give the business
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The USO is currently under review, with Royal Mail suggesting to regulator Ofcom that reducing second-class deliveries to every other weekday would save up to £300m a year and give the business "a fighting chance".
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024
“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
And his wish ought to decide you to give the business of his office a fair trial, since you do not seem to have a preference for any other.”
From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
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