real has neglected the Spanish league and virtually given up on defending its domestic title against the superior Barcelona.

It was Burton, too, who gave Gough one of his last roles, at a point when he had virtually given up acting.

He has virtually given up any pretence he might recommend Britain leave Europe and he polls as the single most persuasive politician in a referendum.

MI5 virtually gave up its counter subversion activities in the mid-1980s afthe the miners' strike to concentrate first on Northern Ireland and, later, on countering Islamist-inspired terrorism.

Experience suggests there is a very big "if", and negotiators have virtually given up on the idea that the pledges should be legally binding.