give the business
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Bookbugs and Dragon Tales in Norwich wanted to raise £15,000 to give the business "breathing space" and to do more outreach work with children.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2022
“Any time you blur the lines on what is already a tricky process to navigate, it’s going to give the business community some degree of heartburn.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2018
Some Bedminster residents are hoping that the presidential visits will give the business community a boost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2017
“If they miraculously agree to pay for it, they are not then going to want to give the business to American suppliers,” he said in an interview this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2016
Mr. Ayres remained till late in the fall, then went to Chicago for the winter and returned to the mountains early in the spring of 1863, to give the business a further trial.
From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Hambleton, Chalkley J.
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