To feel pressed to give a present is also to feel oneself passively exerting the equivalent unwelcome pressure upon other people.
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The only way I would be willing to give up present consumption to invest in somebody else is because I believe I can increase my wealth by doing it.
Give a present to that special person in front of people who matter to them yet are from a different part of their life than the part you share with them.
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Asked by his barrister Marian Lewis why he had given her chocolates, Mr Thorley said it was normal for the school to give a small present to a child who had been injured.
Why not give everyone a Christmas present whether you can afford it or not?
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While our present circumstances give us much to celebrate, the work of Jewish liberation is far from over.
Representatives from NUS Wales, the University and College Union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the Association for College Management were present to give evidence to the committee.
The agreement allows Mr. Schulze to proceed with due diligence on non-public company information which should give him the opportunity to present a fully financed proposal within 60 days.
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Once we agree we have a problem, we can do what our parents and every other generation of Americans have done: sacrifice our present comforts to give our children a better life.
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If you say in your mind, "Well, I'm not going to believe her, " then you should first give us the opportunity to present this witness so that you as jurors could fairly and honestly determine her credibility.
Were the present bull market to give way to another prolonged bear market, both states and firms might discover that the pensions burden they thought they had shaken off came back to haunt them.
The parliamentary bible, Erskine May, makes it clear that witnesses who "give false evidence, prevaricate, present forged or falsified documents... or attempt in any way to deceive a committee... may be reported to the House and dealt with as determined".
When students present in class I give them instant private feedback about how they could improve their presentations, in my experience this generation loves to get quick feedback, perhaps it is the influence of hours of videogames where you know how you do straightaway.
Two major events in the 1950s typified this give and take between past and present: the staunchly forward-looking Festival of Britain in 1951, a nationwide celebration of new art, architecture and design, and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, to which millions of Britons tuned in.
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He thought it was attractive and was going to give it to his mother as a present.
Its 5-inch size with camera features (that are not present in the iPad) give it an upper-hand in some ways over other tablets.
All of which makes me wonder: If we do midwife Neanderthals into the present, could we somehow give them a longer childhood, too?
Those who want to present the bullish view will give you sales or price numbers for real estate for the first half or the last year.
All the senators present said they hope to give her commission a lot more money, which is fine, says Carter Keithley, the president of the Toy Industry Association, as long as the government doesn't try to replace the testing the private sector is already doing.
The small handful of native Russian speakers present didn't want to give their full names.
Past that, the rumored -- and self-portrait friendly -- 180 degree tilt-screen is also present, which'll likely give the C3 an edge over its siblings when it comes to composing shots.
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The trial will formally begin Tuesday when the main complainant - the victim's male friend - and three others will be present in the court "to give their statements, " Mr. Singh said.
But there would probably be only a limited impact on capital because accounting rules give banks wide latitude in calculating the net present value of the bonds, enabling them to reduce the hit they would take to capital.
Even if, unlikely as it seems at present, Mr Hussein agrees to give carte blanche to Unmovic to scour Iraq for evidence of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, that may not be enough to convince everyone that the country is no longer a threat.
Despite these positive developments, several factors give rise to important concerns about the future viability of the present, promising Czechoslovak democracy.
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We want to give the U.S. companies an opportunity to be present in investing in Iraq, and all this cooperation on the basis of the strategic framework agreement.
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The first was the Russian meteor that was caputred by dozens of dashboard cameras and give a real feel of what it was like to be present at that event.
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